Re: [BKARTS] paperback and non-leather book repair

[jgodsey <gods1216@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jet Foncannon wrote:
> I trim off the bound edge of the book and do a perfect binding using 
> the neat machine that is sold for that purpose.  For additional 
> strength, I do a saw kerf binding on top of this (Someone has 
> described this is a preivious post using a different name;  saw 
> indentations in the spine and fill them with glue and twine.)
yep, first thing i learned....how to fix crappy trade paperback spines 
with 'perfect' bindings.
Gimme a backing saw and a ball of twice and i'm happy.

I remember an anniversary edition of Joy of Cooking where EVERY copy i 
ever saw had a broken spine.
sheesh.
joyce
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at  8:48 PM, Scott wrote:
>
> > This new kid on the block wishes to learn two things:
> >
> >
> > 1.  How to rebind paperback books who have "perfect" (cut & glued) 
> > bindings.
> >
> >
> > 2.  How to strengthen expensive books that have cheap bindings
> >
> >
> > I have had three copies of the Oxford Dictionary of Christian names fall
> > apart
> >
> > and I have other books with "perfect" bindings that I would love to fix
> > before
> >
> > they completely fall apart
> >
> >
> > My expensive books are so costly because they relate to fields of 
> > limited
> >
> > general interest (e.g. medieval anthroponymy, historical Romance
> > linguistics,
> >
> > erc.) and are printed in Europe or the British Isles not because they 
> > are
> > fine
> > leather volumes.
> >
> > Sometime in the future, I would like to work with leather bookbinding;
> > however, that field is an interest-not a pressing need.
> >
> >
> > To my knowledge here are no local binderies: Atlanta is 450 miles north;
> > Key West is 400 miles south
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any and all suggestions.
> >
> >
> > Scott Catledge
> >
> > Professor Emeritus (ret.)
> >
> > history & languqages
> >
> >
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