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[snek-panini]

Got a bit of a different bookbinding post today. @renegadeguild got an ask from a new binder saying they were intimidated by everyone's gorgeous binds (me too, actually, some of you guys are scary good), and so they've asked people to share their first binds. And I realized I'd never even taken photos of my first one, so here it is, warts and all:

This is E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops, a public domain scifi short story that you can read for free at the link. The first reason I chose it was that it's an interesting story, and I'd bought a print-on-demand copy a few years previously that was just terrible. Baffling cover choices, basic errors in the typeset (like quotes that face the wrong way), weird size that didn't fit on my shelf; just not a good product. I couldn't do it with more indifference than the PoD people. The second reason was that I was too intimidated by the thought of asking a fic writer if I could bind their story and then producing something with a thousand sloppy beginner mistakes, and then they'd want to see photos and I'd have to show them this and it would have been mortifying, but Forster has been dead since 1970 so I could not disappoint him. It was very freeing. I bound it in 2021 as an experiment, to see if I liked this hobby enough to stick to it. The cover is green cardstock and faux leather scrapbook paper that I bought at... probably Hobby Lobby. I added the title later, as a practice project when I first got my Cricut; for the first two years of its existence it had a blank cover.

There are more photos under the cut!

In this photo we can see:

--Too much glue when attaching the leather-print paper, so it oozed out onto the cover.

--Cricut font too thin and too much heat/too long of a press, so the letters have gaps and the glue also oozed out here. It's a continuing theme with this bind.

--I tried to use a bone folder to give it a sharper hinge crease and accidentally pressed too hard and tore a hole in the paper; you can see this in the little white vertical line near the top of the hinge

The fore edge is not square. I actually don't remember why this happened. I may have eyeballed the board position when I made the case, or the paper may have slipped while the glue was wet, or I cut it crooked and didn't notice till later. Either way it's bad enough that the book doesn't stand on its own. There was a crooked man/who walked a crooked mile/and found a crooked sixpence/against a crooked stile./He bought a crooked cat/which caught a crooked mouse/and they all loved together in a little crooked house, and I bet they read this little crooked book from their little crooked library.

Top view, you can see that the case is too big and the text block doesn't sit straight in it. It has no endbands or bookmark, and it's hard to see in this photo but there's glue on the top of it, at the spine. This still happens to me but I know how to trim books now so this bit gets cut off. You can also see that the scrapbook paper has some cracks where its white core is visible. This is why I do cloth or actual faux leather on the spines now. Endpaper shows uneven trim (did I not use a ruler for this??), too much glue causing major seepage, and it doesn't sit evenly in the case. I'm not sure if this is because of the case itself being crooked, a badly-trimmed endpaper, or if the text block is also crooked. Or it may be a combination of all these factors. Unclear.

Typeset photos! Here we see:

--Title page has a page number on it. This is a pet peeve of mine and I fixed it after this book.

--There is no half title, summary, or metadata. All my later binds have these things.

--It's typeset in Times New Roman. Unlike many I don't actually hate this font but reading it reminds me of being in high school so this is the only book I used it for. Baskerville is my beloved now. The font is also much bigger than it should be. It's not huge but it's like a large print book so it feels weird for me to read it.

--Lol what are margins

--Lol what are page headers

--Actually I think I left the headers out so it wouldn't have a header on the first page of each chapter, because I knew about page breaks but not section breaks at this time.

--It's on regular-ass lightweight printer paper. There's nothing wrong with this but I switched to heavier weight paper shortly after to help with bleed-through and the light stuff feels so flimsy now.

--I didn't understand how Word's book fold worked at this time, so when I had to set the sheets per booklet and it had an option for 4, I chose that thinking it would give me 4 sheets of paper (16 numbered pages) per sig. It did not do this. It gave me 4 numbered pages per sig. So every signature is 1 sheet of paper. Every page is its own signature. I am still mad about this but it sure drove home how the setting works and also how to make kettle stitches since you make one after every sig. A book of 48 pages has 12 signatures which is just ludicrous.

--There's no photo of this but it has a piece of printer paper on the spine because I didn't have mull. I did use PVA though. Lots and lots of PVA.

--It's stitched with regular sewing thread, which means it doesn't have much swell for a book with that many sigs, but it's less sturdy and more likely to tear the paper.

And that's that! It probably sounds a bit like I was tearing it to shreds but I actually love this book quite a lot. I learned so many things that I applied to my next binds, it was an invaluable experience. It let me fall in love with the hobby so I could make the awesome things I make now. I've got those all posted on my main blog under the tag #snek makes books, or you can see them all on my side blog @papersnakepress. For a first book it's functional and readable, and still better than the PoD copy I had before. I've been thinking of doing a rebind as a sort of progress gauge, actually. Maybe next year.

[outsiderempire]

I am so excited about this! I wrote an 8 page proposal to convince the dean of my library to let us buy the Cover One machine, which is a thermal bookbinding and repair machine. It was very expensive, which is why I had to submit the proposal. Well, it was accepted and we bought it and so now I get to use it to repair damaged books and to help with binding books!

