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 . one end ahandle may be shaped upon the wood in order that itmay be held comfortably in the hand. With this thesewer should now and then tap down the sewing thread will occasionally show a tendencyto push itself up the lay cords above the sections ;if so, it should be pressed down to its correct positionin the centre of the back of the sections. Whetherthread or silk is used for sewing a book, i
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 . one end ahandle may be shaped upon the wood in order that itmay be held comfortably in the hand. With this thesewer should now and then tap down the sewing thread will occasionally show a tendencyto push itself up the lay cords above the sections ;if so, it should be pressed down to its correct positionin the centre of the back of the sections. Whetherthread or silk is used for sewing a book, it is impor-tant to remember that it must be one continuous 46 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. piece throughout the book, and therefore, as eachneedle length is used, the next length must be joinedin such a way that the knot is not weaker than theother part. A good strong knot for this purpose ismade as follows :—On the new length of thread aloop is formed at the end, as shown in Fig. 32 ; theend of the used-up length of thread is pushed throughthis loop ; both ends of the loop are then drawntightly together, and the projecting ends on eachpiece of thread are cut off. It will then be found. that both lengths are as firmly joined together asthough they were in one piece. It is advisable tomake all these joinings in the inside of the sections ;as, if they are made on the outside, the knots areliable to be broken in the processes which follow. (3) Sewing on Tapes or Vellum.—First fix thetapes or strips of vellum in the sewing press. Twoonly of the loops on the cross-bar need be these a round ruler is placed, and the tapeor strip of vellum may then be looped over this andpinned with an ordinary pin. The other ends arepassed through the slot in the bed of the sewing-press. PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 47 pulled tight, and pinned with drawing-pins under-neath the bed of the press. Then all are tightened byturning the wooden nuts above the cross-bar. Fig. 33shows the tapes fixed in p
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