I know what they are, spent pocket money on them, and loathe them. Ring caps are far more reliable (albeit more expensive; always a topic of debate when said pocket money was $3 / month).
The experience I had was that the hammer wasn’t consistently firing the caps. Perhaps I just had a couple of bad guns? Either way, nothing like those reliability issues with ring caps.
Usually what would happen is the residue builds up on the parts that feed the tape up so it would stick, and lose index. The hammer would land between caps because the tape wasn’t advanced the distance it needed to be.
If you clean all that off so the tape consistently advanced the correct amount you wouldn’t have issues.
I know what they are, spent pocket money on them, and loathe them. Ring caps are far more reliable (albeit more expensive; always a topic of debate when said pocket money was $3 / month).
The paper cap guns just need to be maintained. You have to clean out the residue that builds up or the paper won’t cycle smoothly through it.
NOW you tell me.
The experience I had was that the hammer wasn’t consistently firing the caps. Perhaps I just had a couple of bad guns? Either way, nothing like those reliability issues with ring caps.
Usually what would happen is the residue builds up on the parts that feed the tape up so it would stick, and lose index. The hammer would land between caps because the tape wasn’t advanced the distance it needed to be.
If you clean all that off so the tape consistently advanced the correct amount you wouldn’t have issues.
Ohhhhhhh damn. Have I been wrongly hating on tape capguns for 40-odd years?