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 . Fig. 70. and band nippers will assist in nipping the leather intoclose contact with the projecting lay cords—nowto be termed the bands. Fig. 70 illustrates thisoperation. The band nippers must be worked back-wards and forwards across the back, until bands of agood shape have been formed. Before leaving theback, the worker should feel satisfied that the coveringis actually in close contact all over. The surp
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 . Fig. 70. and band nippers will assist in nipping the leather intoclose contact with the projecting lay cords—nowto be termed the bands. Fig. 70 illustrates thisoperation. The band nippers must be worked back-wards and forwards across the back, until bands of agood shape have been formed. Before leaving theback, the worker should feel satisfied that the coveringis actually in close contact all over. The surplus cover PRACTICAL ROOKBINDING. 93 at head and tail is brought over the edges of the boards,and turned in at the back, so that here a doublethickness of leather is formed. It must not be turnedin quite level with the head-band, but a little is leftprojecting beyond, which is afterwards bent over thehead-band to form the head-cap. Head-Cap.—Practice and experience are needed inorder to judge correctly the amount which will berequired for this purpose. The examination of afew head-caps on finished books will be of great assist-ance in gaining the necessary experience. As a. further guide, we may mention that if the leatheris turned in too much, there will not be sufficientmaterial to form the head-cap ; and, on the otherhand, if too much is left above the head-band whenit is bent over, a very unsightly cap will a little practice the eye acquires the powerof quickly judging the amount required. Turning In.—The method of turning in is shownin Fig. 71. The turn-over must be well presseddown on to the inside of the boards, and before thefore-edges are turned in the boards should be set 94 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. squarely in the joint, as shown in Fig. 72. It willbe seen that the book is placed flat on its side, thecovered board is lifted up, and a pressing board or apiece of wood with a square edge is pushed well up tothe joint. The covered board of the book is the
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