Very helpful! I am thinking about making a special kids newsletter/magazine but hav'nt figured out exactly what kind of paper to use but I do know that my covers have to be alot stronger then the pages for it to be strong. Thank you!
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@gotoguyenterprises hi, im just wondering how many pages/sheets was your book in the video and normally how many pages/sheets can this type of bookbinding method is able to hold? i need to bind an A5 book for my thesis and will run somewhere around 100 pages +, so around 20-30 sheets incl the card covering.
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Glue. o.o;;;
seriously, glue.
I don't possibly see how on earth glue can be strong enough to hold together pages. I can imagine a year later you only have to lightly pull a page and it'll be ripped out. Just seems too fragile to work....
@konohamarutard Millions of books are made using glue every year. I have books on my shelf that are decades old with glue bindings. The very first book I ever made this way (about 7 years ago) is still in excellent shape. No pages have fallen out and I can tug on the inner pages and they don't budge. You might be surprised at how many commercial hardcovers have glue bindings in the book block (I've cut a few apart doing research and the headband was covering up a plain old glue binding.)
@gotoguyenterprises I look at bindings that are from my grandfather's book-binding days (he was also a master at gold-leaf), and the binding are all stitched. How did they do that back in 1910? He didn't live to tell me. Is there a tutorial somewhere?
@konohamarutard - I nearly bought one of those commercial bookbinding machines until I watched how the machine works - and I realised that all it did was heated up glue and pasted it onto the spine and then I managed to do the same thing with a hot glue gun. Almost all my commercially produced hardcovers books are glued as opposed to sewn - seriously go check it out. Obviously if you use like Pritt glue stick or so it wont work but I find regular Hot glue works as well as resin glue.
@konohamarutard, you seems like one of those guys we in the printing industry refer to as the "Smart-ass pain" customer. You know better than the professionals how to do their job! As gotoguyenterprises said: glue are used to bind millions of books. It is the type of glue that plays an important role! All glues should be strong when dry, flexible or hard depending on customer need. Next time, get your facts in order before just commenting because you can!
@konohamarutard According to my experience, once you glue two sheets of paper, you'll never be able to separate them (while keeping them intact, of course).
So it must be true for dozens or hundreds of them.
I need to bind my dissertation, but since there's only 1 binder on campus, they charge an insane price!...Thank you for this video! now I can bind it myself :)
Could you post here on YouTube the inside-cover of the book entitled "De umbrarum regni novem portis'?. That cover is the book page where there is a woodcut and there is a tree with a snake coiled itself very similar to the way the 2 are entwined serpents in the Caduceus of Mercury (the 2 snakes are forming several numbers 8 intertwined with each other). Please make the cover display as large as possible and how it can be clearer...
Great video! Though there are a lot of "how to" bookbinding, I find myself continuing to come to this one! I've made my on jig and am putting together my own book. Thanks for posting!
@picoscar It was a marketing related ebook called "Butterfly Marketing" that I had gotten. There were some very cool ideas in it and I wanted a copy on my bookshelf.
Printing out ebooks for offline reference was the whole reason I started bookbinding. My first project was a book called "Writing Non-Fiction."
Thank you. I'm newly retired and wanted to build my family history for our next reunion. I've looked everywhere for an intelligent guide, now I know how. Great tutorial, very clear and informative.Thanks again.
Thanks so much for sharing the video. I was looking for alternatives to hardbounds that might be simple enough to do. Two quick questions, though. What sort of paper did you use for the cover? I liked the look of your example. It looked firm but not too stiff or inflexible.
Also, do you know where we could get a jig like the one you made for this?
Would this technique work if I was too stack sheets of A4 together? Meaning there would be no folds in the paper just the clean cut edge of the paper?
Thank you so much for making this video! It was so incredibly helpful. I just made one of those wooden bookbinding devices you made, so I'll be binding my first book tomorrow with ease (hopefully).
This is a great, suuuper helpful video. Thank you so much! :)
awesome vid homie, this is some gangsta sh!t. None o that sewing ish dose otha vids be like. So i gotta make that block tightn'n jig u talkin bout, then stack tha papers, then clamp tha papers, then glue tha papers, and then i shud be all set? Thats what im talkin bout!
Question: I chop my books for ADF scanning. Should I use the same technique if I try to bind them back. I mean they are just loose single pages and not folded pages like yours.
But I was wondering if you could tell how to make the wooden tool you used to hold your paper?? (doesn't have to be a video I have a book I need to bind for a class project and I can't find any instructions online!!! )
or is there something else I could use to hold my paper?!?
HI there great vid... I tried it with singles pages and did not work so good.. I was wondering IF you knew of a way that wold help me?????/.. many thanks scyth.
