I've moved this project to my blog. It's also available as an Instructable, but it won't remain on this wiki much longer. I'm trying to consolidate my various web projects in one place, which I hope you can understand.

 

Thanks for visiting,

Brian

This wiki is the home of an article that appears in heavily edited (in a good way) form in Make magazine, Volume 5. While the editors did a great job of distilling ramblings that far exceeded the word limit I was given into a concise and useful article, the limits of space prohibited much of the additional description, background, nuance, and pictures of my original piece. So, I thought it was worth posting my first draft. What it lacks in polish I hope it makes up for in depth.

Here are the sections of the original article to help you navigate the site:

1. OldeSchoolBookbinding
2. StrippingTheExistingCover
3. CreatingSignatures
4. PreparingSignaturesForStitching
5. StitchingTheSignatures
6. GluingTheSpine
7. BuildingCoverBoards
8. AttachingTheCoverBoards
9. CoveringTheCover
10. FinishingUp