A Guide to the
DAS Bookbinding YouTube Channel
Contents
- Getting Started
- Simple Projects
- Headbands
- Decorative Paper & Cloth
- Bradel Bindings
- Springback Bindings
- Leather Bindings
- Medieval Books
- Cloth Case Bindings
- Library (Split Board) Style Bindings
- Enclosures
- Endpapers
- Textblock Sewing
- Edge Decoration
- Materials
- Adhesives
- Tools & Equipment
- Sharpening
Getting Started
- Books about Bookbinding
- Tools for the Beginner Bookbinder
- How to Print Sections or Signatures from a PDF File for Bookbinding
- Cutting Board Accurately to Size and Square
- Spine Swell and How to Manage It
- Rounding and Backing
- Warp Free Boards – Drumming on Board Covers
- Making Bookbinding Paste
- Making Bookbinding Paste in the Microwave
- What is Paper Grain and How to Identify the Direction
- Bookbinding Knots: Square, Kettle, Weavers Knots
- Opening a New Book
- Protecting a Dust Jacket with an Archival Polyester Sleeve
- Bookbinding Cloth Corners
Simple Projects
- Drum Leaf Binding Photo Book
- Paper Covered Pamphlet
- Paper Covered Pamphlet with Pocket Cover
- Paper Covered Pamphlet with Turn-Ins
- Crisscross Binding Popular Variation aka Secret Belgian Binding
- Crisscross Binding Anne Goy Variation aka Secret Belgian Binding No. 1
- Crisscross Binding Anne Goy Variation aka Secret Belgian Binding No. 2
- Crisscross Binding Anne Goy Variation aka Secret Belgian Binding No. 3
- Sewn Board Binding
- How to Bind a Single Section Pamphlet
- How to Make a Coptic Sewn Journal
- Double-Fan or Lumbeck Bookbinding with a Bradel Case
- Making a Talas Book Journal Kit
- QBG Multi Section Book Kit Instructions
- Steifbroschuren; Stiffened Paper Binding
- Converting a Paperback to a Hardcover Book
- Paperback to Hardcover Keeping Original Covers
Headbands
- Double-Core Endband
- How to Sew a Two Colour Front Bead Headband
- Sewing Three Colour Headbands
- Single Colour Bead on Spine Headband
Decorative Paper & Cloth
- Making Bookcloth; Backing Fabric with Paper
- Making Bookcloth; Filling with Media
- What is Paste Paper and How to Make it
- Paste Paper with Decorative Roll & Waxing and Burnishing
- Suminagashi; Japanese Marbling
- Cyanotype Decorative Paper
Bradel Bindings
- Single Section Bradel Binding
- How to Bind a Square Back Bradel Binding
- Der Gebrochene Rücken: a Three Piece Bradel Binding
- In-Boards Three Piece Bradel Binding; Der Gebrochene Rücken
- A Rounded and Backed Bradel Binding
Springback Binding
- Springback Binding Endpapers
- Reinforced Springback Sewing
- Reinforced Springback Sewing Revisited
- Full Cloth Springback Notebook
- Binding a Springback Visitors Book
- Binding a Little Springback Pocket Notebook
Leather Binding
- How to Line Boards for Leather Bookbinding
- Forwarding a Leather Binding with Laced-On Boards
- Covering a Full Leather Binding
- Flexible Binding in Full Leather
Medieval Books
- Long and Link Stitch Binding Inspired by a Medieval Book
Cloth Case Binding
- Cased Book Introduction
- Cloth Case Full Binding
- Cloth Case Alternative Half Binding
- Cloth Case Half Binding
- A Fold-Back Sketchbook Inspired by Maureen Duke
Library (Split Board) Style Bindings
- Buckram Covered Library Binding
- 19th Century Half Leather Library Binding
- Thesis Binding with Supported French Groove
Enclosures
- Making the 10-Minute Slipcase
- What is a Phase Box and How to Make One
- What is a Conservation Book Shoe and How to Make One
- Cloth Covered Slip Case
- Making a Portfolio Book Enclosure
- Clamshell (Drop-Spine or Solander) Book Enclosure
- Making a Box with a Lid
Endpapers
- An Introduction to Endpapers for Bookbinding
- Tipped-On Endpapers
- Made Endpapers
- Zigzag Endpapers
- Springback Binding Endpapers
- Hidden Cloth Jointed Endpapers
Textblock Sewing
- Sewing on Tapes Using a Sewing Frame
- French Sewing
- Sewing Recessed Cords
- Pamphlet Sewing
- Reinforced Springback Sewing
- Reinforced Springback Sewing Revisited
- Two-On and Three-On Sewing
Edge Decoration
- Edge Gilding; Jen Lindsay Approach
- Edge Gilding; John Mitchell Approach
- Edge Gilding; Peter Geraty Inspired
- How to Colour the Edges of a Book
- Gold Sprinkled Edge
- Coloured Edge Sprinkling
- Transfer Marbled Book Edge
- Transfer Marbled Book Edge Revisited
- Graphite Edge Decoration
Materials
- Making Bookcloth; Backing Fabric with Paper
- Making Bookcloth; Filling with Media
- How to Use a Skein of Linen for Bookbinding
- What is Paper Grain and How to Identify the Direction
- Avoiding Warped Boards
- Difficult to Determine Board Grain
- Aniline Leather Dye
Adhesives
- Introduction to Bookbinding Adhesives
- Bookbinding Adhesives Q&A
- Padding; How to Make a Tear Away Notepad
- How to Make Methyl Cellulose Adhesive for Bookbinding
- Wheat Flour Paste for Bookbinding
- Making Bookbinding Starch Paste
- Making Bookbinding Paste in the Microwave
- Is Elmer’s White Glue Suitable for Bookbinding?