[weirdw00d]

Here is a video of my process of binding a couple of my favorite fanfics into one book!

Ngl, feedist teen wolf fanfiction was so formative for me lol and it's really nice to get to honor some of my faves and be able to have a physical copy of some awesome stories by @chubstilinski. The title fic, Gut Feeling, is one of my favorite fics ever and I knew I had to do this Bakery AU justice by adding a delicious slice of pie to the front cover.

I thought I'd share the video cuz I feel like some parts are satisfying and it's fun to watch it all come together! Also if it convinces you to go read Gut Feeling then even better lol. Right now the book is in the book press as the glue dries, and I'll definitely be posting some Aesthetic Pictures when it's ready to come out!

Also - I post a ton of my DIY stuff and day to day things on my instagram if you're interested! it's weirdwoodbbw if you'd like to follow ^_^

[cmdonovann]

the last of my public domain books from christmas! (for now; i did one other, but i can't find the photos i took, so i'll have to take more later.) a chunky little letter quarto of the time machine by h. g. wells, for my dad. i cannot possibly express how much i wanted to keep this one myself, lol, i was so pleased with how it turned out!!

[climbingivy97]

My commissions are now open on my Ko-fi! Follow the link below if you want custom, illustrations, fanart, paintings and sketchbooks!

[gender-trash]

god damn it i need a better social life (robot board game nights still haven't recovered from pandemic world; i keep skipping robot club meetings because everyone keeps FUCKING talking about LLMs; my brain has decided that video calls and so on are Not Actually Social Interaction). was going to join a quilting circle or something but it looks like the sf quilters meetup i found on meetup.com is still online only :/ i KNOW some of you live in the sf bay area... would anyone come to, like, a recurring thursday evening craft meetup or something in san mateo??

[queenlucythevaliant]

I've started in on my second bind. The Sparrow! I continue to be thwarted by my printer though.

[aso-bi]

New Special Interest Unlocked!

Bookbinding.

I am just so deeply in awe of the history of books and how they were made throughout. It's such an interesting thing to just learn about because I'd always loved books, but I had never given the process of creating one just ANY thought. I'm fascinated.

...Brb gonna stock up on material so I can bind books of my own.

[ineffablefool]

Signatures punched! Now it is back in the Squish Machine until tomorrow.

This was a lot harder than I expected it to be. The awl really didn't want to go through my fancy paper (it's still only 104gsm! I am not using cardstock here!), so I ended up using my punch template just to poke little marker holes, then went back and carefully twist-shoved the awl through each of those. Also, I had a half-second there of *real* confusion on how the heck I was supposed to juggle everything, only to realize... ah. Yes. I was set up like I'd seen the DAS Bookbinding guy do it. And he is right-handed. And I am not.

So I flipped the template over and moved things around and then it made much more sense.

The all-purpose thread Did Not do the trick in my testing, but fortunately I also have eight-year-old white jeans topstitching thread, and that behaved acceptably on the test signatures. I don't have linen or cotton tape but I do have eight-year-old grosgrain ribbon. When it comes time to use mull on the spine, I will instead be using some eight-year-old plain beige cotton fabric that I bought at the Schaumburg IKEA. (Can you tell I had a sewing phase eight years ago? Never finished a single damn thing though. The whole point was that I wanted clothes that actually fit me, but I couldn't get my head around the physics needed to reshape the patterns.)

I lightly stabbed myself with the awl at one point, and didn't realize it had broken the skin until I noticed a tiny red smudge on one page. I'm not reprinting it, though. Building a computer takes a lil blood sacrifice to really work right. Maybe bookbinding is like that too!

[fallingsunbindery]

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 35,683 words | 240 pages Completed August 28, 2022

My first octavo book! Each page is 1/8 of a sheet of letter paper. I used Duo bookcloth again, and the endpapers had actually been on my wishlist for a long time. I knew they would be perfect for a sci-fi story, and I finally had an excuse to splurge and by a sheet! As a bonus, the sheets are so large and this binding is so small that I still have a ton of that paper left :)

[hms-tardimpala]

FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO PRINT BRIGHT COLORS WITH MY NEW PRINTER YEEEEHAW

I don't print a lot of color, I mostly use it for the AO3 logo at the beginning of the fics I bind, but since I've had this printer, it's stubbornly come out maroon instead of bright red. Knowing that this machine is able to print colors well (Canon tend to be good for that), I fiddled with the color settings every time to find the right one. And I finally have! High contrast is the key!

[becca-alexa]

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[chaoticbindery]

Salvage by MuffinLance

I completed this baby back in October early November it was painfully fun, lol. Shoutout to @no-name-publishing for sharing their typeset with me!

Below the line, there is more information and photos on this bind!

