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the_terry•6h ago

Pro tip: that $180 brass knocking-down block from England was the best money I ever spent in this craft

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ben267•10h ago

A guy at the Phoenix estate sale said my 30 year old bone folder was made better than anything he sees now

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karenf40•1d ago

I glued spines with PVA straight from the jug for 2 years until a guy in Louisville asked to see my glue pot

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john648•2d ago

Appreciation post: the 78 year old book repair lady at the Chicago show who uses wheat paste and nothing else

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faithj10•3d ago

Watched a guy at the Asheville book fair fix a cracked spine with a hair dryer and I've been doing it wrong for 6 years

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betty144•3d ago

Picked waxed linen over synthetic thread for a family bible repair and I'm second guessing it

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angelab62•6d ago

My $180 brass finishing press sat in a closet for 7 months, so I finally sold it and bought a $40 nipping press

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the_kim•6d ago

Unpopular opinion: that expensive brass finishing press everyone drools over is a waste for most of us

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the_cora•6d ago

Bought a $24 bone folder from a seller in Ohio, it cracked my first signature in half

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foster.dylan•7d ago

Pro tip: skip the $34 iron-on spine cloth from the craft store

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davis.keith•7d ago

Case binding vs perfect binding for a 300 page novel, one of these is a trap

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oliviac22•9d ago

Question about pressing a warped board flat: 8 hours under weights vs 30 minutes with a heat gun

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morgan_lewis18•10d ago

Dropped $180 on a brass backing hammer and it fixed my rounding in one session

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sethp26•10d ago

Pro tip: stop rounding your spines before the glue is fully dry

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the_terry•11d ago

A shop regular in Baltimore told me my case binding was too tight, and I'm still not sure if he was right

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