Bookbinding by Hand

Please see the updated version which is a response to this one.

Demonstration of the techniques and equipment used to make a soft-cover "perfect binding" book.

This technique is used for the Cornsnake Morph Guide (http://cornguide.com/the%20guide.php ) and Genetics For Herpers (http://geneticsforherpers.com )

For those who cannot read the text in time, there is a pause button. For those who want to skip portions of the video there is a slider which allows you to move to any part of the video.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• book
• binding
• bookbinding

[semoffett]

When you chose the spacing for the staples, was that some standard spacing or just what you thought would fit best? If there are already spacers on the stapler then what are the pennies there for? Is the glue you used some special paper friendly, acid free type glue, or was it just normal crafting glue sticks? How are the books holding up in terms of durability?

Thanks for the great video!

[serpwidgets]

The spacing was the result of experimenting with different numbers of staples. The pennies are on there because the staples would otherwise go too far from the edge of the paper. The glue is regular craft glue sticks, and they have held up for a year now. :)

[raivenlola00]

Absolutely exceptional. You have just saved me hundreds of dollars. Good job!

[Daisytoo]

Spoken words would have been helpful. The parts that were self-explanatory were done slowly; the novel parts sped through. I'm guessing this was a video made for people already skilled in the craft who wanted to learn a new technique. In that case, I'm glad to know it'll be here when I'm ready.

[alicmiran]

wow thanks for the video. Just learned something new

[VeeVeeVeeV]

excellent answer!!!

good vid

[Iselsie]

Good point to the user who got bored watching you collate. Bookbinding takes a lot of patience. Good vid

[pickalobob]

great video for do it at home book binding.

[xenepp]

To be perfectly honest, the lack of sound and poor frame-rate got tedious real quick. The text disappeared to quickly too.

That said, this was fascinating and I'm sure I'll employ your methods if/when I get round to completing my own book, thanks!

[monnie110]

This is a great video. Thanks for putting this up.