Tools & Equipment
- Book Edge Trimming Without…
- Trimming a Text Block with a Knife
- Homemade Nipping Press
- Making a Cutting Mat Bench Hook
- Dryad Junior Book Plough Rescue
- Using a Schärffix for Paring
- How to Modify a 151 Spokeshave to Pare Leather for Bookbinding
- What is a Book Plough and How to Use it
- Small Board Cutter Restoration
- Bookbinding Hammer Options
- Backing a Book with a Claw Hammer
- Gold Leaf Cover with Marbled Paper
Sharpening
- How to Tune and Sharpen a New English Style Paring Knife
- How to Sharpen a Book Plough Blade
- How to Sharpen a Card or Cabinet Scraper
- How to Sharpen Scissors (coming soon)
DAS Bookbinding 
Happy New Year Darryn, I just saw the fireworks display for Sydney on youtube, pretty spectacular. The wife and I wanted to retire “down under,” but immigration laws are pretty strict, so we may plan our 50th wedding anniversary that way.
I wanted to thank you for all your help and videos, especially our last correspondence. In addition to your outstanding videos and website postings, the names of the other book binders and other links were extremely helpful, like my treasure box of books that are broken from my local book store, I am hoping to pick up speed in 2020.
My personal email is below but I also use my LZ129 Brazil mostly on youtube. So once again, Thanks and Happy New Year and “so say all of us”
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Hello there !
Say I want to make a wooden book cover (like for the sawn coptic method), in which direction should the grain of the wood be ?
If the grain is vertical, I fear the stress on the sawn part will make is split vertically along the holes for sawing. If the grain is horizontal, then if the distance between the holes for sawing and the border of the wood seems to become critical as there is not much wood supporting it.
(or maybe wood is more solid than cardboard and I’m worrying for nothing, and both grain direction is okay ?)
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Hi! Wooden boards almost always have vertical grain direction. It is the long direction so this adds strength for the direction that is most likely to split. Good luck! DAS
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Dear Darryn,
Thank you so much for your inspirational videos and what you are doing to, as I see it, encourage more people to take up the craft. One of the big problems we face in the UK is getting young people to take up bookbinding. Your approach, which is down to earth and practical, is just what is needed: straight forward without the over complication and obfuscation that is so off-putting to beginners.
I really enjoyed the spring back binding tutorial and your recent edge guilding video.
Kind regards
Clive Owen
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Hi Darryn. I’ve really been enjoying your videos over the last week or so and am looking forward to expanding my repertoire. I mostly do repairs here in Toronto, started about the same time you did, and remain an amateur as well. Keep up the good work–you’ve produced a great resource and presented it in a very companionable way.
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Hi Darryn! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. I’ve really appreciated the time you took to show us the techniques for book binding. I am in the process of preparing to do my first one and I am really excited. Kind regards directly from Puerto Rico.
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Could I pay you to convert a book into a hard cover for me?
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I would only take that work if it was local. Are in you in Brisbane Qld? Look for a local bookbinder. It’s a straight forward job and they will do a good job for you. DAS
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I just wanted to say thank you for your videos on turning paperbacks into hardbacks. I used your videos to create old-styled books for my niece’s wedding table decorations, without actually destroying books. I couldn’t have done it without your help. Your two videos were extremely easy to follow, and your methods were easily adaptable to other materials and also my complete lack of bookbinding equipment.
Thank you so very much.
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