HI there great vid... I tried it with singles pages and did not work so good.. I was wondering IF you knew of a way that wold help me?????/.. many thanks scyth
Interesting I have just picked up a laser printer with duplicating, and I am printing the User guide in five page lots, so that it can be blinded this way.
@IndivisiblePrinciple I have a book that I need to bind but it is individual sheets. I was thinking if you don't compress the papers much and allowed some spacing in between the sheets so some glue can go throw the spaces then that should work.
His way worked really well because when you fold the pages it gives an edge for each couple of then that will get some glue.
If all the pages weren't lined up equally then some of them might not get any glue. Also that makes the book look horrible.
@Blingblong20 I doubt it. He mentioned that flexible was important. Crazy may be many things when it comes to sticking stuff together, but unfortunately it is very anti-flexable. From my experience with I wouldnt think that it could hold the spine of a book together. I imagine the rigid spine cracking and sections of the book falling out.
He said the epoxy he used only took like 5 mins though. Thats pretty good.
i want to print my book but problem is i dont know how i can print it is there any software r tricks on MW 2007 , i saw the way you printed your pages i wanted to do the same , hope to get a helpfull reply from you , thanks
Wow, thanks for this video. Great for my portfolio. But I have no idea what I should do about the binding it together part. I definitely don't have that wooden binding thing!
Awesome tutorial got to make me a gig here soon got to rebuild a old military jeep and got to print up some technical manuals for it. Thank you for your time on making the vid.
I have had allot of success using flexible fabric glue.
Also, if you are binding single folded papers or single pages you can clamp the pages in the middle (leaving the spine free) and then bend them over and glue. This allows you to evenly glue the pages for a tiny bit along thier faces. I often glue the pages and then apply the cover with more glue.
I try this before i seen this video, it came out ok, but your was a way better very well done.... Now i can do mine correctly, better glue, better device!!!! Thanks !!!!
Using a hot melt glue gun works wonders finding the right type of glue sticks can be a challenge also setting the book up in the jig I find that you get better glue penetration if you glue it before you tighten the jig to final tension also a thin 3-5mm run of glue on the shoulders (hinge part) will help stop the 'legal yellow pad effect'
"Bookbinding" is the process of joining together a number of pages to form a book. Therefore, this is book binding. By the end of his video, the book has been bound. There are several ways of doing this and gluing the spine is one of them. Just look at modern book binding techniques, especially in paper backs. Go ahead, pick up a paperback. You'll see glue in the binding. Professional bookbinding glue doesn't allow the "yellow legal pad" effect to happen.
Wait, scratch my remark about sewing. I hadn't realized that the signatures were 4-page (1 folded sheet). I would recommend doing a 16-page signature (4 nested sheets of folded paper). Otherwise, double-fan adhesive binding is much better than straight perfect binding, and could easily be accomplished using your homemade press.
Drill a few holes?! I'd say tip the cover onto the outermost pages, at most. It would actually have been best to sew the book properly as one would in a hardcover, since he already has prepared an imposition and signatures.
I'd strongly recommend PVA or methyl cellulose over anything else... also, this book is going to be cross grain--which is extremely undesirable. Always bind with the paper grain parallel to the spine.
Search for "Simple Japanese Book Binding" and you'll understand what I mean! It's only for security, so the glued pages don't fall out after heavy using!
A properly executed double fan adhesive binding with PVA should suffer from no such problems. 2 or 3 mm is actually quite large; much larger than the holes punched in the spines of signatures to sew them together. I am familiar with Japanese stab bindings. It's a very nice method, but it is distinct from perfect binding. Yes, it could be done in conjunction, but in that case it should happen to the pages prior to being glued into the cover. A similar effect is sometimes accomplished with staples
@gotoguyenterprises Please Please tell me how you set up Microsoft publisher to print out in signatures I have a couple hundred page book I want to bind but I can not get Word or publisher to comply to print signatures, any and all help will be greatly appreciated
@Ace6267 yeah I've had the same problem. For certain projects I've just ended up printing it normal and cutting & pasting it into a master copy of pre-folded pages, then just making photocopies from that template, but its so time consuming and can be sloppy.
mmmmm, Soon, Ill be putting together a portfolio book of my art work for freelancing oppertunities. I want to try this with digital prints of my work and make a booklet for art directors.
Thank you for your tutorial. You made it very easy to understand. I enjoyed it a lot. One question - using your process, do the pages eventually lose their adhesion? Or do the pages eventually work their way from the glue? If not, please provide your best recommendation (name brand, if possible) for glue. Thanks again. GREAT video tutorial.
Lately I've been using a 5 minute epoxy (I don't remember the brand) and working it into the pages firmly. So far, I've had no problems with pages coming loose in any of the 5 or so books done this way.
