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rubys19
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1d ago
TIL you can fix a sagging spine by ironing the text block with a damp towel, my 1920s dictionary is flat again
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fiona_fox56
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2d ago
Watched a binder at the Providence flea market fix a sagging spine with just wheat paste and a brick
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cameronwest
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3d ago
Update: the 30 year binder who said skip the wheat paste on my first coptic got it wrong
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jana_lewis16
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3d ago
PSA: lost a customer's 1846 family bible at the Chicago Print and Bind show because my thread knot slipped, now I wax every knot twice
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sean_perry
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8d ago
Realized I was cutting my signatures the wrong direction after 8 months, and a lady at the Dayton bindery caught it
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henry196
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8d ago
Pro tip: I saw a bookbinder in Charleston use a 100-year-old cast iron nipping press and now I want one
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joseph_baker
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9d ago
PSA: Don't glue your spine lining before the case is ready, I wrecked 3 books figuring this out
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iris_rivera63
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10d ago
The lady at the estate sale in Boise handed me a 1912 ledger and said something about spines I can't stop thinking about
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angela_kelly
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11d ago
The day a 1960s library rebind showed me I was folding signatures wrong
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sean_flores75
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13d ago
Pro tip: stop pressing your signatures with a bone folder right after gluing
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viola171
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17d ago
PSA: That $60 corner rounder from the craft store ate my leather, watch the blade gap
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gray_smith67
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17d ago
Counted 300 finished books on my shelf and realized I've been at this for 11 years
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holly_brown
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18d ago
The binder in Portland told me to stop gluing the spine flat and I finally get why
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nelson.michael
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22d ago
The bookbinder in Portland showed me her 40 year old bone folder and I finally got why mine kept cracking
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riley_bell
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23d ago
Dropped $87 on a corner rounder that chews up board like a beaver
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