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DIY Book Binding

update 3 Sep 2017
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27 Jul 2017
First attempt to do a hardcover book binding. For printouts on baking tips and recipes.

The sheets of paper to be bound. Shortcut with staple-gun. Actually, no choice as there is no way to manually 'sew' through 50 sheets of paper. Had to re-do the sheet binding the spine, as I forgot to add a blank first and last sheet of paper. The wrap-around sheet will be glued to the hardcovers.

Laid the hardboard pieces on the cloth.

Glued the cloth to the hardboard pieces. The corners were difficult to fold.

The front and back of the hardcover. The cloth on the left bottom discolored a bit but black and white combination camouflages some of these flaws. Overnight drying, weighed down to flatten.

Added the blank first and last sheet of paper - re-stapled, etc. Glued the spine to the covers. Waited overnight for it to dry - weighed down. Then, glued the wrap-around sheet to the hardcovers. Waited a while for it to dry a bit. Then, glued a 'finishing' gray sheet to the front cover and back cover.

Traditional binders used marbled paper for the 'finishing' sheet (left, stuck to cover) as it looked classier. I chose a thick paper to hide the imperfections of the glueing!

The front cover.

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3 Sep 2017: Second book binding project 
Hardcover with the cloth stuck on it.

Scrap material sewn together.

About 70 sheets of paper.

Front cover

Back cover

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