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. 5.—A, bone folder ; B, Sewing needle ; C, wingcompasses ; D, Backing hammer ; E, Band nippers ;F, Bookbinders knife ; G, German paring knife ; H,Bodkin ; K, A key ; L, French paring knife ; M, knock-ing down iron ; N, Spring dividers ; P, a pair of trindles. and treated similarly until all are done. Fig. 6makes this operation quite clear. The blows dealtby the hammer must be of such a character that 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 . Fig. 5.—A, bone folder ; B, Sewing needle ; C, wingcompasses ; D, Backing hammer ; E, Band nippers ;F, Bookbinders knife ; G, German paring knife ; H,Bodkin ; K, A key ; L, French paring knife ; M, knock-ing down iron ; N, Spring dividers ; P, a pair of trindles. and treated similarly until all are done. Fig. 6makes this operation quite clear. The blows dealtby the hammer must be of such a character that thesections will not be cut or bruised. To obviate this. PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 17 after lifting, bring down the hammer quite flat andallow it to rest for a fraction of time before raising-it for the next blow. A pounding blow, such as. Fig. 6. would be delivered when cracking up any hardsubstance, must be carefully avoided, as blows ofthis kind made upon paper would certainly bruise andcut it through. The sections will then be ready forpressing. If the book should be in sheets whichhave been folded by the worker, the hammering isdispensed with, and the sections need pressing only—this being sufficient to flatten them and cause themto lie close together.
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