Book binding

[singteck]

I wonder who else does that?

I have been doing it for over 10 years. Just made a book vice and book plough to help me trim thicker books.

 

[Dreadhead]

Dare i hope a tutorial is forthcoming?

 

[Man of Tanith]

Can i second the above sentiment

 

[jackcbr]

Damn, I'm in the process of doing a blog on a book covering project I'm working on. But yours far eclipse it. Would love to see a tutorial as I quite fancy making my own book rather than just a cover for one.

 

[grey-array]

+1 to previous hopes ^^
That vice looks supreme, and may I ask what type of glues do you use, I am curious ^^
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[Mesquite]

Nice bit of woodwork there

As for bookbinders, Sandsnakes here on the forum has been known to bind a book or two

 

[Dave Budd]

nice looking plough Different to the others I've seen. I'm not a bookbinder myself, but courtesy of Sandsnakes (who is the Queens' head bookbinder!) I do make tools for the craft I've made a few blades for various ploughs over the last couple of years, what style have you gone for?

 

[mentalnurse]

Try sandsnake he does it for the queen.

 

[singteck]

Thank you everyone. A tutorial would be a bit difficult since I wouldn't be making another one any time soon. I used a milling machine to square the blocks of wood and mill the grooves. Then just connect with rods. They are very simple to make.

The blade is just a normal craft blade that you can snap off.

 

[jackcbr]

A tutorial on book binding itself would be nice, do you sadle stitch sections and then stitch to the cover

 

[sandbender]

I wonder who else does that?

I have been doing it for over 10 years. Just made a book vice and book plough to help me trim thicker books.

That looks great, yes, a tutorial please!

 

[Shovel]

A friend of my family binds books for the library of congress. She did a Qu'ran from 1492! I was afraid to touch anything in her workshop.

 

[singteck]

I am not an expert at bonding books. Just a hobby and a need. I'll see if I can do a tutorial on it.

Here is a book press just completed.

 

[singteck]

Just finish binding my notebook. 100pages of 80grams white paper with soft leather cover.

 

[John Fenna]

My Tai Chi instructor was a bookbinder as well - her work was beautiful ... but her hardwear was not as good looking as your examples!

 

[Buggane]

Your press and vice look good enough to be ornaments. I too am also in favour of you doing a tutorial would love to have made something to jot down my ideas over the coming summer.

 

[sandsnakes]

Nice kit Singteck, French press and plough. If you are after kit equipment try Homewoodbound and Hewit & Son for leather, glue and brushes. Remember that binding leather is tanned in a very different way and is radically different to upholstery leather and hides. It is tanned so it can be wet stretched and drummed and turned down.

Oh yes, look up SOB (Society of Bookbinders) they do lots of talks meetings and small training courses.

Have fun!

Sandsnakes

 

[sandsnakes]

Here is one i made a couple of years ago. Blue Chieftan Goat with Rose calf onlays, 22crt gold finishing, silk endpapers and hand sewn endbands, sitting in its own drop back box in matching blue, it is about A3 size.

 

[mrcharly]

Seeing that beautiful work it strikes me that there would be a market for tablet cases made to look like a book, with bespoke covers. Did you do the embossed lettering, Sandsnakes?

 

[vukic]

Seeing that beautiful work it strikes me that there would be a market for tablet cases made to look like a book, with bespoke covers. Did you do the embossed lettering, Sandsnakes?

You definitely have a point there...
Awesome work... Definitely would love to see a tutorial..

Tiger

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