Basic DIY Book Binding Demonstration

http://www.DIYBookbinding.com

Do-it-yourselfer demonstrates how to make a glue bound paper back book. Includes a look at a home made bookbinding jig.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• bookbinding
• bound
• glue
• perfect
• paper
• bookblock
• jig
• trade
• paperback
• machine

[konohamarutard]

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....

[gotoguyenterprises]

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.)

[picoscar]

Thanks for the video. Im curious about this new book. did you said it is a ebook? what is it about?

[gotoguyenterprises]

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."

[kaitrus]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh he cuts on his wooden table without a mat  D:

[diskman01]

I just tried a small sample book (memo size as to reduce amount of test paper used) with the gorilla wood glue, let it set, and the pages just came right out. It did nothing to hold anything together. :( That is the second glue i tried. The first one I used I found to be good for memo pads, it was a simple $1 rubber cement type glue. Works great for memo pads and such, but not for book binding. But the gorilla wood glue was useless for me. Thanks for your video. Will order pva glue soon

[rtbasschik]

I can't believe no one replied! I don't know what you have in your area, but art stores carry card stock, as do places like Kinko's & Staples. Good luck Jake!

[23565120]

It depends on which country you live in, I would think. In the U.K. we would be likely to get it from a hardware shop or a craft and models shop, which is a kind of shop specialising in those kinds of things.

[23565120]

Thanks for an excellent tutorial.

Lucid, and no silly background music.

Now I know how to go about binding the novel I have just written and printed off.

Thanks again for sharing that.

[SirLancelotSmudge]

He does....he scores which is to cut but not right through. Nice table.

[MATFlawless]

Now this tube channel is exactly fantastic.

[SquirrelGott]

String o_O

seriously, string.

Obviously you've never used E-6000. If glue is good enough for NASA to use for pasting on thermal panels for reentry through earth atmosphere let alone withstanding more g-forces than a human can possibly ever handle, then I think it is probably strong enough for a few microscopic wood fibers.

[choochoobe]

I did not watch this video to be cringed the fuck out by the sound of a blunt pencil...

[ljbew]

@gotoguyenterprises You should have a contact me tab (on your web site) any way I am leaving you a message here hopefully you get it in time. This is Jeremy the guy you got the garden rocks from in mccalla. you are going to have to get them your self, I picked me up a new job as of April 5th.

[sharpspike06]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me where to buy card stock for book binding?? I can't find it anywhere! I really need guidance. I hope someone can help me. Any info is appreciated, thanks! :)

-Jake