The foiling took about 8-9 hours or so. There was a lot of trial and error, and I ruined about 3 books worth of bookcloth. I ran through all my heat reactive silver foil (neverforget✊️)before I was able to compelte it. I used foil I got from a bindery that is closing down, I used my new cameo, and the memory keepers heat foil quills.

I was originally going to use The Great Wave off Kanagawa as my cover art, but my friends talked me out of it, and I'm glad since, had I not listened, it may have taken longer. The sound of the cameo working will haunt my nightmares. My spouse was dreading their life choices. "Why did I buy her the machine from hell?" Cause you love me, my sweet honeybooboo, that's why.

I used 28lb paper for this puppy, my printer was such a good boy and printed it out without a single issue (bless you babe I will thank you first when I get a trophy one of these days) but after I folded it it was like 3 inches wide and I got so scared for my life.

I used remie band and linen thread (only the best for you, my precious), I made headbands with the bookcloth and l2mm leather core, and I used glue and kozo paper to strengthen the rounded spine.

Rounding and backing almost made me cry, but I had DAS there with me. Also, shoutout to my friend's cousin for the backing and routing boards and Jim with ABE for the wonderful laying press.

The endpapers are from De Milo Design. They are handmade, and I got them at a local faire. They are beautiful!

The bookcloth is from BookcraftSupplyCo in CA!

If you would like to learn more about bookbinding, consider joining @renegadepublishing

[jabbage]

The Secret of Sherlock Holmes bookbinding project!

I've really wanted a hard copy for a while of 'The Secret of Sherlock Holmes' play by Jeremy Paul, which was performed by Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke (and is very high on my list of things to go and see if I get a time machine, because there aren't any video recordings of it.)

ANYWAY it's long out of print and very expensive to buy so I figured... I can just make one myself!

First I bound the text block. It's so slim, at a grand total of 75 pages.

I bound the cover in honey-coloured book cloth, and then set about creating a cover design.

I wanted to use the official logo of the play and this amazing publicity photo, so I went into my paint package of choice (clip studio) and tweaked the photograph until I was happy I'd got a likeness of the actors only using black and white. I think Jeremy Brett lost a little of his handsomeness, alas.

A while ago I bought a cutting machine, a Silhouette Portrait, which comes with some great software which can automatically convert an image like this into a path for the cutting machine to follow, although I usually tweak it manually too.

For example, I figured the weave on Hardwicke's tie was too intricate so I removed it.

Then I set the cutting machine to work!

For a while I tried using self-adhesive vinyl to make covers, but I found that it wasn't very hard-wearing and would start peeling off. These days I use self-adhesive vinyl to make a stencil, and then paint onto the book cloth in acrylic. The fact that the stencil is self-adhesive reduces the chances of any paint sneaking in underneath!

(The stencil is gold just because I have a lot of spare gold vinyl - it's probably not the best colour to use.)

For this project I did something I've never done before, which is doing two layered stencils, a white layer underneath, and then a black layer on top.

I kind of regret not painting all of the figures in white because if you squint you can see the line where the white stops on the final piece.

And now for the really satisfying bit - peeling of the stencil when everything has dried!

I'm really pleased with the finished book, and it's so fun to possibly have the only hardback version of this play... ever...???

[sits-bound]

My bookbinding tools and stuff

I started binding in July 2023, so I'm certainly no expert, but in case you're interested in what I use to create my binds…

I use Adobe InDesign to typeset and Illustrator for graphics

I print on an old Canon laser printer for black and white and an Epson ET-3830 inkjet for color

I purchase my shortgrain paper from Church Paper (for folios) and the long grain paper I use for quartos is just whatever (nothing special)

I love my punching cradle and guide that I got off etsy.

I use this thread (that I wax with beeswax) for sewing signatures

I love this cardstock for endpapers (Craft Consortium ink drops) but I collect pads of 12x12 cardstock in various designs from craft stores.

I like this bookboard (in black specifically)

ETA: I recently ordered precut boards from Hollander's. I cannot recommend this enough. I got the .10 thick board.

I use these tools for spacing and squaring when creating covers

Everything gets stuck together with this glue. (GET THE POINTY TOP!)

I have an old Silhouette Cameo for cutting vinyl and applying foil to bookcloth (with this pen)

I use this foil quill for freehanding

I apply laser toner foil with this Scotch laminator

I have a thermal binding machine from Amazon and I use these glue strips with it

I have this guillotine (but I don't recommend black for visibility reasons)

I have purchased bookcloth from Hollander's, Colophon, and Amazon. I don't recommend the Allure line if you are decorating with HTV or paint.

Get this heat and bond if you want to make your own bookcloth

I make ribbon bookmarks with charms like these and these crimps.

I get positive feedback and help and kindness from @renegadeguild

Caveat: These are just the tools and supplies I use. I am not an expert. I'm a hobbyist who is relatively new to it. Some of the things I use might be "wrong" but every book I've made works, so who cares?

If you want to see what it looks like when I bind something, here's a short video.