Book Binding How To Do It Yourself

Depending on the height of the book evenly space several more marks along the.

Book binding how to do it yourself. Make sure the spine area juts out facing you. Clip your paper block and hold it in place. Thread your needle piercing the thread 1cm from the end and pulling tight instead of tying a knot.

This will allow you to glue down the area easily. Another very common method of binding is the perfect binding this is the binding method used for the paperback and trade paperback books that make up the majority of what is sold at your local bookstore. To bind a book start by folding your pages in half and stapling them together at the folded crease.

Optional for a stronger binding process make cuts along your book spine using your penknife. Open out your stapler place the upturned paper stack on top of an eraser positioned where you want to staple which will be about two inches 5 cm from the edge of the page exactly on the crease and slowly but firmly push down on the stapler until you have stapled through the pages. To create a perfect bound book you stack together your pages and then glue them along the spine edge with a very strong and flexible glue.

Along this line mark the holes for the binding. Alternatively if you are using books to hold your text block. To stitch the pages use a bookbinding needle and linen thread four times the page height.

Next line up the creased edge of your book with the center of the tape and press your book down into the tape. Measure 1 4 in from the edge of the book and pencil in a fine line. Mark the first hole 1 2 from the top of the book and a second hole 1 2 from the bottom of the book.