Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . ogether asthough they were in one piece. It is advisable tomake all these joinings in the inside of the sections ;as, if they are made on the outside, the knots areliable to be broken in the processes which follow. (3) Sewing on Tapes or Vellum.—First fix thetapes or strips of vellum in the sewing press. Twoonly of the loops on the cross-bar need be these a round ruler is placed, and the tapeor
Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . ogether asthough they were in one piece. It is advisable tomake all these joinings in the inside of the sections ;as, if they are made on the outside, the knots areliable to be broken in the processes which follow. (3) Sewing on Tapes or Vellum.—First fix thetapes or strips of vellum in the sewing press. Twoonly of the loops on the cross-bar need be these a round ruler is placed, and the tapeor strip of vellum may then be looped over this andpinned with an ordinary pin. The other ends arepassed through the slot in the bed of the sewing-press. PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 47 pulled tight, and pinned with drawing-pins under-neath the bed of the press. Then all are tightened byturning the wooden nuts above the cross-bar. Fig. 33shows the tapes fixed in position, ready for course, the positions are fixed and regulated fromthe marking up on the back of the sections. Themethod of sewing, as regards the kettle stitch andbringing out the needle and thread by the side of the. Fig. 33. tape, is almost the same as for ordinary sewing, butdiffers slightly in this way :—After about every foursections are sewn, the threads are caught up on theoutside of the tape and tied, for the purpose of tighten-ing the threads. To do this the needle is passedunderneath the threads already sewn ; a loop isformed over them, and this is then tied. The knotshould be kept quite central on the tape. Whencutting the cords or tapes from the press, allow a fewinches to project on each side of the book. 48 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. Remedy for Swollen Back.—It after cuttingdown it should be found that there is too muchswelling at the back of the book, screw it up inthe lying press, and place the knocking-downiron by the side of the book. Then strike the otherside with the backing hammer, in order
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