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 . the level of the paper, it is easily pulledout with small pliers, in the way depicted in Fig. through rust or other causes, the wirewill break up. It is therefore necessary to separatethe parts very carefully, as, when afterwards pullingthe sections apart, the broken pieces of wire are veryapt to cause a rent in the pages. An ordinary knifewill serve to separate the sections. (Fig. 3.) Ofcour
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 . the level of the paper, it is easily pulledout with small pliers, in the way depicted in Fig. through rust or other causes, the wirewill break up. It is therefore necessary to separatethe parts very carefully, as, when afterwards pullingthe sections apart, the broken pieces of wire are veryapt to cause a rent in the pages. An ordinary knifewill serve to separate the sections. (Fig. 3.) Ofcourse, one must be careful not to cut the paper. PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 15 The glue on the back does not usually prevent the easydivision of the sections. This old and useless gluemay be picked off with the fingers or scraped awaywith a knife, as in Fig. 4. The former method is tobe preferred, as there is less possibility of damagingeither the back or the sides of the sections. Everyparticle of old glue must be removed. The sectionsare now ready for hammering, which is done to flattenout the old groove, and also to ensure that all willlie close together when placed in correct Fig. 4. Hammering out the old groove formed in thesections is managed as follows :—The knocking-downiron, shown in Fig. 5, M, is placed in position (usuallyon the top of the lying press), where it may rest upona firm and solid foundation. To keep the sectionsclean, place upon the iron a sheet of paper. A fewof the sections are taken and knocked up at the headand back. The sections are held between the hands,and then allowed to drop by their own weight uponsome hard and flat surface. This is done alternately at i(> PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. the head and the back, until both edges are quitelevel. These sections are then placed upon theknocking-down iron. Another sheet of paper laidon the top will prevent the hammer from bruisingor damaging the surfaces. The whole are then beatenalong the back edge
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