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 . further guide, we may mention that if the leatheris turned in too much, there will not be sufficientmaterial to form the head-cap ; and, on the otherhand, if too much is left above the head-band whenit is bent over, a very unsightly cap will a little practice the eye acquires the powerof quickly judging the amount required. Turning In.—The method of turning in is shownin Fig. 71. The turn-over
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 . further guide, we may mention that if the leatheris turned in too much, there will not be sufficientmaterial to form the head-cap ; and, on the otherhand, if too much is left above the head-band whenit is bent over, a very unsightly cap will a little practice the eye acquires the powerof quickly judging the amount required. Turning In.—The method of turning in is shownin Fig. 71. The turn-over must be well presseddown on to the inside of the boards, and before thefore-edges are turned in the boards should be set 94 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. squarely in the joint, as shown in Fig. 72. It willbe seen that the book is placed flat on its side, thecovered board is lifted up, and a pressing board or apiece of wood with a square edge is pushed well up tothe joint. The covered board of the book is thenbrought in contact with the pressing board and the. leather is pressed in firmly at each end, until it is seenthat the joint is set quite square. The fore-edge isnow turned in and the leather is drawn well over thecorners, and afterwards cut off with the corners, when dry, are mitred to an angle of45 degs. The book is next turned over, and theother side is similarly set. A piece of thread is passed PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 95 round the book at the joints, , at the junction of theboards with the back, and tied. The thread shouldslip into the little nicks formed by cutting off thecorners of the back edges of the boards before lacing in(see Fig. 39). The head-caps are now formed with afolder (see Fig. 73). The projecting leather is firstpressed outwards at each end of the head-band, andthen flattened on the top. The book is next placed enddown on to the paring stone and firmly pressed with
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