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the_olivia
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4d ago
Spent 3 hours fixing a spine I cracked by opening a book too wide, and now I keep a wooden ruler on my bench
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mason_murray8
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10d ago
My old boss said never glue the spine before rounding, and after 4 years I finally tested it
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jason_knight
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11d ago
Can we talk about how I was rounding spines the hard way for 2 years?
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kim_davis
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11d ago
Spent 11 weeks trying to fix a spine that kept cracking, turned out I was folding grain the wrong way the entire time
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charlieh74
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15d ago
Ruined a $60 sheet of goatskin last Tuesday by getting the paste too wet
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amy654
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15d ago
Pro tip: picking between a curved needle and a straight one for the spine stitching
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martinez.paul
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16d ago
I thought the Japanese screw punch was just hype, then I punched 340 holes in one sitting
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lopez.faith
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17d ago
Watched a conservator at the Boston Athenaeum fix a torn page with wheat paste, and I finally get why my PVA keeps cracking
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aliceharris
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17d ago
Finally gave up rubber cement for wheat paste on my journals, and I'm mad I waited 2 years
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iris_thomas85
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19d ago
I finally gave up on PVA glue after a binder in Cleveland showed me her wheat paste setup
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gray314
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22d ago
DAE think cutting boards are actually worse than a good stack of scrap cardboard for pressing?
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ivan462
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22d ago
Saw a shop switch from hand sewing every signature to a $900 sewing machine, and the whole feel of the books changed
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thomas.river
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24d ago
Put my text block in the freezer by mistake and the pages stopped warping, has this worked for anyone else?
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davidshah
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24d ago
Watched a guy at the bindery in Boise score his board against the grain, and every fold cracked
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carr.holly
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28d ago
Rebound a 1893 family bible last week and the owner cried, that is the whole reason I do this
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