Do you recommend using PVA (water based adhesive) glue for binding? I need to bind a stack of 80 gsm paper, and though it holds together, it usually tears off really easily, and I'm not sure what's happening.
I built the jig out of scrap wood. I'm not aware of anyone who sells something like this (at least not at a reasonable price.)
There is an article on my website that gives more details about the jig and shows some close-up photos as well. Several folks have used that as a basis for building their own or getting someone handy to build it for them.
You shouldn't have any problems printing a book that size using the exact same methods. My only switch would be to use a glue with a slower set time to allow you to completely coat the spine before it dries.
Yeah i thought about writing a book. I looked at the cost , too much!! you tubed book binding, watched your video now I can bind my own paper backs. Thanks
Amazing well filmed well spoken if you need to learn something i found out find so Americans who make the effort to carry on hand skills like this take it from me here in the UK trying to find info like this is like looking for Hens teeth
Thank you. I know how hard it is to find good information on this subject if you just want to make simple glue bound books.
I'll be putting together some DVDs on this subject in the future, visit my website if you want to keep up with that (and the book I'm working on as well.)
Welcome sir was blown away by such dedication and i stand by my comments one question i would like to ask you how would you feel about making a plan of your press,dimensions and all ?ive just come into the world of book binding and seeing whats on offer in the UK well even highwaymen had the decency to wear a mask when robbing folk ,im on about the prices charged for a factory made press`s so if ever you decide to make the dimensions known you will be making one Brit happy cheers!!!!!!
A professional quality binder can be purchased on eBay for about $1500 US, but I just don't have the need or the space for one of those.
I don't even know the dimensions of the Jig I built. I used scrap lumber and traced a piece of paper folded to the size of a bound book to mark off where the backstops go. Just make sure that you allow the spine to stick out about 1/8" so the glue doesn't stick to the jig.
Visit the blog. There is an article about the jig with lots of pictures.
All the books I make are of size A5 (half an A4). So what I did was I got some plywood scrap just slightly larger than A5. They are covered with formica, so they are nice and smooth. I place my signatures or pages between these sheets, and press them together with a C-clamp. If you have woodworking tools you can make more sophisticated bookbinding tools easily, but I've bound several dozen books so far with the simplest tools.
My process is to score the front cover fold before binding and the back after the glue has set. That way, if there are any imperfections, they are on the back of the book where they will be less noticeable.
Besides the cover, what else would be scored by a score board? gotoguyenterprises, you were right when you thought I meant score the cover, but I also meant specifically with a score board. That would be difficult using your method since you say that you score the back of the book after the glue has set. Therefore, please offer me advice on how to score a book when I want to sell it, with as few imperfections on the cover as possible.
Very helpful! I am thinking about making a special kids newsletter/magazine but hav'nt figured out exactly what kind of paper to use but I do know that my covers have to be alot stronger then the pages for it to be strong. Thank you!
JPfireshadow 6 days ago
great tutorial! thanks. I'm a little concerned about your floor having scratch-marks on it from the exact o knife
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AMAZING Video you just gave me an idea how to bookbind my ebook! Thanks a Million!
thanosztitan 1 month ago
could you make a jig and then can i buy it from you?
aquapunkchick 2 months ago
can I use wood glue?? is it strong enough??
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please help me ... I need answers! =)
purplemusiclover88 2 months ago
What kind.of paper do u recommend
airbrushstand 4 months ago
Can you use silicone?
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@gotoguyenterprises hi, im just wondering how many pages/sheets was your book in the video and normally how many pages/sheets can this type of bookbinding method is able to hold? i need to bind an A5 book for my thesis and will run somewhere around 100 pages +, so around 20-30 sheets incl the card covering.
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Glue. o.o;;;
seriously, glue.
I don't possibly see how on earth glue can be strong enough to hold together pages. I can imagine a year later you only have to lightly pull a page and it'll be ripped out. Just seems too fragile to work....
konohamarutard 4 months ago
@konohamarutard Millions of books are made using glue every year. I have books on my shelf that are decades old with glue bindings. The very first book I ever made this way (about 7 years ago) is still in excellent shape. No pages have fallen out and I can tug on the inner pages and they don't budge. You might be surprised at how many commercial hardcovers have glue bindings in the book block (I've cut a few apart doing research and the headband was covering up a plain old glue binding.)
