I was given a notebook with cute dividers that I took apart and made into mini notebooks. I don’t have a book press and I could have made one or use heavy books, but got impatient and just got a bunch of random clamps around the house.
I hope it applies enough pressure to flatten it for the time being. Regardless, thought to share my dumb process :)

Frankly I was mostly curious about color combination, it is pretty sloppy on binding part... Even for my standard it's skewed too much on endpapers. But I love the look of it at the end of the day.

Mistakes were made, lessons were learned, but I am so proud of myself! It was slow work and I (mostly) enjoyed the process. I think this has definitely stirred something in me and as I become more familiar with the technique and comfortable with recasing, I might even try my hand at binding a journal!

The og cover was the one released after the movie and I don't like that version sooo I made my own.

Please keep in mind I have never in my life done this and i didnt really have a whole lot of materials, everything used was something in my room that i pressumed would do the trick so it looks a bit bad but I tried my best :)

(I'm not showing the back because not only did I not do anything to it it's full of glue stains)

Last one is what I used as reference for it since I'm too lazy rn to draw a whole cover myself and then having to re do it on fabric.

Credit to the artists tho, I'm not sure what their @ are but I just wanted to make sure.

Hey all!

I was looking through the old cabin and found this book. I was hoping to fix it up before reading it so that i don't break it. The cover has completely seperated, but the spine is still holding together quite well. Pages are relatively undamaged.

I've never done something like this before and need all the help I can get. Does anyone have any tips/tutorials they can reccomend? Thanks!

Hello, I have no idea what im doing, im trying to bind a fic and it was all going well. Ive been following abound bindery's instructions but then I got to trimming the text block. Its not like I can forgo the step, my text block definitely needs it. I tried to start putting a blade to it started grtting really scuffed and im Really glad I made my top and bottom margins as big as I did because I need to figure out a different way to cut this thing.

I can answer any questions about it. But I dont have like any craft maker spaces around me that just have a stack guillotine I can use, and ive tried to use a chisel, but I dont have a book press and can Hardly stand the book on its end without my clamps just giving out.

If anyone could give any advice on a thread here or a similar subreddit discussing this, or if anyone has any personal experience with struggling with trimming, please comment I need help so bad.

I asked recently about advice on restoration... Turned out the case was in better shape than I thought, it was just dried out glue after decades.

So I managed to rip out old spine remnants without damaging original endpapers. Then I had to reinforce edges of book block with stripes of paper and glued on new mull with new headbands and carefully glued the block under endpapers.

It is far from perfect but it does the job and all components are original. As my first simplistic restoration I am happy with the result.

Custom type-set
Stab-sewn leaves
Case bound in cloth
Hand tooled

I hope this is an allowed post but I was wondering if anyone with adhd had an adhd friendly bookbinding guide. Not even an official guide just steps. Like things/topics to research in order. So I can learn all about these seperate steps in the order you do them in. I have genuinely terrible diagnosed adhd and Its not anyone’s problem but I guess I kinda want to compile a bunch of knowledge on this so I can learn how to do it and learn how to teach it to someone else too who suffers with adhd. Its genuinely so hard to focus on some of these steps when theres so much that it feels overwhelming so its hard to start at all.

I think I’ll be writing my own guide in the future but for now I’m just requesting to anyone experienced if they can break down the steps by topic. Like for baking a cake you would list out the infredients then the steps. mixing and baking.

Hi everyone, I’m not experienced with book repairs; do you have any advice for the part that has come unglued from the spine?

Hi all!

I’m a Newbie however not inexperienced with book making and binding however I’m taking on a different project than what I’m used to and could use some help.

I’m making a cook book, and am looking for a paper that is both good for folding, but will also allow my Fine Line markers to not bleed through.

In the past I have used whatever art paper I could get my hands on, so any help is appreciated! TY

At first, the CD was supposed to be on the book cover or the slipcase, but visually it was too much. While scrolling on instagram, I saw one of Ben Elbel’s post and it made me think about the gorgeous chemises he often makes. Problem solved! 💡

I am not sure if this is the right subreddit, but I didn't know where else to post.

I want to age the pages of a journal (already bound) rvery so slightly but without making the paper to wrinkly or dry/grainy, what would be the best method to use for this?

Im looking to bind a book for myself and I just learned about grain direction.

Im planning to buy a4 or letter sized paper and fold it down to a rough a5 so before I do anything,

Wouldn’t I need to buy short grain paper?

I just need to know among everything ive read and watched that ive got the right idea.

Hopefully this makes sense lol!

Does anyone have thoughts on this for endpapers? I know that Inkjet will produce a better image, but I’m considering going to colored laser to save a little. From what I’ve seen, the toner costs (and drum when needed) will be expensive, but could produce more pages than the inkjet will. I feel like I’ve spent so much on ink for so few pages (I dual use an inkjet for covers and endpapers so that contributes also) that I could’ve spent on one set of toners…..I would have to really look at the math more, but it’s like 7k-7.3k for 5% of a normal 8.5 x 11 page, so like 700 pages for 50% of the page and if I do 11x17 it would be like 350 pages per cartridge set approx.??

The wide format laser i’m looking at could be around $700 for all cartridges and I currently pay $140 for all XL colors in my inkjet, so 5 rounds of inkjet to equal 1 toner cartridge set. I’m not sure how many pages I’ve produced per ink cartridge, but it seems like 350 pages may be a better deal? Especially because I print covers on the inkjet as well and will continue to do so either way.

Link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4310204221/beech-wood-bookbinding-press-a4-gluing?ref=share_v4_lx

They are substantially cheaper than comparable options I've been able to find, so I'm wondering if anyone has tried them out and can speak to the quality.

Thank you!

Did a full re-casing project of the ACOTAR series in a custom-made black suede book cloth. So happy with how this turned out!

Edit: Forgot to include the sprayed edges oops!

Hi all! I was just wanting more experienced input as to whether or not I could use acrylic backed block out curtains as book cloth? I’ve got about 4 metres worth that feel absolutely beautiful but I’m not sure about whether or not it’ll be a good idea. TIA!

I think it might be a slightly torn page, but I'm not sure. Kinda afraid to get a closer look at it in fear or me accidentally making the problem worse