Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . Crawley Board-beveling Machine. the board as it is fed into the machine. These cutters areadjusted to cut the length of the board into the requiredsize. The feeding is done by two steel rollers, which forcethe board against the revolving cutters, and the strips ofboard are carried out of the machine by two other steelrollers. The cutters are then set for the width, and the 120 BOOKBINDING board fed into the machine with one edge against the sidegauge. These machines are made to cut board from one-sixteenth to one-fourth of an inch thick. Beveling Boards
Bookbinding and its auxiliary branches . Crawley Board-beveling Machine. the board as it is fed into the machine. These cutters areadjusted to cut the length of the board into the requiredsize. The feeding is done by two steel rollers, which forcethe board against the revolving cutters, and the strips ofboard are carried out of the machine by two other steelrollers. The cutters are then set for the width, and the 120 BOOKBINDING board fed into the machine with one edge against the sidegauge. These machines are made to cut board from one-sixteenth to one-fourth of an inch thick. Beveling Boards.— There is a machine designed tobevel tarboards, cards and photo mounts. It will bevelany angle, and the degree is regulated by tilting the slant-. Hoard BeveliriK Machine.(Gane Bros.) ing table over which the board passes. By frictional con-tact with a wheel, the board is fed from right to left. Thecircular knife rotates in the opposite direction from thatof the feed wheel. The knife may be ground withoutremoving it. by pulling the lever forward, which brings HEADBANDS 121 the carborundum stone against the knife. When finished,the lever is released, and a spring carries the grinderback. To enhance the appearance of letterpress books boundin full leather, the boards are beveled; the width dependsentirely on the thickness of the boards. Blank-bookboards should not be beveled. HEAD-BANDS. The object of head-bands on the head and tail of booksis to hide the edge and enhance the appearance. This, inrecent years, applies to letterpress books only. In formeryears blank-books were head-banded, but the taste forsimplicity and the desire to cheapen production have madethis custom obsolete. What is true on letterpress booksapplies with equ
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