Recently, my brother gave me my great grandfather’s old pocket Bible from May 1911. I love living history like that, and I wanted to restore/rebind it. My BIL found a local bookbinding company and got me the information to send it to them.
uBPDMom saw the order from and lost her shit. “They won’t do it right!/They’ll destroy it!” (I guess she just wants it to crumble to pieces and be lost.) Anyway, BiL basically told her they specialize in repair and restoration of old books.
I’m more flabbergasted and confused by uBPDMom’s behavior than angry.
Hello everybody
I have a half an idea of experimenting with bookbinding. Recommend me short stories / aphorisms / poems / picture, preferably with a common theme (but I might also be interested in a more random mix). Just a couple of criteria
No novels / no long stuff - since I am a complete newbie, I prefer to try with a limited amount of sheets first
For images, no stuff that's too complex to print with my meager (... to put it mildly) means, so not too many colors, not too much detail.
If everything is in the public domain and free of copyright it would be perfect, but all in all who cares, any result produced would be at best given to friends.
Thanks for your time and merry xmas :)
My girlfriend is getting into paper making and wants to do book binding.
What are the best books to learn, she like the Japanese style and simplistic esthetic. Not like traditional leather bound books.
Thanks in advance!
** I just started bookbinding this month** I just finished sewing 24 signatures (4 pages each) of 11x17 paper, using a medieval cord stitching (4 cords).
It is a thick text block, I own a press but not a finishing press for context.
Now that I have it sewed and I tip glued the front and end sheets, do I :
- glue the spine (only the spine of the papers, not the stitching or ropes) and then press it for 30 minutes,
- then pull it out and shape the spine with a Mallet,
- then glue the spine again and press it again. Does this sound right to you?
After this, I would apply the head and endbands.
Thank you for your wisdom!! My fear is that gluing before i put it in the press would cause the glue to dry funnily since its applied to an airy expanded text block and then immediately compressed.
Hey all.
I really want to get into bookbinding and looking for a kit. The two links of the bookbinding kits in "FAQ and Resource Thread" are not available because they are sold out. I really wanted to get a Vencink kit but couldn't find it anywhere. Amazon.jp sells it but it is around 95 dollars so makes no sense. So what's your favourite and good bookbinding kit for beginners where I can buy from amazon, ebay, aliexpress or somewhere that offers international shipping.
Thanks!
I have binded a book in the past but it was just empty pages. This time I want to make a daily prompts journal for my sister and I have no idea how to set the printer for this.
The pages would be A5 format or even smaller if that's possible to set up on the printer (I'd cut the pages after printing).
Does anyone know?
Hello fellow bookbinders,
I've been researching different kinds of papers to use in bookbinding, and have mostly seen people using Lokta paper for the covers of the book. I am wondering if it would be a good material to use for the signatures. (It would be available in my country, unlike many other bookbinding papers that I've researched.)
The papers I'm looking at have no grain, are acid-free and of varying weights. I'd love to hear some opinions on this!
I'm about to start my first bookbinding project, printing out most of the books in Skyrim. I've figured out how to actually do the texts. One thing I'm not sure how to do is the covers. How would I go about making the covers? I've images of covers(full covers including the binding edge), but I'm not sure exactly how to make the covers with them. Should I print them on regular paper to cover the chipboard? Use some other type of paper? Some other media?
I'll be printing the books with both full legal page prints(two pages per actual page to be saddle stitched) and a5 pages to be glued together( forgot the name of that style binding but for the longer books).
Hi there!
I am very new to the crafting and bookbinding community. I took two weeks of vacation and instead of going on a trip, I have been learning bookbinding.
I was making a large grimoire tome book for my friend for the holidays, and one of the guides on YouTube (NerdForge) said she used 120 GSM paper. However, she tea stained her paper and even let it soak in the tea- for my 120gsm paper, if I dip it in the tea if starts tearing immediately upon touching it. Now I'm worried about the paper im using lasting long enough.
I thought my quality of paper was simply bad, so I searched this subreddot for good paper sources and found French Paper, Hollanders, Mohawk, and the Paper Mill store. My issue however is that everyone seems to have their own way of measuring, for example one site will say 50lbs/200 gsm, and another site will say 50lbs/ 130gsm. I also checked out Dolphin Paper, but I wasn't sure if the pricing was per sheet or what.
I am simply looking for a thicker paper with an aged look (so I don't have to stain it myself) that will stand the text of time.
Any suggestions or tips for a newbie? I don't live anywhere near a paper store unfortunately, so I can't go in person to anywhere except FedEx (where I bought my current paper).
Thank you so much for helping me learn!!
I’ve tried to print my own pages on normal letter paper to start learning bookbinding. I have the feeling there’s something about the quality of the paper that’s off. Where do you get printed pages in good quality paper for bookbinding? Is there any website where you can order the printed content on quality paper to start making signatures and bind them?
I saw a bookbinding video and they used this fabric which had fabric on one side and paper (to apply adhesive) on the other.
I was wondering if there was a specific name / brand for this. Thank you!
UPDATE: Thanks all! I bought some bookcloth on amazon, should be getting here soon.
I’ve wanted one for years but have never actually ordered one until this month, and hopefully it’s arriving soon.
The pages are blank, but I’m wondering if there’s any way I can use it for bullet journaling anyhow! I have a sheet of looseleaf dotted paper and I was thinking of glue taping that in the areas I need the dot grid.
Will share photos when it’s here/made!!
As far as I can tell all the suppliers listed in the sidebar are within the US (which I don't really have a problem with if that's the moderators' area of expertise). Are there similar curated lists of known-to-the-community-to-be-good (and good-value) suppliers for other regions?
I can find plenty of places with Google, but I'm specifically talking about lists of places that the community here know to be good.
Hi! I’m planning my class schedule for Spring 2022 and I found out about the bookbinding class. Can students who took this class write about their experience?
https://youtu.be/0984uZFc5bw?t=715
She probably talked about glues in some of her earlier videos but there're so many of them
Hello everyone! I’m new to the whole bookbinding process, so I was wondering which is better Gorilla 2 Part Epoxy Adhesive or Elmer’s Craft Bond Fabric and Paper Glue? I will make over 50 books for kids, so I need something to be super strong but still flexible. Those are the only available two options where I live. I appreciate any help you can provide!
Hello everybody
I have a half an idea of experimenting with bookbinding. Recommend me short stories / aphorisms / poems / picture, preferably with a common theme (but I might also be interested in a more random mix). Just a couple of criteria
No novels / no long stuff - since I am a complete newbie, I prefer to try with a limited amount of sheets first
For images, no stuff that's too complex to print with my meager (... to put it mildly) means, so not too many colors, not too much detail.
If everything is in the public domain and free of copyright it would be perfect, but all in all who cares, any result produced would be at best given to friends.
Thanks for your time and merry xmas :)
