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A way to save your broken binding auction catalogs...
ambro51
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The auction catalogs we look at often, these are made with a bindery technique called "perfect bound"...the product of a large nasty machine called a Perfect Binder (which I can run BTW) takes the signatures of folded paper, stack them, grind the edges, run this horrible burning hot glue (yes...) on the spline and then attach a cover (hopefully straight, and right side up..dont ask)...
the glue is nice and somewhat flexible for awhile but these books were never meant to be archival. Some of our catalogs we look at often now are stacks of paper...some are beginning, with one big split, more to come.
while doing a little googleing on bookbinding, I came across what seems to be a perfectly reasonable method of reattaching your catalog so it is in one piece again, and functional as a book.
Follow the link, but essentially, you are drilling small holes and threading through thin wire. Id use stainless steel wire...
put your catalog back together
the glue is nice and somewhat flexible for awhile but these books were never meant to be archival. Some of our catalogs we look at often now are stacks of paper...some are beginning, with one big split, more to come.
while doing a little googleing on bookbinding, I came across what seems to be a perfectly reasonable method of reattaching your catalog so it is in one piece again, and functional as a book.
Follow the link, but essentially, you are drilling small holes and threading through thin wire. Id use stainless steel wire...
put your catalog back together
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Is there a similar method for hardcovers? My Breen Encyclopedia has seen much better days.
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BTW, I tried this tonite. One of my favorite catalogs, 10 years old but not too much used, other than where I always opened it to, then a break, loose glue, and a few pages loose.
put it all back together, and per instructions, drilled six 1/16" holes. I used twisted copper wire, ran it through, seated it well with a small hammer, and twisted tight from the back with pliers. clipped the excess wire, and hammered that into the paper some to seat it. on the back, over the twists, ran a piece of dark masking tape.
its not the gutenberg bible, its just an old auction catalog and now it is a book again instead of a collection of stuff I always straighten up.
so a thumbs up on this repair, it works