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reese_singh87
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6h ago
Showerthought: my old shop teacher said never skive past the grain line, and 14 years later a Bible repair in Lansing proved him right
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grant.margaret
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3d ago
My bone folder snapped mid-spine on a $200 rebind and I'm still mad about it
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laurabennett
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4d ago
I thought wheat paste was just for grade school projects until my spine cracked at the third signature
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wells.brooke
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5d ago
Question about rounding spines: I stopped sanding after glue-up and my books open flatter now
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susan_ward
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6d ago
The old guy at the estate sale in Tulsa handed me his bone folder and said 'press, don't drag'
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king.lisa
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6d ago
My bone folder snapped on the last signature of a 300 page rebind
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karen_wright40
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7d ago
Got cocky with my glue pot at the Kalamazoo book fair and ruined a Bible repair
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evanr79
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7d ago
Watching a guy rebind a hymnal in Kalamazoo changed how I press my spines
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leohart
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12d ago
Everyone says grain direction doesn't matter on small pamphlets, and I think that's wrong
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the_wyatt
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12d ago
Vent: people keep gluing the spine before the text block is pressed flat
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haydenp95
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14d ago
Rebinding my grandma's 1952 recipe book made me rethink how I fold signatures
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blair_davis
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15d ago
TIL everyone online says to press your signatures flat, and my press at home is the only reason my corners are sharp
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betty_reed61
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15d ago
Watch your PVA glue batch dates, I lost a whole text block last month
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simonmoore
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16d ago
Said I'd never use wheat paste on leather, then tried it on a Cambridge Bible reback
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rubyreed
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17d ago
Guy at the bindery in Toledo handed me his 30 year old bone folder and said mine was too sharp
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