FINALLY! Been redoing this over and over since July, had issues with measuring my hinge gap, ironing on the htv, you name it but I finished! I realized the edge of the front cover isn't a straight line when I was done. Very proud of myself and wanted to thank you guys for your help on my last post! Ended up going with a 9 mm hinge gap before gluing the pieces onto my cardstock/book cloth! 🎉 Onto the first book of this duology I thrifted!

MTG commander deck box attempt #3! This is a fold over style cover/lid that attaches with a “bone” clasp, the clasp itself is actually ceramic my wife made and fired for me (this box is accidentally vegan) the main box is covered in marbled paper (pietro accardi) and the inside is lined in blue marbled paper (mine) the lid is a blue bookcloth that I think came from Hollanders (I am bad at labeling things) and the front has a label well to fit a paper label! Holds 100 double sleeved cards. The flap is a bit too tight, next version will have more space and maybe a magnet to keep things neat?

Hi! I came across some old books in my bookshelf, and I am quite puzzled as in reguards to what binding they have. They held surprisingly well for 36-year-old books.

HeatnBond isn’t available in my country, so I’m looking for an alternative. Has anyone used this product for making book cloth? Would it work with cotton fabric and tissue paper? Thanks!

Howdy!

I’m considering blowing a sizeable chunk of my bonus later this year on a set of Talas Edinburgh brass type and a handle for gold tooling

Because of the cost, I want to get one font size that will last me a while: theirs goes from 6pt to 36pt.

For those of you who have used them before, font size would you recommend?

It will mostly be used for titles on spines.

Hey Guys,
I’m binding books on the dinner table in the living room and it gets messy very fast. I’m on the hunt for something that organises my tools and some of the materials that I can stand on the table and quickly remove if we need the table. For the people that bind in small space please show me how you organise your desk for inspiration. I will probably build something myself and have some ideas already but would like to see what others came up with.
Greetings from Germany

Hi all, I humbly come to you for advice with a very specific and very special project. A little bit of backstory. I am a personal archivist, I have two 18TB HDDs that I hold many kinds of files in and one of those file types is Discord text logs. I scraped the DMs of me and my wife (with consent) and have been making "Lovington" which is our DMs manually formatted into what looks like a movie script, printed out, and then annotated with small personal notes and a digital reference for images, videos, voice messages etc.

I came to you here because I really want to bind these "scripts" for long term storage on her shelf (I have to deliver these to her when I visit her internationally). She has about 150 pages currently and I just got done with what I decided was Pt. 1 of this project which is a total of 888 pages long. I have printed these on normal 8.5 x 11 letter printer paper that I bought in bulk. Since Pt. 1 is done I want to bind them because right now they are being held in a binder and manilla folders which is.....wrokable but not great. This was in part because of a lack of money but I got a full time no wage job so I can afford to do things again. Pt. 1 is from August 25th - December 3rd with Pt. 2 containing December 3rd cont. - January 23rd. Pt. 2 looks like it might be of a bigger or similar size but Ill get there when I get there.

Any and all suggestions welcome, I am under no illusion that these pages will stay fully protected over time and have a plan to track where my annotations are so I can reprint and re annotate if necessary.

edit for clarity: I do not know the standards or practices so I was mostly wondering what if any percautions or specifics come with using the paper Im using and the length of the project. I would ideally like to make a long term hardcover bound book

Throwaway account because this is for a gift

I want to illustrate and bind excerpts from a book for my gf and my 2nd anniversary. It is currently at 34 pages but I will be cutting out probably another 10.

I would like to use leather even if it is “cheap” craft material and left flexible without a hard case. My current resources are:

1x printer
Standard printer paper
Sewing needles/thread

What is the best/most realistic way for me to arrange the pages and bind the book? Is standard printer paper okay? If not what paper/size? Are there any small tips/techniques that can make it feel more professional without buying lots of specialty tools?

Ps. Because of the topic of the book, having a bit of a shaggy/aged appearance won’t hurt if it looks intentional

It’s an A5-sized book made up of 20 signatures.