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@gotoguyenterprises I look at bindings that are from my grandfather's book-binding days (he was also a master at gold-leaf), and the binding are all stitched. How did they do that back in 1910? He didn't live to tell me. Is there a tutorial somewhere?
shilltheshillXXX 1 month ago
@konohamarutard Check your local book shop....they are all glued! Even the hard cover books.
radforms 4 months ago
@konohamarutard it depends on what type of glue you used, u dumbshit
giganto90 4 months ago
@konohamarutard - I nearly bought one of those commercial bookbinding machines until I watched how the machine works - and I realised that all it did was heated up glue and pasted it onto the spine and then I managed to do the same thing with a hot glue gun. Almost all my commercially produced hardcovers books are glued as opposed to sewn - seriously go check it out. Obviously if you use like Pritt glue stick or so it wont work but I find regular Hot glue works as well as resin glue.
candipill 2 months ago
@konohamarutard, you seems like one of those guys we in the printing industry refer to as the "Smart-ass pain" customer. You know better than the professionals how to do their job! As gotoguyenterprises said: glue are used to bind millions of books. It is the type of glue that plays an important role! All glues should be strong when dry, flexible or hard depending on customer need. Next time, get your facts in order before just commenting because you can!
Mercfreakk 2 months ago
@Mercfreakk uhm... lol??? sorry for assuming glue is fragile??? lighten up dude
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@konohamarutard According to my experience, once you glue two sheets of paper, you'll never be able to separate them (while keeping them intact, of course).
So it must be true for dozens or hundreds of them.
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educatetowin 5 months ago
wow i finally noe how to do it btw how did you make the binding tool ?
emotodecure 5 months ago
I need to bind my dissertation, but since there's only 1 binder on campus, they charge an insane price!...Thank you for this video! now I can bind it myself :)
rizsisindra 5 months ago
Could you post here on YouTube the inside-cover of the book entitled "De umbrarum regni novem portis'?. That cover is the book page where there is a woodcut and there is a tree with a snake coiled itself very similar to the way the 2 are entwined serpents in the Caduceus of Mercury (the 2 snakes are forming several numbers 8 intertwined with each other). Please make the cover display as large as possible and how it can be clearer...
m3c4n0 6 months ago
Great video! Though there are a lot of "how to" bookbinding, I find myself continuing to come to this one! I've made my on jig and am putting together my own book. Thanks for posting!
dvandral 6 months ago
thanx for this men!!! :D
jamesramrod80 7 months ago
Hi, I'm the word Nazi. You used the word "pristine" incorrectly. Pristine means unblemished or unchanged, not perfect.
Daim0th 7 months ago
What paper did you use for the cover?
mangaboy159 7 months ago
what glue did you use???
aishacky22 7 months ago
What size and thickness of card do you use for the cover? I'm buying all the supplies for this now :D
PhDGuitarsUK 8 months ago
Great job. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, you rock!
AlexAlcyone 9 months ago
Thanks for the video. Im curious about this new book. did you said it is a ebook? what is it about?
picoscar 9 months ago
@picoscar It was a marketing related ebook called "Butterfly Marketing" that I had gotten. There were some very cool ideas in it and I wanted a copy on my bookshelf.
Printing out ebooks for offline reference was the whole reason I started bookbinding. My first project was a book called "Writing Non-Fiction."
gotoguyenterprises 9 months ago
Ah, 'perfect' binding...an easy to do process for the hobbyist!
pheenix42 9 months ago
Great Video. Lots of information :) Makes you want to have a go. I think I will :) Thank you very much I'm off to do some Printing :)
MrReaperDude 9 months ago
Love the video. Would appreciate if you can do a tutorial on making aHard Cover book. Thats would be really great.
Many Thanks.
SouthFacedWindows 10 months ago
Super Clean! :D
Totally Awe-inspin!
AkanshaSinhaDe 10 months ago
Is there a tutorial on building the book binding wood contraption? Or are they atleast cheap to buy.
WilsoniteX 11 months ago
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh he cuts on his wooden table without a mat D:
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Thats a floor , not a table ;)
BrIaNbLuNt 9 months ago
How did you make the book binding gadget?
KyrieBri 11 months ago
Very creative gadget you made there! Just love the way the book came out. Thanks for the tutorial. I'd like to try this myself. Thank you :)
suziecrafter10 1 year ago
Thank you. I'm newly retired and wanted to build my family history for our next reunion. I've looked everywhere for an intelligent guide, now I know how. Great tutorial, very clear and informative.Thanks again.
lilladydeuce 1 year ago
Have you tried hot-melt glue instead of epoxy based adhesives?
I was toying with the idea of BUYING a thermal binder but after seeing your presentation/tutorial here, I'll be making a jig..and saving a fortune!
I'm hoping to go the A5 approach but use cut single sheets rather than folded but I would image it would work just the same(?)
