Another broken binding machine

I wish I had pictures to go along with this post, but all I have is the web picture of the machine we took apart.

Despite the warnings on the top of the machine about only putting 2 pieces of plastic in at a time, 4 pieces of plastic and 4 sheets of card stock type paper were put in at once.

(No, I didn't break it this time - when I break stuff it's broken and I mean BROKEN).

The plan was to bring in tools the next morning and literally take the machine apart. So that's just what Melissa and I did. We pulled this $2000 machine apart and after much laughter we got the paper and plastic out of it. We knew EXACTLY how to put it back together...yeah sure. Well, after A LOT more laughing and greasy hands, we put enough of it together to make sure it was going to work. IT DID!! We got it all back together and even had extra parts. We figured it doesn't need those parts and the next time we have to take it apart we'll figure out where the parts go. Melissa and I are one in the same, meaning we love to take stuff apart, figure it out and then put it back together. I mean really, if its already broken, why not take it apart??? My parents taught me that you either pay someone else to fix it or you learn to do it yourself.