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 11×17 and is 24/60lb text. This paper has a long grain, so I get it chopped in half to make short grain 8.5×11 paper, which I then fold in half to make 8.5×5.5 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.