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 . k. 48 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. Remedy for Swollen Back.—It after cuttingdown it should be found that there is too muchswelling at the back of the book, screw it up inthe lying press, and place the knocking-downiron by the side of the book. Then strike the otherside with the backing hammer, in order to forcethe sections more closely together. Afterwardsthe cords or tapes may be pulled taut with bothhands. Care
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 . k. 48 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. Remedy for Swollen Back.—It after cuttingdown it should be found that there is too muchswelling at the back of the book, screw it up inthe lying press, and place the knocking-downiron by the side of the book. Then strike the otherside with the backing hammer, in order to forcethe sections more closely together. Afterwardsthe cords or tapes may be pulled taut with bothhands. Care must be taken not to pull them rightout from the sewing, as this may easily happen,unless watchfulness is exercised. If a book has beenflexibly sewn round the bands, the loops of sewingthread may prove troublesome when the abovemethod has to be adopted in order to remedy swellingcaused by loose sewing. If such be the case, the loopsof thread must first be pushed aside. PRACTICAL ROOKBINDING. 49 CHAPTER IV. Glueing Up. Rounding. Backing. Glueing Up.—If the book is to be cut in boards(see Chapter VI), it is now ready for glueing knock up head and back, making both square. Fig. 34. on each side, and level with the back of the book placeold cutting boards or pieces of useless the whole in the lying press, and in doing thiscare must be taken that the back does not slip downin the middle, as it is very apt to do. The press isthen screwed up just sufficiently to hold the bookfirm while glueing. Fig. 34 shows the operation of 4 50 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. glueing up. The glue should be very hot, and ofthe right consistency—neither thick, nor thin, butshould run off the brush in one continuous stream,about as thick as oil. Fill the brush and rub theglue well over the back of the sections. Work thebrush outwards from the centre towards the head andtail, and thus the possibility of the glue getting on tothe edges of the book will be avoided. When thebook is t
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