is that the machine will laminate and bind hence two separate machines are unnecessary as noted above the total thickness of the paper sheets 21 must be slightly less than the height of the dots 18 as a result of the hemispherical shape 25 the height of the dots 18 is approximately one fourth of its diameter hence the maximum number of sheets which can be bound is related to the size of the punched holes 29 which circumscribe the dot diameters for example a dot 18 having a height of 0 07 will bind 20 20 lb sheets of paper whose individual thickness is 0 0035 the base 24 of the dot will be approximately 4 u00d7 0 070 0 280 a diameter which easily receives a paper hole size 0 312 5 16 typical of punched paper employed by students these are not hard and fast requirements since the temperature of the hot melt adhesive at time of casting and its cooling rate affect the dot dimensions generally however the larger the number of sheets to be bound the larger the holes 29 in the sheets 21 must be an alternate embodiment of this invention is illustrated by fig6 hot melt.