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 . L. Fig. 38. Fig. 39. from the back edge of the board—the distance vary-ing according to the size of the book. At the inter-sections of these lines pierce holes through with abodkin (Fig. 5, H) of sufficient size for the lay cords topass through. Each board is then turned over to theinside, and another line parallel with the back edge isdrawn, but about \ in. further in than the holesalready pierced. On this
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 . L. Fig. 38. Fig. 39. from the back edge of the board—the distance vary-ing according to the size of the book. At the inter-sections of these lines pierce holes through with abodkin (Fig. 5, H) of sufficient size for the lay cords topass through. Each board is then turned over to theinside, and another line parallel with the back edge isdrawn, but about \ in. further in than the holesalready pierced. On this line, and about f in. to theright hand of the first holes, pierce another seriesequal in number. The worker should always adoptthe above rule in piercing the boards and then nomistakes will be likely to occur. A V-shaped groove PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 59 should be cut in between the first set of holes and theedge of the board, to form a receptacle for the lay-cords to rest in ; and thus, when the book is finally Fig. 40,. covered, the possibility of a very unpleasant swellingon the outside at these points is avoided (see Fig. 38).For whole or half binding, the corners at the back 6o PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. edge of the boards should also be cut away, as isshown in Fig. 39, A.
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