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The Tools and Equipment of Bookbinding - A Selection of Classic Articles on the Sewing Press, Cutters, Clamps and Other Apparatus for Bookbinding
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- Sep 6, 2016
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The Tools and Equipment of Bookbinding - A Selection of Classic Articles on the Sewing Press, Cutters, Clamps and Other Apparatus for Bookbinding
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- Éditeur:
- Read Books Ltd.
- Sortie:
- Sep 6, 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781473357532
- Format:
- Livre
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The Tools and Equipment of Bookbinding - A Selection of Classic Articles on the Sewing Press, Cutters, Clamps and Other Apparatus for Bookbinding
Klinefelter
TOOLS AND MATERIALS
It is necessary to understand the nature and use of the various tools and materials.
GLUE AND PASTE are the two adhesives used in Bookcrafts. The following is the best method of making boiled paste: place two or three tablespoonfuls of plain flour in a saucepan together with a teaspoonful of powdered alum and gradually adding cold water, mix to a thin cream; place over a low gas flame and bring to the boil, stirring all the time; when cold stir in a few drops of oil of cloves as a preservative. This paste can afterwards be thinned out if required by adding cold water but it cannot be thickened.
A makeshift paste can be made more quickly by mixing the flour to a thick cream and then adding boiling water. This method should be used only in an emergency, as it is an inferior paste and will not keep.
I use cold water paste in my Bookcraft classes as it is more convenient and is quite satisfactory. Take a bowl and run into it as much cold water as you require paste. Gradually shake the flour on to the water and stir briskly all the time until a good paste of blanc-mange consistency is obtained. Plates 1 and 2. Subsequently the paste can be thinned out or thickened by stirring into it a little more cold water or flour.
The glue which I recommend is the powder variety, as it can be placed immediately into the glue pot, whereas the cake glue needs to be broken up and soaked for some hours before boiling. One part of powder glue to two parts of water gives a good strength for general work and it can be thickened by adding more glue and thinned by adding hot water. Glue should be used hot but it does not need to be at boiling point and it will lose its adhesive properties if left stewing on the gas for any length of time. The water in the glue well or tank must be changed daily or it will become unpleasant and unhealthy. Glue is required in different consistencies for different processes. Where one pot only is available, the glue should be kept fairly thick and when required thinner, the brush can be dipped in the water in the well. Brushes specially made for hot glue should be used and at the end of class they should be placed in a jar of water.
Where it is not convenient or not advisable to use hot glue as in a class of young children, one of the non-moist patent dextrine pastes may be used instead. There are several makes of these pastes on the market, which are obtainable in small tins complete with brush. The cold water paste should be used for most of the work and glue or patent paste for only those operations where quick drying is essential.
PLATE 3. CARD CUTTER.
BOARDS. Strawboard is the cheapest bookbinder’s board and should be used for all but very heavy work, as it is very much easier to cut and work than the harder millboards. Straw-board is made from pulped straw and is yellow. It is obtainable in various thicknesses from 4 oz. to 4 1b.; these being the weights of the full size 22 in. by 32 in. boards. The following table shows six of the most useful thicknesses. A stock should be kept of 12 oz., 1 1b. and 1 1/2 1b. sizes, then the thicker boards may be made by sticking two or more pieces together. In this way a piece of 1 1b. may be stuck to a piece of 1 1/2 1b. to make a 2 1/2 1b. board. It is advisable to memorize the thickness of a 1 1b. board and it is then a comparatively simple matter to estimate the weight of any other board. Thus a 2 lb. is twice the thickness, and a 12 oz. is three-quarters of the thickness of a 1 lb. board. When ordering boards, always state the exact weight required. It is not sufficient to say thick, medium or
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