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Bookbinding Demonstration - Glue Bound Paperback
During a holiday this summer I made a simple bookbinding jig to help speed up my efforts when creating paperback books (you can read more about the bookbinding jig in this article.)
The bookbinding jig worked extremely well (I’ve made 7 books so far) and I have been having great success using it to make books with glue bindings. So, I decided to put together this quick video to demonstrate the process I use.
The video is edited slightly, but the whole process shown only took about 15 minutes from start to finish and much of the time cut out was waiting for the glue to setup enough to remove it from the jig.If you enjoy this demonstration, please bookmark the page and share it with others.
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July 26, 2008
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May 3, 2009
Ericka @ 11:47 pm:
I really enjoyed your video and instructions. I finally went out and made my first woodworking project ever!! - entirely out of scrap lumber. My first didn’t turn out to well, but my second looks great. I finished it today. I read your post about children’s books and your little one. My six year old started telling me a story in the car about two brave men - Truthful and Lieless. It was very interesting. I started writing it down for him and will type up his “first story” and print it out for him. You never know, one day we may have to e-mail you about how you publish and print your work!
Thanks again for the jig intructions. We print out a lot of classics that are not copyrighted for our homeschool. 3- ring binders were getting expensive as well as inefficient!
October 31, 2009
Tonya Owens @ 3:31 pm:
what type of glue do you use when binding paperback books?
November 3, 2009
admin @ 6:25 pm:
Tonya,
Check out this article for more info on choosing the best glue for your project:
http://www.diybookbinding.com/glue-options-for-perfect-bound-paperback-books/
These days I often use a 5 minute epoxy for quick dry times. But, this isn’t necessarily the best option. I don’t expect my books to last for decades.
Andrew
December 24, 2009
Justin @ 12:58 pm:
Hi, I was wondering if you thought this sort of binding would work for card stock as well. The problem I’m having is that the Kinko’s near me only carries heavy card stock, not text stock. I’m thinking of having them score the sheets (11×17″) and fold them so I’d have pages of 8.5×11″”, which I would then cut down to 8.5×8.5″. I’d love to sew the binding but think it will be too stiff. Any thought if the glue binding would be strong enough for something like 80lb card stock?
Thanks. And great video.