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craig.reese
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8h ago
DAE think teaching new binders on cheap kits makes them learn bad habits?
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thompson.tyler
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1d ago
PSA: linen thread vs. waxed cotton on a 300-page rebind, and the linen held up way better
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umasullivan
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2d ago
Warning: my old boss at the bindery in Portland told me to stop gluing up spines with PVA straight from the jug
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ryanrodriguez
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2d ago
Skeptical about using dental floss for headbands until I tried it on a 1920s cookbook
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susan_nguyen
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6d ago
Unpopular opinion: that bone folder trick from a workshop in Ann Arbor last month made my hinges worse
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riverhunt
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6d ago
Vent: used way too much paste on my first 6 case bindings
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derek_murray
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6d ago
DAE ever have a spine come apart right when you press it? Happened to me on a Bible repair last week
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the_casey
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8d ago
Rant: my awl punched straight through a signature on the second to last section
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anthony_lane55
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8d ago
My old shop teacher told me to skip the thread wax on linen, and 300 signatures later I still say he was wrong
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matthewg63
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9d ago
Picked linen thread over waxed cord for my first Coptic stitch and it held up great
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irisross
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9d ago
Used a wallpaper seam roller on my spine glue ups and my books lay flatter than ever
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brian303
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9d ago
My old mentor in Asheville said to stop clamping so hard on spine glue ups, and I'm second guessing 6 years of habit
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danielgonzalez
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10d ago
A retired binder in St. Louis showed me his 1970s glue pot and it made me rethink my whole setup
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pat360
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10d ago
Spent $85 on a used standing press off Craigslist in Cleveland and it paid for itself on my first batch of 40 notebooks
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fionarodriguez
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10d ago
Question about my 3-year-old PVA glue finally going bad mid-flight
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