A Guide to DAS Bookbinding YouTube Channel.
Getting Started
- How to Print Sections or Signatures from a PDF File for Bookbinding
- 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
- Trimming a Text Block with a Knife
- Opening a New Book
- Protecting a Dust Jacket with an Archival Polyester Sleeve
- Bookbinding Cloth Corners
- How to Sew a Two Colour Front Bead Headband
- What is Paste Paper and How to Make it
Simple Projects
- Sewn Board Binding
- Part 1 Sewing the Textblock
- Part 2 Break-Away spine Variations
- Part 3 Other Covering Variations
- How to Bind a Single Section Pamphlet
- How to Bind a Square Back Bradel Binding
- How to Make a Coptic Sewn Journal
- Double-Fan or Lumbeck Bookbinding with a Bradel Case
- QBG Multi Section Book Kit Instructions
- Steifbroschuren; Stiffened Paper Binding
- Der Gebrochene Rücken: a Three Piece 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
- 19th Century Half Leather Library Binding
- Forwarding a Leather Binding with Laced-On Boards
- Covering a Full Leather Binding
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 Style Bindings
- Buckram Covered Library Binding
- 19th Century Half Leather Library Binding
Enclosures
- Cloth Covered Slip Case
- Making a Portfolio Book Enclosure
- Clamshell (Drop-Spine or Solander) Book Enclosure
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
- Reinforced Springback Sewing
- Reinforced Springback Sewing Revisited
- Two-On and Three-On Sewing
Edge Decoration
- How to Colour the Edges of a Book
- Gold Sprinkled Edge
- Edge Sprinkling
- Transfer Marbled Book Edge
- Transfer Marbled Book Edge Revisited
- Graphite Edges (coming soon)
Materials
- How to Make Methyl Cellulose Adhesive for Bookbinding
- Making Bookbinding Paste
- Making Bookbinding Paste in the Microwave
- How to Use a Skein of Linen for Bookbinding
- What is Paper Grain and How to Identify the Direction
Tools & Equipment
- Making a Cutting Mat Bench Hook
- Using a Schärffix for Paring (coming soon)
- 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
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)
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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