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 . ¥ /> l. Fig. 35. Fig. 36. not be allowed to rest until the glue is thoroughly technical language, when the glue has ceased tobe tacky, the book will then be in fit conditionfor rounding. Rounding.—Fig. 35 is an example of a tape-sewnbook, but the method of rounding is similar for allbooks. As will be seen, the book is lying flat upon thepress. A flat table would answer equally well forthis operati
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 . ¥ /> l. Fig. 35. Fig. 36. not be allowed to rest until the glue is thoroughly technical language, when the glue has ceased tobe tacky, the book will then be in fit conditionfor rounding. Rounding.—Fig. 35 is an example of a tape-sewnbook, but the method of rounding is similar for allbooks. As will be seen, the book is lying flat upon thepress. A flat table would answer equally well forthis operation. The fingers of the left hand shouldbe placed on the upper side of the book, and thethumb on the fore-edge. With the backing hammer PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 51 gradually draw the sections forward, tapping here andthere with the hammer as required. The fingerswill greatly assist by pulling the sections over, whilethe thumb on the fore-edge is forcing them inwardstowards the back. The book should then be turnedover, and the above process be repeated on the otherside ; then again turned over ; and so on until thecorrect shape is attained. A well-shaped back, whenfinished, should have the form
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