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rosel83
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14h ago
It took a $60 buckram order arriving wrong to figure out I'd been measuring covers wrong since 2021
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patricia42
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1d ago
Hot take: pressing signatures with a bone folder beat my nipping press on a 200-page text block last month
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the_evan
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3d ago
Figured out my text block grain was running sideways after 8 months of doing it wrong
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noahpark
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4d ago
Unpopular opinion: I stopped rounding my spines after watching a demo at the bindery in Portland
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samshah
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4d ago
My stitching looked like a drunk spider ran across the spine until I changed one thing
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val862
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5d ago
Serious question, how long did it take you to stop cutting the grain the wrong way on spines?
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miles_perez
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6d ago
Why does nobody mention wheat paste smells terrible until the third day?
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the_jesse
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7d ago
Showerthought: the guy at the estate sale in Akron handed me a 1911 dictionary with the spine held on by electrical tape and said "that's how you know it was loved"
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leo_harris
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8d ago
Showerthought: I thought the wheat paste guy at the Asheville swap meet was pulling my leg
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nora_chen
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9d ago
Update: I stitched every book head-to-tail for 4 years before a customer in Raleigh flipped one open
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oscarscott
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10d ago
Tried wheat paste instead of PVA on a rebind last week, and the spine came out rock hard
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ward.fiona
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11d ago
I quit folding signatures with a bone folder and now I use a $9 teflon sheet from the kitchen aisle
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the_wesley
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12d ago
Question about why nobody talks about grain direction on the spine board
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grant.luna
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13d ago
Pro tip: the $6 bone folder from a garage sale in Tulsa beat my $40 one
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patel.leo
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13d ago
Rant: my old shop teacher told me to stop rounding my spines so much, and he was dead wrong
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