Thanks!
jayc2469 1 year ago
Love this tutorial ^^ Thanks
mrviet90 1 year ago
i like how your book binding is simple and easy. unlike the other ones with hard sewing, so many steps, but yours is simple. thanks for sharing.
m040L 1 year ago
Thanks so much for sharing the video. I was looking for alternatives to hardbounds that might be simple enough to do. Two quick questions, though. What sort of paper did you use for the cover? I liked the look of your example. It looked firm but not too stiff or inflexible.
Also, do you know where we could get a jig like the one you made for this?
somethinguncreative 1 year ago
@somethinguncreative Cardstock.
Sonichedgie1230 1 year ago
Thankyou sooo much! Desktop publishing can be sooooo expensive!!!
kstewintheart 1 year ago
Would this technique work if I was too stack sheets of A4 together? Meaning there would be no folds in the paper just the clean cut edge of the paper?
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tommyepaillebvf 1 year ago
Thank you so much for making this video! It was so incredibly helpful. I just made one of those wooden bookbinding devices you made, so I'll be binding my first book tomorrow with ease (hopefully).
This is a great, suuuper helpful video. Thank you so much! :)
Silhouetri 1 year ago
awesome vid homie, this is some gangsta sh!t. None o that sewing ish dose otha vids be like. So i gotta make that block tightn'n jig u talkin bout, then stack tha papers, then clamp tha papers, then glue tha papers, and then i shud be all set? Thats what im talkin bout!
jopojopo1 1 year ago
Question: I chop my books for ADF scanning. Should I use the same technique if I try to bind them back. I mean they are just loose single pages and not folded pages like yours.
215810 1 year ago
that's briliant
damarre7 1 year ago
Superb Video !!
AmJay1985 1 year ago
GREAT Video!
But I was wondering if you could tell how to make the wooden tool you used to hold your paper?? (doesn't have to be a video I have a book I need to bind for a class project and I can't find any instructions online!!! )
or is there something else I could use to hold my paper?!?
Any help would be deeply appreciated!
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HI there great vid... I tried it with singles pages and did not work so good.. I was wondering IF you knew of a way that wold help me?????/.. many thanks scyth.
scythianman 1 year ago
HI there great vid... I tried it with singles pages and did not work so good.. I was wondering IF you knew of a way that wold help me?????/.. many thanks scyth
scythianman 1 year ago
Interesting I have just picked up a laser printer with duplicating, and I am printing the User guide in five page lots, so that it can be blinded this way.
Anyway what GSM think paper would you recommend?
canlelola 1 year ago
I love this tutorial!
Yeti22 1 year ago
this is really helpful. check out my books melodiebooks(dot)com
JohnL4ever 1 year ago
hi there great vid.. I was wondering if you could show me how to build that jig you made to do this.. many thanks scythianman
scythianman 1 year ago
For printing the book, I would suggest ClickBook.
You can get it from ClickBook (dot) com
or from
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ForClickBook 1 year ago
great job
tqadir007 1 year ago
And It worked out very well....cheers!
prandtl002 1 year ago
I am going to try this. But I dont have the 'wing' nut, ill use screw instead.
prandtl002 1 year ago
also iam wondering how this binding method would hold together if it was just individual sheets, not folded signatures?
I imagine it could be less reliable if all the pages werent lined up equally and the some didnt get enough glue.
Can any one confirm this, or does any one have any experience with this?
IndivisiblePrinciple 1 year ago
@IndivisiblePrinciple I have a book that I need to bind but it is individual sheets. I was thinking if you don't compress the papers much and allowed some spacing in between the sheets so some glue can go throw the spaces then that should work.
His way worked really well because when you fold the pages it gives an edge for each couple of then that will get some glue.
If all the pages weren't lined up equally then some of them might not get any glue. Also that makes the book look horrible.
IslamPlanet 1 year ago
@Blingblong20 I doubt it. He mentioned that flexible was important. Crazy may be many things when it comes to sticking stuff together, but unfortunately it is very anti-flexable. From my experience with I wouldnt think that it could hold the spine of a book together. I imagine the rigid spine cracking and sections of the book falling out.
He said the epoxy he used only took like 5 mins though. Thats pretty good.
IndivisiblePrinciple 1 year ago
hi thanks for shareing nice and helpfull video ,
i want to print my book but problem is i dont know how i can print it is there any software r tricks on MW 2007 , i saw the way you printed your pages i wanted to do the same , hope to get a helpfull reply from you , thanks
sonayvaio 1 year ago
Wow, thanks for this video. Great for my portfolio. But I have no idea what I should do about the binding it together part. I definitely don't have that wooden binding thing!
AbstractComfortKX 1 year ago
@AbstractComfortKX you could try paper clips or clamps if ur binding something small, i used bobby pins for mine and it worked well
kristadrummond 1 year ago
this video is really a big help can't wait to try this on my thesis
darkassasin014 1 year ago
wow, this is fantastic! ty!
mmmfilipino 1 year ago
maybe you could do a tutorial on the jig - i think i may need one!! haha!!
