diy book binding
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- thenuge0
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.
- caperobin0
I'd love to know how the elastic band binding works?
- capsize0
perfect?
- JackRyan0
screw and post can look cool
- any examples i can see?emukid
- http://www.nabookart…JackRyan
- +1dtan
- emukid0
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.
- ETM0
- Not DIY but you can do 1 offs.ETM
- http://www.blurb.com…
as wellJaline
- Tara0
this site looks good, http://www.diyplanner.com/node/4…
it's fun but it takes patience and time
- that does look very good.emukid
- Yeah, looks pretty good.
*adds to to-do-listian - that is a great tutorial, wow.mrdobolina
- emukid0
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.
- inhaler970
Heres a how to,
its a class, and the students ask a ton of questions which is annoying.
- emukid0
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?
- antigirl0
screw post is cool but not very functional. sometimes it does not lay flat.
handsewn is good, but how many pages is this thing going to be?
best is probably perfect bound.
you don't even need to set up layout for that, if you have contents. just trim the pages, put them under a press with some paste and you're good.
book making is a great tool, definitely learn how to do it!
- neverblink0
For one of my graduation projects I handbound a book of 1536 pages (48 signatures of 8).. I had numb fingers for a week.
- agentfour0
i came accross this last week in an older thread on here. originally posted by meffid
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tu…
pdf tut at the bottom.
- weave0
This is a great thread, I've been looking into book binding lately so thanks to all those who have posted tutorials and advice.
- iluvsoul0
elastic band binding... super simple, when it fits the context of the book it looks good, but it depends what ur concept is i guess. couple of ways to do it, first get ur paper/pages printed as spreads, crease and slip ur elastic band over the top and to the spine. You can also cut notches out at the top and bottom as well which hides the elastic band better.
- Schnub0
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..
- thenuge0
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.
- emukid0
can you take a couple of photos of the books you've done? i'd like to see what the finished product looks like