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The international Studio (October, 1907)
DOI Artikel:King, Morris Lee: Practical bookbinding, 1
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Practical Bookbinding
against line A. With the straight-edge resting upon
the section as before, and against points D D, the
tail of each section is trimmed, if it projects.
Always keep the sections in their proper sequence.
It will now be found on knocking the book into
shape that the fore edge and tail present a more
regular appearance. It is not desirable to cut much
off the fore edge and tail (unless edges are to be
full gilt), especially in books printed on hand-made
papers.
In order to have a good surface to trim on, it is
advisable to place a strip of zinc on the cutting line
—several strips of zinc of various widths and
lengths are very useful to have on hand for this and
similar purposes.
The sections may also be trimmed by cutting a
mill-board accurately the exact size decided upon,
and placing it on each section in order; cut off the
projecting edges. This method is satisfactory in
expert hands, but the former gives better results
in the long run.
Beating: Binderies should be equipped with a
heavy iron or stone beating block with a beating
hammer. The amateur, however, may make shift to
do with a heavy lithographic stone resting on a some-
what yielding bed, and the beating may be done
with a heavy backing hammer. After the sections
have been cleansed of glue and collated, the book
should be thoroughly beaten in order to more com-
pletely consolidate it—this is especially necessary
if it is a new book taken from the ordinary casing.
If a thin book (say ^ to f inch in thickness), all the
sections may be beaten at once. If thicker, half of
it may be taken at one time. After each half is
beaten, join them again and beat the whole book
once more. Care must be taken to beat each por-
tion evenly and strike squarely so the edge of the
hammer-face never touches the sheets—if it does
it will mar them. Beating should be practiced on
some useless books. The sections may now be
knocked up so the back and head are quite square,
placing pressing tins between every five or six sec-
tions ; the whole is then put in the standing press
under the greatest possible pressure and left at
least twelve hours
(To be continued)
BOUND AT ZAHN BINDERY ORIGINAL DESIGN
IN MYRTLE GREEN CRUSHED LEVANT
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against line A. With the straight-edge resting upon
the section as before, and against points D D, the
tail of each section is trimmed, if it projects.
Always keep the sections in their proper sequence.
It will now be found on knocking the book into
shape that the fore edge and tail present a more
regular appearance. It is not desirable to cut much
off the fore edge and tail (unless edges are to be
full gilt), especially in books printed on hand-made
papers.
In order to have a good surface to trim on, it is
advisable to place a strip of zinc on the cutting line
—several strips of zinc of various widths and
lengths are very useful to have on hand for this and
similar purposes.
The sections may also be trimmed by cutting a
mill-board accurately the exact size decided upon,
and placing it on each section in order; cut off the
projecting edges. This method is satisfactory in
expert hands, but the former gives better results
in the long run.
Beating: Binderies should be equipped with a
heavy iron or stone beating block with a beating
hammer. The amateur, however, may make shift to
do with a heavy lithographic stone resting on a some-
what yielding bed, and the beating may be done
with a heavy backing hammer. After the sections
have been cleansed of glue and collated, the book
should be thoroughly beaten in order to more com-
pletely consolidate it—this is especially necessary
if it is a new book taken from the ordinary casing.
If a thin book (say ^ to f inch in thickness), all the
sections may be beaten at once. If thicker, half of
it may be taken at one time. After each half is
beaten, join them again and beat the whole book
once more. Care must be taken to beat each por-
tion evenly and strike squarely so the edge of the
hammer-face never touches the sheets—if it does
it will mar them. Beating should be practiced on
some useless books. The sections may now be
knocked up so the back and head are quite square,
placing pressing tins between every five or six sec-
tions ; the whole is then put in the standing press
under the greatest possible pressure and left at
least twelve hours
(To be continued)
BOUND AT ZAHN BINDERY ORIGINAL DESIGN
IN MYRTLE GREEN CRUSHED LEVANT
CXXXIV