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 . between the loop and the method of fixing the cords is precisely the samefor ordinary as for flexible sewing. The prepared end papers may be marked up from the back of one of the sections—that is, if they(the end papers) were not already marked when thebook was divided up. Care must be taken not to sawthe end papers when sawing the grooves for the kettlestitch. The side of the end papers (No.
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 . between the loop and the method of fixing the cords is precisely the samefor ordinary as for flexible sewing. The prepared end papers may be marked up from the back of one of the sections—that is, if they(the end papers) were not already marked when thebook was divided up. Care must be taken not to sawthe end papers when sawing the grooves for the kettlestitch. The side of the end papers (No. 1, Fig. 17),which is to face the book is kept uppermost, and theother side should rest on the bed of the press, with 42 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING, the back edge pushed against the lay cords. It is nowready for sewing. Thread or silk is used for required lengths for the needle are obtainedby cutting the skein right through once. Thelengths are always kept in readiness for use bylooping the cut skein round the right-hand uprightbar of the sewing press. To do this fold the skeinin half and place it round the upright bar ; thenpass the ends through the loop thus made, and pull. Fig. 28. them tight. Each thread as it is required, should bepulled from the centre of the loop. (1) Ordinary Sewing.—In ordinary sewing com-mence to sew by pushing the needle from the outsideto the inside, at one of the marks made for the kettlestitch ; draw the greater part of the thread throughthe hole, leaving only about 4 ins. or 5 ins. of theend hanging out ; pass the thread along the inside,and out again by the side of the first lay cord ; then PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 43 carry it across the outside of this, and in again at thesame hole—but, of course, pass it in on the other sideof lay cord—as shown in Fig. 28. The thread passesalong the inside and out again at the second lay cord,in again through the same hole, and so on, until theother kettle-stitch hole is reached. The needle isbrough
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