I love the concept of making elements slightly oversized, and then trimming them to fit. It is so much more forgiving than trying to cut and align everything perfectly, which has always seemed an unreasonable expectation in many cases.
This is such a clear and concise way of explaining it, i sure will be reusing your trick to put glue on the two endpapers at once, it's simple but oh so clever
I've been applying this same concept to soft covers (after seeing you do this more than one on previous videos), where I stitch the tex block, add the end papers and get them trimmed at the local print shop... and only then I go to design the soft cover and I add a very generous margin of design and colour so I can use the cutter and trim flush just as shown here. Thanks to the tricks I've been learnig from you, the gf is happy that she doesn't has to read the e-books she owns on her phone during the commute, but on actual paper in "proper book shape"
As always: the best advice and always just in time 🙏 I wonder how it was in Towoomba (don’t remember how to spell it🙈). That group is so blessed to have you!👍
I have an old paperback romance that i loved when i was a teen. I think i got it from a used book store. The thing is absolutely falling apart. Not only is the cover coming off but the glue binding is failing. I've tried to keep all the pages together, but have been considering trying to reglue it and give it a new cover. It's not really worth anything but i have a fondness for it.
A relative has some old books held together with tape that I would love to fix up, but since they’re perfect bound, I’m not sure what’s the best approach. The only idea I have is splitting the whole book into pages and doing a double fan binding. I would love to see a DAS approach to repairing a perfect bound paperback that has pages falling out.
Very cool! This looks much easier than my method of tracing around the textblock and cutting them before attaching.
I love the concept of making elements slightly oversized, and then trimming them to fit. It is so much more forgiving than trying to cut and align everything perfectly, which has always seemed an unreasonable expectation in many cases.
This is such a clear and concise way of explaining it, i sure will be reusing your trick to put glue on the two endpapers at once, it's simple but oh so clever
Glad you found it useful. None of this was invented by me. I, like everyone, learnt it from someone.
It's so satisfying to watch those trims! Nice simple video, thanks!
It's been a while since I did any book binding, but I still enjoy watching you work on all the techniques
You are.a natural teacher. Much appreciated!
As usual, a great and informative video. :)
I have already seeing you doing that in previous videos and I do exactly the same now with great results. Thanks !
Thank you for the video! Perfectly explained and showed, really helpful.
What a perfectly timed video 😅
I've got a project with exactly this sort of process waiting on my desk right now.
Thanks another simple explanation!
Lovely method - very useful. Thank you for sharing
❤😊❤ thank you.
I've been applying this same concept to soft covers (after seeing you do this more than one on previous videos), where I stitch the tex block, add the end papers and get them trimmed at the local print shop... and only then I go to design the soft cover and I add a very generous margin of design and colour so I can use the cutter and trim flush just as shown here.
Thanks to the tricks I've been learnig from you, the gf is happy that she doesn't has to read the e-books she owns on her phone during the commute, but on actual paper in "proper book shape"
nice to see a new video, this is helpful info
Dean Koontz's dragon tears. great book.
I'm sure it is but it was just a book I grabbed at the Op Shop:)
I am always inspired by your work. Thank you
Thank you, useful video!
Thanks for the info
As always: the best advice and always just in time 🙏 I wonder how it was in Towoomba (don’t remember how to spell it🙈). That group is so blessed to have you!👍
It went very well. Here is video about the project one of the groups was working on. facebook.com/share/v/xTHR5vNaMXVuPXRW/
I have an old paperback romance that i loved when i was a teen. I think i got it from a used book store. The thing is absolutely falling apart. Not only is the cover coming off but the glue binding is failing. I've tried to keep all the pages together, but have been considering trying to reglue it and give it a new cover. It's not really worth anything but i have a fondness for it.
A relative has some old books held together with tape that I would love to fix up, but since they’re perfect bound, I’m not sure what’s the best approach.
The only idea I have is splitting the whole book into pages and doing a double fan binding.
I would love to see a DAS approach to repairing a perfect bound paperback that has pages falling out.