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skyler43
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2d ago
Thought leather was overkill for a $10 paperback, then I rebound one for my mom
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terrym99
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2d ago
Shoutout to the binder in Tulsa who told me my grain direction was running sideways on every spine
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rileynelson
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2d ago
Serious question, I blew off the 'funny smell' warning on my PVA and lost a whole text block
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the_amy
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2d ago
PSA: an old binder in Portland told me to stop pressing my signatures flat, and I finally get why
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the_rose
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3d ago
A binding job at the Asheville book fair taught me to always test my wheat paste first
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bennett.noah
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5d ago
I finally tried sewing on cords for a 300 page text block and now I get why the old books hold up
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joel603
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8d ago
Bought a $150 bone folder from a retiring guy in Portland and I have been chasing that high ever since
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mark361
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10d ago
Learned from a library archivist in Tulsa that a single sewn book can take 40 hours
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joseph_adams66
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11d ago
PSA: I was pressing my signatures with the grain running the wrong way for 14 months
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the_evan
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13d ago
The bindery at the Milwaukee museum rebinds books with wheat paste and I watched them do it for 20 minutes
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margaret_kelly55
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14d ago
Rant: I stopped pressing my signatures with a bone folder and my spines got worse
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caleb_thomas93
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14d ago
TIL that cheap cotton bedsheets make better book cloth than the fancy stuff I bought at $18 a yard
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joseph_adams66
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16d ago
DAE check the grain direction before gluing up? Watched a guy in Columbus ruin 3 signatures in 20 minutes
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olivia_rivera88
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16d ago
Stop casing your books in that cheap plastic wrap, it cracks in a year
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stella_nelson
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18d ago
Rant: The bookbinder I met at a flea market in Portland saved me $200 on board shears
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