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 . laced ina saucer. As another point to help the beginner,mention must be made of the fact that the speedwith which the tools are applied to the work shouldvary according to their degree of heat. If just warmthey do not need to be worked as quickly as whenhot, while hot tools should be placed in position andlifted off again as quickly as possible. Tools whenheated should not be kept hovering over the workwhil
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 . laced ina saucer. As another point to help the beginner,mention must be made of the fact that the speedwith which the tools are applied to the work shouldvary according to their degree of heat. If just warmthey do not need to be worked as quickly as whenhot, while hot tools should be placed in position andlifted off again as quickly as possible. Tools whenheated should not be kept hovering over the workwhile the worker is making up his or her mind whereto place them, as this dries the albumen in the glaire. Lettering.—During this process and that ofdecorating the back, the book should be fixed in the n6 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. finishers press with the back of the book strip of green baize or other protection is placedon each side to prevent damage to the leather. Thetitle, name of author, year of publication, and anyother detail it is thought necessary to letter in, shouldbe written out on a slip of paper, which can be kept infront of the worker for reference. The lettering. tools should be placed in proper order upon the stove,as shown in Fig. 84, and after being laid out incorrect position, they should be picked up, used, andreturned again to the same position, so that theymay be ready to hand for picking up again if this way the worker will soon become accustomedto find the tool required without wasting time inlooking them over. It is advisable to impress all PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. II7 the lettering in blind first, and the tools may be usedcooler than for gold tooling. The correct method ofholding and using the tools is shown in Fig. 84, anda larger view of the same operation may be seen inFig. 85. The face of the tool should be kept levelwith the surface of the cover ; an even downward
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