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links for 2007-04-26

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on April 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Do It Yourself Book Binding
A very common method of binding is the ‘perfect binding.’ You stack together your pages and then glue them along the spine edge with a very strong and flexible glue.
(tags: bookbinding diy howto binding book)

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links for 2007-04-11

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

freshly{blended}: Book binding resources
I’ve gotten a few emails from people asking where i get my supplies and resources for bookbinding. So in this post i’ve compiled a list of places where the eager to learn book binder can get some answers and save some money. (via Craftzine)
(tags: bookbinding links resources books bookmaking)

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Bookbinding Links Roundup

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on March 20, 2007 | 21 Comments »

When I find great bookbinding resources online, I tag them in del.icio.us, but I thought it would be useful to others if I put the best ones in one place here, just this once, since I tagged most of them before setting up my automated blog posts from del.icio.us to this site. Here’s a roundup [...]

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A Tour of My Local Book Manufacturer

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on March 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Last week, I was given a real treat. I got to tour the factory for the book manufacturer that prints many of the titles I edit for my day job. (For those of you chuckling, yes, I considered this a treat. What can I say?) It just so happens that I got to do this [...]

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Bookbinding Jam Session

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on November 28, 2006 | 2 Comments »

For anyone who thought hand bookbinding might be a little tedious (via Ed):

This is pretty typical of my own experience, actually. Those If’n Books + Marks folks really know how to do the job right.

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Instructables Project Contest Winner

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 19, 2006 | 4 Comments »

I just learned that my DIY Bookbinding tutorial–originally published in Make magazine, then gaining a little more attention in expanded form as a wiki (which nobody actually contributed to before I decided to consolidate it here with my blog), and finally made available as an Instructable–was just selected as one of the winners of the [...]

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Finish Up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 25, 2006 | 8 Comments »

Your book should now look like a book. The last remaining step is to cover the unsightly interior of the front and back cover. In addition to finishing off the book and making it look more attractive, pasting endsheets also increases the strength of your book, because it acts as a final reinforcement to draw [...]

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Cover the Cover

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

To cover the unsightly skeleton you’ve created so far, you’ll now cover the exterior of the boards with a single piece of decorative paper, which will wrap around the front cover, back cover, and spine. To accommodate this wrap, use your utility knife slit the mull by 1/2″ where the covers meet the spine at [...]

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Attach the Cover Boards

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 25, 2006 | 4 Comments »

With your book block of signatures lying face up, place a piece of scrap paper (wax paper actually works better, if you have it) between the mull and the tapes and another piece of scrap paper beneath the tapes. Brush the mull with glue.

Remove the top piece of scrap paper. Press the front cover board [...]

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Build Cover Boards

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 25, 2006 | 7 Comments »

You’ll need to cut three boards for your hardback case: the front cover, the back cover, and the spine. Your local craft store should stock binder’s board (a durable, yet flexible board, about 1/8″ thick) for this specific purpose, but in a pinch, chipboard or illustration board should also work.
Using your carpenter’s square and utility [...]

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