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My dad casually told me something about grain direction that floored me
I was visiting my parents last weekend and my dad saw me trimming some book board. He said "you know the grain should run parallel to the spine, right?" I've been binding for like 3 years and nobody ever said that to me! It explained so many books that wouldn't lay flat. Has anyone else had a family member drop binding wisdom on them out of nowhere?
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drew_thomas914d ago
Found that out the hard way too when I first started. My grandpa was a woodworker and saw me struggling with a book that wouldn't stay shut. He just looked at it and said "grain's fighting you, kid." Changed everything for me after that.
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Brings back memories of watching my old man fix a guitar once and he muttered something about "the wood telling you where it wants to go" - totally lost on me at the time. @claire999 mentioning woodworkers makes perfect sense because they live and breathe grain direction all day. Never realized binders could miss that too until I tried making a sketchbook last year and the covers kept warping like crazy. My brother, who builds cabinets, saw it and just shook his head. Said the same thing your dad did, just in a more annoyed tone.
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