diy book binding 3636 Responses

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• emukid

  any helpful websites? any tips? i am looking for something that is simple to do but looks more graceful than that shitty spiral binding crap.

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• capsize

  perfect?

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 2:44 p.m. – Permalink

• JackRyan

  screw and post can look cool

  • any examples i can see?– emukid1/3

    http://www.nabookart…– JackRyan2/3

    +1– dtan3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 2:46 p.m. – Permalink

• emukid

  ideally i'd like for it to be perfect bound. but its not a very big book. perhaps 20 sheets at the most.

  i am down with any simple technique.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 2:48 p.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  http://www.lulu.com/

  • Not DIY but you can do 1 offs.– ETM1/2

    http://www.blurb.com…
    as well– Jaline2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 2:48 p.m. – Permalink

• Tara

  this site looks good, http://www.diyplanner.com/node/4…

  it's fun but it takes patience and time

  • that does look very good.– emukid1/3

    Yeah, looks pretty good.
    *adds to to-do-list– ian2/3

    that is a great tutorial, wow.– mrdobolina3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 2:49 p.m. – Permalink

• emukid

  can't do lulu or blurb because i am looking to make around 50 or so books. i'd like for the method to be affordable. and of course simple enough for someone as incompetent as myself to pull it off.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 2:51 p.m. – Permalink

• emukid

  tara, after reading that tutorial about 3 times, i have to say that it looks brilliant. i think i just might opt for that. let's see how long it takes to make about 50 books using that method.

  now for some web sites that sell cheap awls, needles and threaded wax. anyone?

  • Everything emukid touches turns to gold. I am looking forward to this project already...– Jaline1/2

    this project, life my life, is destined for failure. but i try anyway– emukid2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 3:10 p.m. – Permalink

• dbloc

  

  • It's shabby-shiek– ETM1/3

    that's hot...– utopian2/3

    duct tape...your best friend for every project– dtan3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 3:14 p.m. – Permalink

• Schnub

  go the sewing machine with a good paper weight and nifty thread colour it can look cool (honest) just means your design needs to sit away from the gutter a wee bit more than usual and it helps if you use a pre crease sheet..

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 3:51 p.m. – Permalink

• thenuge

  i use binders glue and and then a strip of vinyl tape to cover up the mess i make with the glue. looks good and works well.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 4:05 p.m. – Permalink

• emukid

  can you take a couple of photos of the books you've done? i'd like to see what the finished product looks like

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 4:30 p.m. – Permalink

• thenuge

  sure, i'll be leaving the office shortly and when i get home i'll post a couple pics

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 4:40 p.m. – Permalink

• blaw

  Japanese stab binding:
  http://www.sdmart.org/pix/japane…

  Also, I have plans for a wooden-bound book, somewhere. If you need to me try to dig it up, say the word.

  • the word– mrdobolina1/3

    see below.– blaw2/3

    very cool! i am liking this method because i don't have to fold the pages to make it work– emukid3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 4:49 p.m. – Permalink

• capsize

  same idea, less decorative
  http://www.sff.net/people/Brook.…

  • http://home.tiscali.…
    help for amateur on folding signatures– capsize1/2

    brilliant! i am feeling more confident about this.– emukid2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 4:55 p.m. – Permalink

• capsize

  long list here:
  http://www.philobiblon.com/tutor…

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 4:58 p.m. – Permalink

• blaw

  From Wood Magazine:
  http://www.brianlaw.org/misc/woo…

  Their specific presentation is too tacky for me, but the mechanics of the article are solid.

  I'd like to use this approach and burn the title, cover, etc.

  • For example, they're set on scapbooking pages, but you could use the leather hinges/post binding...– blaw1/3

    ...approach with much better results by not relying on prefab pages.– blaw2/3

    Oh, and if I see you laminating a bunch of wood to make a striped cover I'll kill you. The 70s are dead.– blaw3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 5:17 p.m. – Permalink

• thenuge

  emukid, check your email. i sent you a couple photos. hope that helps.

  • aluminum is a great idea btw!– emukid

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 5:26 p.m. – Permalink

• emukid

  thenuge, thanks! those look very good. i'll post it here in case anyone else is interested in checking it out

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 6:30 p.m. – Permalink

• emukid

  thenuge's book:
  

  

  his method:
  "i used aluminum as the covers and then shear all the pages to be an 1/8 inch shorter on the end and two sides. then i use a couple c clamps to clamp it off the edge of a table a bit and apply a crap load of binders glue. you can get this at dick blick or art mart or michaels. once i have about 4 or 5 coats on i use a vinyl tape and just cut the edges off with a straight edge. these photos are of one that i used brushed aluminum for the covers and i used metal tape to cover the binding. a cool idea, but the tape is a bitch to work with and not as strong as the vinyl."

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 6:32 p.m. – Permalink

• thenuge

  sorry 'bout the pic. it was a little dusty. it actually looks great! again, i would suggest using a painted aluminum vs. the brushed aluminum and also use a good vinyl to cover the bind vs. the metal tape. metal tape is really hard to work with.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 08, 7:28 p.m. – Permalink