Don leather gloves and pull enough banding from the roll of banding to wrap around the package. Slide a buckle, from the banding kit, over the end of the metal banding so that the tabs protruding from the buckle are on the side farthest from you.
Wrap the band around the package and slide the end through the buckle. Insert the end of the band into the nose slot of the banding tool.
Turn the banding tool's handle to tighten the band. Stop turning the handle when the band no longer moves through the buckle.
Roll the tool and banding material over the buckle to bend the band. Pull the handle to cut the band.
Remove the tool and hammer the end of the band flat. Bend the buckle's tabs over the band and hammer the tabs flat.