SeanSymphony 1 year ago
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SeanSymphony 1 year ago
Just made one of this then. Worked like a treat. Thank you for sharing
ryannnn89 1 year ago
Will UHU glue work on this?
italouruguayricano 1 year ago
Awesome tutorial got to make me a gig here soon got to rebuild a old military jeep and got to print up some technical manuals for it. Thank you for your time on making the vid.
ganegreen 1 year ago
OMG thank you!!!!
DIY porn bible here I come!
asiguere 1 year ago
Is it just me or does his voice put you in a trance? O_o
Awesome tutorial!
BlessedBeauty 1 year ago
You should put washers between the wing nuts and boords of wood on your book binding jig.
Degr8n8 1 year ago
Cheers for uploading this video I will have to have a go myself sometime. :)
tschubb1992 1 year ago
That's awesome. Thank you so much for sharing!!!
viasy 1 year ago
how did you make the home made bookbinding jig?
Sexica17 1 year ago
Thank you so much! This is perfect for my English senior project. I have to make a children's book =P
darksamurai92 1 year ago
wow thats so cool
kittylin333 1 year ago
you sir are god!! i need this to put my book i wrote for english into a binding!!thanks so much
lovelyanimeangel 1 year ago
thanks
sebastiansz 1 year ago
aren't you afraid u might scratch the wood beneath with the exacto knifer?
Xytos 1 year ago
i just have a lil idea..can you make one that you only make with glue and maybe something less costing to bind it? because that's all i have
sweetkristina07 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing sir... now i can add a new extra service/s in my business! (^_^)
darnoc25 1 year ago
How do you make that thing that holds the book? and could you use hot glue on the spine?
jenniuchiha120plz 1 year ago
The only thing I thought maybe you could change was cutting on top of a cutting mat, instead of your beautiful wooden table :P
Moviesmoveme 1 year ago
Great tutorial! I'm gonna have to try this! Thanks!
tessarae100 1 year ago
awsome sir
Chupria 1 year ago
wow thx 4 the amzing vid :)
would PVA work well for this?
PlantyC 1 year ago
would rubber cement be ok to use too??
MonkeyGirlie44 1 year ago
absolutely not, because as rubber cement ages it yellows and eat away the paper. so i never recommend using Rubber cement.
Neilpoe 1 year ago
Tyhat is very interesting. Thanks for sharing that skill with us. It is an amazing lesson.5*****.
SUNNYD3322 1 year ago
very nice video.
TimeTravelingAcorns 1 year ago
Thank you, it was really great video!
I gotta agree with the cutting mat though :)
dosel83 2 years ago
Perfect idea...you make me a little smarter ;)...without trying too hard by myself haha
ayotollah 2 years ago
Great DIY tutorial, thank for sharing!!
juanzo007 2 years ago
I have had allot of success using flexible fabric glue.
Also, if you are binding single folded papers or single pages you can clamp the pages in the middle (leaving the spine free) and then bend them over and glue. This allows you to evenly glue the pages for a tiny bit along thier faces. I often glue the pages and then apply the cover with more glue.
phookadude 2 years ago
I try this before i seen this video, it came out ok, but your was a way better very well done.... Now i can do mine correctly, better glue, better device!!!! Thanks !!!!
xwizdom 2 years ago
So how does one go about putting a nice design on the fron t and back covers? Or do you have to do that before you glue it on?
RedPaintedAvarice 2 years ago
Using a hot melt glue gun works wonders finding the right type of glue sticks can be a challenge also setting the book up in the jig I find that you get better glue penetration if you glue it before you tighten the jig to final tension also a thin 3-5mm run of glue on the shoulders (hinge part) will help stop the 'legal yellow pad effect'
jonbookbinder 2 years ago
good job with the tutorial, but i think you might want to use a cutting mat next time. poor table. lol
myhomeboy 2 years ago 5
i was just thinking that same thing. My dad handcrafted our dining room table and would shit a brick if someone left a cutting mark on it
drewkroeker 2 years ago
Awesome, the finished product looks pretty good!! Gotta try that sometime next year 8D
Blazifay 2 years ago
"Bookbinding" is the process of joining together a number of pages to form a book. Therefore, this is book binding. By the end of his video, the book has been bound. There are several ways of doing this and gluing the spine is one of them. Just look at modern book binding techniques, especially in paper backs. Go ahead, pick up a paperback. You'll see glue in the binding. Professional bookbinding glue doesn't allow the "yellow legal pad" effect to happen.
vickaronomie 2 years ago
this is not binding :| ... this is more book cluing. you will get the 'yellow legal pad' idea paper just can be ripped of that easy...
