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jakewhite•5h ago

Watched a guy at the Dayton book fair fix a cracked hinge with wheat paste in 10 minutes

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wyatt_fisher•10h ago

My first 20 pamphlet stitch books cracked at the spine, then I changed one thing and all 20 held

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leo238•1d ago

Appreciation post: a binder in Savannah talked me out of perfect corners, and my books finally open flat

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margaret_nelson•1d ago

My 78 year old neighbor saw my sewing frame and asked why I gave up on the old way

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river182•1d ago

Watched a local binder switch from PVA to wheat paste on case bindings and the spine flex difference 8 months later is wild

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taylor929•2d ago

Showerthought: chose a Coptic stitch over a double fan for my 600 page sketchbook rebind

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kim.sandra•2d ago

Update: chose linen thread over cotton for a 400 page rebind, and now I'm second guessing myself

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ellis.charles•5d ago

My first solo rebind was a mess until a guy at the Asheville book fair showed me the trick with the spine

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the_henry•8d ago

Guy at the bindery supply counter said PVA alone was fine for a 400 page rebind, and now the spine is cracking

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henry_kelly54•9d ago

A woman at the bindery in Tucson told me my grain direction was wrong on all 12 of my coptic journals, and she was right

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nathan_patel•10d ago

Dropped $85 on a 'professional' corner rounder and it chewed through my board like a beaver

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theawest•12d ago

A bindery client in Seattle asked why I still fold signatures by hand, and her reason stopped me cold

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sarahsullivan•12d ago

Dropped $140 on a cast iron book press from a guy in Fresno, and it's the only reason my last batch of journals lays flat

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derekthomas•14d ago

PSA: my spine press split a 400 page text block at the hinge because I rushed the glue and now I'm eating a $60 reprint

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sandra715•15d ago

Shoutout to the old marbled paper I almost threw out, 6 months later it finally looks right

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