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 . Fig. 91. at head and tail, and from the fore-edge almostas far in as the depth of the margins of the turn the paper back on to a tin, which has beenplaced on the book, and with a very sharp knife, andusing a steel straightedge as a guide, cut throughthe marks made by the dividers, but leave at the backedges of head and tail a small piece of end paper,the depth of the joint—not cut. A coating of
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 . Fig. 91. at head and tail, and from the fore-edge almostas far in as the depth of the margins of the turn the paper back on to a tin, which has beenplaced on the book, and with a very sharp knife, andusing a steel straightedge as a guide, cut throughthe marks made by the dividers, but leave at the backedges of head and tail a small piece of end paper,the depth of the joint—not cut. A coating ofmoderately thin paste is given to the paper, after PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 125 which it is folded over into its place, and well rubbeddown, especially in the joint. This latter point is very. Fig. 02. important, and considerable patience and care arerequired before the pupil attains the ability to form 120 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. a good square joint. To ensure success, place a pieceof clean paper over the joint, and by the aid of a folderand the thumb or finger, rub up and down the jointuntil the end paper thoroughly adheres. Whenrubbing down the end paper on to the board, use thefolder over a piece of clean paper, and rub it acrossin different directions. When the one side hasbeen pasted down, the board must on no account beclosed. The book is turned over without disturbingit, and the other side is pasted down in the sameway. Then the book is stood on end to dry, and asmall clip of cardboard is used to keep the boardsquite wide open (Fig. 91). When they are dry theboards may be carefully closed, and the book maybe placed under a weight for some hours. Fig. 92is included to show a few of the designs made bya collection of finishers tools. Pasting Down Sheet.—The waste she
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