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felixhenderson
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8h ago
Unpopular opinion: grain direction on spine liners might matter more than the glue you pick
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phoenix_brown85
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1d ago
Glued my first spine backwards in the garage at 11pm and learned the hard way
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noahgreen
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1d ago
Watched a hinge tear through a text block because I rushed the grain direction
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skyler_robinson2
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2d ago
Spilled a whole bottle of PVA on Tuesday and I'm still scraping it off my cutting mat
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charles_baker28
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3d ago
Just realized I was wrong about rounding spines on case bindings
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susan81
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5d ago
I finally bought the $60 brass corner tool and it ruined my cheap one for me
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elliot_roberts
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6d ago
My old boss at the bindery in Salem said to always grain my paper first, and 15 years later I still hear his voice
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tessaperry
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7d ago
Spine cracked on a rebind I spent 9 hours on, do I start over or glue it and hope?
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cameron_hernandez69
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7d ago
Found a 1911 book press at an estate sale in Salem for $40 and the seller used it as a doorstop
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wood.uma
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9d ago
TIL my old shop teacher used to press books under a cast iron radiator, never bought a nipping press
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felixhenderson
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10d ago
Changed my mind on wheat paste after a batch went moldy in my garage
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the_sean
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11d ago
Serious question, does anyone else skip the PVA and use wheat paste for basic case binding?
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abbyp61
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12d ago
Tried laminating endpapers with wallpaper paste instead of wheat starch and it actually held
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marybutler
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13d ago
Found out at the Ohio Book Fair that most 19th century Bibles were bound in sheepskin, not leather
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wells.christopher
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13d ago
A guy at the Ohio Book Fair showed me his sewing frame setup and I rebuilt mine that weekend
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