ChilleMuziek 2 years ago
its called perfect binding.
myhomeboy 2 years ago
Hi! Can you make a proper 50 page book using this method? Where can you buy book making equipment?
redpinkcat 2 years ago
Wait, scratch my remark about sewing. I hadn't realized that the signatures were 4-page (1 folded sheet). I would recommend doing a 16-page signature (4 nested sheets of folded paper). Otherwise, double-fan adhesive binding is much better than straight perfect binding, and could easily be accomplished using your homemade press.
shinWangXiao 2 years ago
And to seccure the self-made book from losing pages after heavy using,
[know that from course-books in university ;-)]
I would drill a few holes in it and then I would make an additional Japanese simple bookbing to it!
Just to secure it from losing pages later!
WUNDENFLAMME 2 years ago
Drill a few holes?! I'd say tip the cover onto the outermost pages, at most. It would actually have been best to sew the book properly as one would in a hardcover, since he already has prepared an imposition and signatures.
I'd strongly recommend PVA or methyl cellulose over anything else... also, this book is going to be cross grain--which is extremely undesirable. Always bind with the paper grain parallel to the spine.
shinWangXiao 2 years ago
Very small ones! 2-3mm
Just big enough for a thin cord!
Search for "Simple Japanese Book Binding" and you'll understand what I mean! It's only for security, so the glued pages don't fall out after heavy using!
WUNDENFLAMME 2 years ago
A properly executed double fan adhesive binding with PVA should suffer from no such problems. 2 or 3 mm is actually quite large; much larger than the holes punched in the spines of signatures to sew them together. I am familiar with Japanese stab bindings. It's a very nice method, but it is distinct from perfect binding. Yes, it could be done in conjunction, but in that case it should happen to the pages prior to being glued into the cover. A similar effect is sometimes accomplished with staples
shinWangXiao 2 years ago
Yes I agree.
WUNDENFLAMME 2 years ago
I would've put the longer side to the front,
then just bend it over and then used it as
bookmark. No cutting off at the end!
WUNDENFLAMME 2 years ago
THANKS! VERY helpful!!
canine2 2 years ago
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Djjordism 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing
karaokeman2 2 years ago 10
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago
@gotoguyenterprises Please Please tell me how you set up Microsoft publisher to print out in signatures I have a couple hundred page book I want to bind but I can not get Word or publisher to comply to print signatures, any and all help will be greatly appreciated
Ace6267 1 year ago
@Ace6267 yeah I've had the same problem. For certain projects I've just ended up printing it normal and cutting & pasting it into a master copy of pre-folded pages, then just making photocopies from that template, but its so time consuming and can be sloppy.
weremostlywater 1 year ago
I like this tutorial, I finally found something to accomplish over my summer
SnoiltheRipper 2 years ago 6
I hope you had a successful summer binding books. The binding jig in the video was a little project of mine from last summer.
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago
what are the different kinds of glue that you can use. Brands/types. Thanks and very cool video.
I recently purchased a nutrition text book ans didn't realize I would getting an unbound version.
500 to 600 pages long. Will this same binding technique be sufficient for that many pages.
Thanks
airjay1966 1 year ago
mmmmm, Soon, Ill be putting together a portfolio book of my art work for freelancing oppertunities. I want to try this with digital prints of my work and make a booklet for art directors.
thanks
KOWBOY1963 2 years ago 4
Sounds like an ideal application for this type of binding solution.
Good luck with your project.
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago 2
Thank you for your tutorial. You made it very easy to understand. I enjoyed it a lot. One question - using your process, do the pages eventually lose their adhesion? Or do the pages eventually work their way from the glue? If not, please provide your best recommendation (name brand, if possible) for glue. Thanks again. GREAT video tutorial.
carldrosa 2 years ago
Lately I've been using a 5 minute epoxy (I don't remember the brand) and working it into the pages firmly. So far, I've had no problems with pages coming loose in any of the 5 or so books done this way.
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago
Thank you. I actually saw something with that name in a local store. I will use it. Thanks again for everything.
carldrosa 2 years ago
This is such a great tutorial.
Do you recommend using PVA (water based adhesive) glue for binding? I need to bind a stack of 80 gsm paper, and though it holds together, it usually tears off really easily, and I'm not sure what's happening.
cheesiehime 2 years ago
Great tutorial. Great and helpful! But where can I buy the book binding jig? I dont think I can make it by myself. :P
rococojade 2 years ago
Glad you enjoyed the tutorial.
I built the jig out of scrap wood. I'm not aware of anyone who sells something like this (at least not at a reasonable price.)
