Forenoon watch, 4 bells (10:22 am)
As promised, here are some pictures of the books I've been working on lately.
Some notes about these books:
- The are covered in bookcloth, a much less expensive alternative to leather. Especially when you're practicing.
- They have folded corners. I can also do library corners, tabbed corners, and pleated corners.
- Each of these books was covered using a different method, allowing me to find the best way of making books that works for me.
- I did all the typesetting and printing of the book blocks. I can only blame myself if pages get sewn in out of order.
- I use Wausau Exact Opaque paper, Natural color. It starts out 11x17 and is 24/60lb text. This paper has a long grain, so I get it chopped in half to make short grain 8.5x11 paper, which I then fold in half to make 8.5x5.5 books with the paper grain aligned with the spine (for durability and longevity). Plain white paper is too bright in a book, IMHO.
I recently found some screw presses on Rockler and will use them to make my own book press, laying press, and plough.
Those look great. Will you put the title on the front?
Yes, actually. These are my practice books. My tools were ordered last month and should be here in another week or two (see here for scant details).
Once I get them, I can get started with the tooling. I do plan on tooling more than just the titles, but haven't got any designs worked out yet.