I recently bought this book online and it arrived damaged from shipping. I don't want to return it (given i don't trust that a replacement wouldnt also have damage), and even though its minor i want to either fix it or at least prevent further damage. Is there a way to? I dont care if potential fixes aren't see through, im new to this and don't know anything about how to fix something like this.

update: i reached out to the seller and theyre offering me a discount in the form of a partial refund. Ill take it so i dont have to return it and potentially get a replacement in a worse condition. ill look for bookbinders tape/archival tape and see about taping it up to prevent further damage

I inherited my grandmother’s 1961 NYT cookbook. The binding is obviously very old so it’s super worn. The cover doesn’t stay on and random pages just fall out. I’d like to get it fixed while keeping its old school feel/look. Any suggestions are much appreciated! (I’m in Portland, OR, but willing to send it somewhere if needed)

The stock is very thick (.009" or .22 mm) in 4 leaf signatures and are stitched. The first leaf of the first signature has separated from the fourth, so there is no fold to stitch through. How far should I dig into it to make the trip repair. The Cotter's Saturday Night belongs to our library.

I’m new to bookbinding and saw a handful of posts about the k-118 and wanted to give it a try. I skipped the vellum tabs step of the K-118 binding and alternated gluing the five Ramey band sewing supports inside and outside the cover boards instead. Seems to be working very well, but I’m going to order some vellum or aero linen and make a proper k-118 eventually. The cover is Cordura with a rip stop nylon inlay and bookmark. I added an elastic pen loop and closure as well. The endpapers are sewn in.

Pick up in Downtown Toronto

1st is Kensukes Kingdom which was my favourite book as a kid and did it as the ships log book. The second is project hail Mary which I made for a friend who loves the book and film.

My first every sewn headband. I used this tutorial: https://hell2breakfast.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/httpwp-mep10o2h-2w/

I don't have a cotton cord or DMC perle on hand, so I used some twine and regular DMC embroidery floss. I did all 6 strands - does my headband look too big to y'all? Should I maybe knock it down to 3 or 4 strands?

When I trimmed my twine core on the first side, my embroidery floss start to slide off a bit, so I pulled the twine through a little more and didn't trim it as close on the other side - is it typical to have the core ends stick out like that or did I mess something up?

I also think I misunderstood something with the tutorial because their images look like they went into every other signature, but I went into each one. My headband just didn't feel secure otherwise.

Headband sewing experts, please critique me!

I have had this book for about 12 years, it was a gift from my dad and at the time i received it i really didn't know how to treat a book of this kind, now i wanted to read it again and since the condition is terrible i looked around to try and repair it somehow but i couldn't find much reference for this kind of damage and thought that i could ask here for some tips?

Hello everyone! I have a question about tools, but if it's better to ask this somewhere else please tell me.

The thing is, I love b7 notebooks, but where I live they are very difficult to come by and the offer is very limited, so I want to cut down to size some a6 notebooks. I was wondering if a regular utility cutter knife can do a good job at this or if there is a better affordable alternative. The notebooks are softcover and I don't mind having to cut the pages in clumps of 10 pages or so. This is just something I'm trying out so I don't want to spend a lot on a really good knife just to use it twice.

Morning all! Im a prolific hobby collector (thanks adhd!) But I have recently been looking into book binding. I am obsessed with my book collection and I really want to transform my entire discworld collection into a custom bound set. For reference, I go into hobbies hard, my first cross stitch piece was the entire gen1 pokemon it it took 4 years to complete. Do you have any advice on how I go about starting? TIA

Canvassing opinions on the best course of action for this book:

The front board on this early 19th century, full leather binding has deteached through a weakened hinge. The rear hinge is holding firm but shows some weakening.

The spine, which is glued directly to text block, likely cannot be removed and salvaged.

Do I:

A. Re-back, matching the tooling and gilt work as closely as possible. Or,

B. Re-attach front board only, possibly by stitching.

Factors to consider: the book is part of my private collection and not being sold on; the book is not exceptionally rare but is worth a few hundred pounds; the book isn't handled frequently.

I'm more concerned with making the right choice conservation wise than taking a purely financial approach to its fate.

Thanks in advance :)