2016-02-03 
       
       Bookbinding 
       
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       I watched a bunch of videos about bookbinding and decided to make a
       book. It's a bit time consuming but quite simple, you only require
       paper, cardboard, string, and cloth.
       
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       * Cut your paper into bifolia (2× the intended page size).
       
       * Collect your bifolia into sections. I used 4 bifolia per
       section, yielding 8 leaves (a quaternion). 
       
       * Punch holes through the sections.
       
       * Cut some strips of cloth, stitch sections together.
       
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       * Clamp the book and glue the back.
       
       * Glue the endpapers (not shown), glue the cloth strips on them. I
       made my endpapers with suminagashi, ie. adding soapy ink and soap
       water in turn carefully on a tray of water, then laying a piece of
       paper on it.
       
       * Trim the edges with a guillotine or a crafts knife (I skipped
       this step with this book).
       
       * Form the book so that the back has a slight curve. Clamp down,
       and gently hammer the back. This will make it easier to lie the
       book flat and accommodates for the thickness of the covers.
       
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       * Make and attach headbands (the red things). There are fancy ways
       of doing this, but I just rolled a piece of cloth, glued it to
       shape, and coloured it with a red marker.
       
       * Cut the covers and the cover cloth. Use the book itself as a
       measure. 
       
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       * Glue the cardboard to the cloth, glue a strip of paper on the
       inside of the back for reinforcement
       
       * Glue the endpapers to the covers. Clamp down
       
       * Enjoy your book! One of the more challenging things about the
       whole thing is actually using the book for anything...
       
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