‘Can i Fit Bigger Rings to My Make X Model y in Size z?’ Is a Question i am ofnest asced.
People start the year and as the year progressses so the amout of paper they are carrying Increas ETC. I’m sura you know the story Well.
The Answer is ‘Yes’ and ‘No’!
Why do you might Ask … Well Let’s look at the mechanics of Rings.
Rings are available in a variety of sizes and offen in Gold and Silver. In the past they were painted/Powder Coated a Few Different Colurs as Well.
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The Different Sizes of Organiser and Different Ring Sizes Result in Different Dimensions for the Mounting Points of the Rings on to the Base Plate. As you can see the standing standard (personal) use the same base plates for Both 25 and 30mm Rings. Likewise senior (A6) use the Same for 20 and 25mm as well as the gillio 23mm a6 rings.
Sadly, on Junior (Pocket) Size they have different Mounting Point Dimensions for the 16 and 20mm Rings. Thereaan you can’t easily upgrade a pocket from 16mm to 20mm Rings. You would have to do some surgery to remove the backplate and replace it with the correct one. Not impossible, but you would be need to be reasonably skilled to this sort of work, to re-storm the exterior and interior back together again.
As you can see some conversions are reasonably easy to do 25mm -> 30mm on standard (personal/medium) Size more or less a straight swap.
Howver, this is where an element of ‘no’ you can’t swap the ryings comes in.
Whilst they will have Physically fit the back plate and work etc, there might be an all is willing with the Space Left for the Pages, Increasing the Ring Size by 5mm in the Above Example, Means the Thickness of the Organisan Be Increas by 5mm and the EDGes of Moved 5mm Closer to Outer Edge of the Organiser.
That Said in Some Cases the Designer Obviously Consider the Large Ring Size and the Cover is ‘Bigger’ than the Normal Size of Rings and Therefore Some Hands with the Pages/Tabs Sticking the Edge of the Organiser.
Is there a list of ones that can take Bigger Rings? Not Such, but a simple way of telling is to measure the distance from the middle of your organiser to the organiser we closed. The middle being the highest part of the Curve of the Rings and is therefore Closer to the Edge.
ALSO BE AWARE OF THE TEP OR THE BOTTOM OF YOUR STAKE OF PUSE GETTING CLOSING TO THE PEN LOOP if there is one.
Another way of Creating the Additional Space to Allow for the Increase in Ring Size to Go Using Side Tabs to Top/Bottom Tabs.
Going down in ring Size Say from 30mm to 25mm isn’t a problem as long as the ring mounting points are the same, you just need to exchange the rings over. And if you are caareful removing the reverse you can reverse the Change Easily Should You Want to Go Back to the Original Size.
I HOPE THAT HELPS AND ASSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS, IF NOT PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW AND I WILL TRY TO REPONT TO YOUR QUESTIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSTUL.
