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stellac97•6h ago

Can we talk about the time I glued a text block with the spine grain running the wrong way?

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richard610•1d ago

A big craft fair in Austin changed my mind about machine stitching

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xena886•3d ago

Trusted that YouTuber's glue trick and now my spine is ruined

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janaw11•6d ago

A binder client told me my endpapers were too stiff, and they were right

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harper_smith•8d ago

TIL about PVA vs wheat paste for book cloth, wheat is way better

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angelafisher•11d ago

I finally stopped fighting my awl and started sharpening it like a pencil

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oliverbailey•15d ago

A customer's one comment about my grain direction fixed my weak spines

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ross.sean•19d ago

Fancy laying press was a waste, give me a stack of boards

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wells.reese•20d ago

TIL my so-called "acid-free" glue ate through a 1940s paperback in 2 weeks

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hugos67•21d ago

My leather paring knife finally gave up after a 40-year run

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miawalker•27d ago

Rant: That 'perfect grain direction' snob at the meetup

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lily_stone76•27d ago

Pro tip: the cheap bone folder won, and it took me 3 weeks to admit it

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wood.noah•29d ago

That heat gun incident last Tuesday still has me rattled

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nora184•29d ago

The Tuesday my press broke and I ended up relearning everything

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the_dakota•1mo ago

Glue vs. stitch for a 400 page run, I chose wrong

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