There is an article on my website that gives more details about the jig and shows some close-up photos as well. Several folks have used that as a basis for building their own or getting someone handy to build it for them.
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago
How did you get your pages to be in the signature formats?
llamasspit104 2 years ago 10
I use a program called CutePDF to take PDF files and re-order the pages into 4 page signatures.
The program cost about $50, but there is a free version if you don't mind the watermark they add to the document (it's not to intrusive.)
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago
Just the type of help I was looking for.
Thank you very much!
Vadhin 2 years ago
im going to make one this week. And it was a big help.
TheWonnabe 2 years ago
absolutley fantastic! I will be making a book binder in the next few days. your video was a huge help.
cheers.
kezmonster 2 years ago
Good luck.
Make a video when you get yours setup and post it as a video response here!
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago
interesting!But how should i print a 240 pages book and bind it your own way?
geochafg 2 years ago
You shouldn't have any problems printing a book that size using the exact same methods. My only switch would be to use a glue with a slower set time to allow you to completely coat the spine before it dries.
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago
really nice!!!! thx that helped me alot!
eddy1337 3 years ago 2
I'm glad this helped. It's a cool little project for short-run printing projects.
gotoguyenterprises 2 years ago
Yeah i thought about writing a book. I looked at the cost , too much!! you tubed book binding, watched your video now I can bind my own paper backs. Thanks
kevinharps 3 years ago 3
Very nice. Very simple. Thanks!
CredoVeritas 3 years ago 2
You're welcome. I'm very glad you like this demo video.
gotoguyenterprises 3 years ago
Thank you this is wonderful!
JaalaJ 3 years ago
I was wondering what kind of epoxy you used?
juliakmark 3 years ago 3
Nothing fancy, just a simple 5 minute epoxy I got from the hardware store. The 2 part liquid kind that you mix together and apply.
It's probably NOT the best option in the long run, but it works fast and I've not had any problems with books I bound with it.
If you are producing multiple volumes of your book, the fast drying times make this kind of glue impractical.
gotoguyenterprises 3 years ago
Amazing well filmed well spoken if you need to learn something i found out find so Americans who make the effort to carry on hand skills like this take it from me here in the UK trying to find info like this is like looking for Hens teeth
medievalnut 3 years ago 3
Thank you. I know how hard it is to find good information on this subject if you just want to make simple glue bound books.
I'll be putting together some DVDs on this subject in the future, visit my website if you want to keep up with that (and the book I'm working on as well.)
gotoguyenterprises 3 years ago
Welcome sir was blown away by such dedication and i stand by my comments one question i would like to ask you how would you feel about making a plan of your press,dimensions and all ?ive just come into the world of book binding and seeing whats on offer in the UK well even highwaymen had the decency to wear a mask when robbing folk ,im on about the prices charged for a factory made press`s so if ever you decide to make the dimensions known you will be making one Brit happy cheers!!!!!!
medievalnut 3 years ago 2
A professional quality binder can be purchased on eBay for about $1500 US, but I just don't have the need or the space for one of those.
I don't even know the dimensions of the Jig I built. I used scrap lumber and traced a piece of paper folded to the size of a bound book to mark off where the backstops go. Just make sure that you allow the spine to stick out about 1/8" so the glue doesn't stick to the jig.
Visit the blog. There is an article about the jig with lots of pictures.
gotoguyenterprises 3 years ago
All the books I make are of size A5 (half an A4). So what I did was I got some plywood scrap just slightly larger than A5. They are covered with formica, so they are nice and smooth. I place my signatures or pages between these sheets, and press them together with a C-clamp. If you have woodworking tools you can make more sophisticated bookbinding tools easily, but I've bound several dozen books so far with the simplest tools.
gmayer66 3 years ago
The jig I use in the video isn't much more complicated than what you are using.
The only tools needed were a hand saw, a drill, and a couple clamps to hold it all together while the glue dried.
The jig makes lining everything up SO much easier.
gotoguyenterprises 3 years ago
Does it help to use a score board and then touch it up as you go along?
JonahTorn 3 years ago 5
I assume you mean for scoring the cover.
My process is to score the front cover fold before binding and the back after the glue has set. That way, if there are any imperfections, they are on the back of the book where they will be less noticeable.
gotoguyenterprises 3 years ago
Besides the cover, what else would be scored by a score board? gotoguyenterprises, you were right when you thought I meant score the cover, but I also meant specifically with a score board. That would be difficult using your method since you say that you score the back of the book after the glue has set. Therefore, please offer me advice on how to score a book when I want to sell it, with as few imperfections on the cover as possible.
Thank you for the time you take to respond.
JonahTorn 3 years ago 5