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 . Lacing In.—The projecting lengths of the laycords on each side of the book are ravelled with the PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. f)I bodkin until all are divided into separate strands(see Fig. 40), and these should then be scraped with aknife to thin them down slightly, as shown in Each lay cord is then pasted between thumband finger. This will bring all the threads togetheragain, and also point them, and th
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 . Lacing In.—The projecting lengths of the laycords on each side of the book are ravelled with the PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. f)I bodkin until all are divided into separate strands(see Fig. 40), and these should then be scraped with aknife to thin them down slightly, as shown in Each lay cord is then pasted between thumband finger. This will bring all the threads togetheragain, and also point them, and they will then befound to be much softer and more pliable than 42 shows how this is done. Pass the-lay cordscarefully through the first set of holes made in theboards, threading from the outside, as in Fig. the hand inside and pull all the cords tight, and. Fig. 46. Fig. 47. then thread them through the second set of holesfrom the inside (Fig. 44). Again pull them tight,hammer them down slightly at the second hole, andcut off the cord close to the board. The laced in board is placed upon the knocking-down iron, and theholes through which the cords have been threaded arefirmly hammered down. Care should be exercisedso as not to cut the cord (see Fig. 45). As is shown inFig. 46, the book is then turned over and the holes arehammered down on the inside. When both boardsare hammered, see that they are put back properlyinto the grooves. The book is now ready for pressing. 62 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. Pressing.—Insert pressing tins between the out-side end papers and the boards, both at the back andthe front of the book. Push the tins well up to thegroove in which the boards now fit. These tins areused to prevent the boards from sticking to the book,and they also help to flatten the cords. Other tinsare placed on the outside of the boards, and
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