Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . STAMPING 265 operation may be termed Machine Finishing, as it isan elaboration of lettering or tooling. In decorating book covers, knowledge of such mate-rials as leatherette, leather, cloth, silk, satin, celluloid,enameled paper, cardboard and wood must be possessedby the finisher. Simplicity in this, as in finishing, is farmore attractive than the ornamentation of the entire coverwith different colors of foil or ink. The design must not. Bench Stamper. be so dense as to obliterate the cloth or leather in this stamps the product as inferi
Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . STAMPING 265 operation may be termed Machine Finishing, as it isan elaboration of lettering or tooling. In decorating book covers, knowledge of such mate-rials as leatherette, leather, cloth, silk, satin, celluloid,enameled paper, cardboard and wood must be possessedby the finisher. Simplicity in this, as in finishing, is farmore attractive than the ornamentation of the entire coverwith different colors of foil or ink. The design must not. Bench Stamper. be so dense as to obliterate the cloth or leather in this stamps the product as inferior. The machines for these operations are numerous andin the main designed for embellishing covers for or cold embossing can be executed as well as printing 2G6 BOOKBINDING on paper or covers. The machines are powerful, and theadjustment is simple. Each of them is equipped with achase in which type may be set and locked in the sameway as for the printing-press. The heating can be done with steam, gas, acetylene,benzine or electricity. The last is preferable on accountof cleanliness and less danger to health. Dies, Plates, Type, Borders, Ornaments.— Themost common dies used for this purpose are made of elec-trotype about three-eighths of an inch high ; brass dies orplates should be made type high, which can be fastenedbetween the jaws in the same way as the machine plates should be made with an extra heavycopper shell, which will withstand the
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