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Adventures in book binding
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Made a few books. Figured I'd share the process.

Started off by marking the halfway point down the stack.
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Cut into halfs
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Because I wasn't able to get it cut perfectly in half every time, I sorted the pages I had into 3 general sizes
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When one of the stacks was roughly the size of a book, I put the shortest page in front and marked every half inch a little bit from the edge.
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Lined up one edge
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Clamped the other
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Drilled holes where I marked
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Sewed the pages together
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Picked leather big enough to cover the pages
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Glued a piece around the spine to help keep things together
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Glued the first and last page to the cover
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Return of the clamps
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Glue's dry and the leather's trimmed
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Inside shot
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Very cool OP
What are you planning on putting in the books?

Are you going to write in them or just let them sit?
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>>760901
This one is a gift for a friend. I've two more to make as gifts, then I plan on selling some on etsy or something
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What paper do you use?
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>>760899
Seems like you'd be better off trimming the leather to shape before gluing it, you'd probably have smoother results
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>>760918
>pic related
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>>760919
And use a brush to apply the glue...
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Very nice

Keep posting
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it's nice for a first time out
I would have glued what what have soon been the spine a few times over so the binding isn't strictly just the thread which seems to be a problem with most books
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