<story><title>Printing and binding your own books and manuals (2003)</title><url>https://uazu.net/notes/binding.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jimnotgym</author><text>&amp;gt;Originally I made myself one out of softwood, but I found that the wood bent too much and didn&amp;#x27;t give an even pressure over the spine when the nuts were tightened down&lt;p&gt;Never made a bookpress, but have transferrable knowledge. You didn&amp;#x27;t need a rigid piece of wood, you need a piece with a slight curve so the middle touches first and the edges after. When the nuts are tightened it will go straight but be pushing hard in the middle.  In case you don&amp;#x27;t have a bent piece of wood, you can plane or even sand the subtle curve (I would guess 3mm&amp;#x2F; 1&amp;#x2F;8&amp;quot; would do for an A5 book). I am itching to try this.&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x27;Real&amp;#x27; books seem to have some kind of linen scrim rather than tissue. I should imagine this helps with tensile strength like glass fibre tape does to GRP. Evo stick has a very pungent solvent smell, worth taking care of ventilation to avoid getting high</text></comment>
<story><title>Printing and binding your own books and manuals (2003)</title><url>https://uazu.net/notes/binding.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pkaye</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m doing the reverse... scanning or buying books or manuals into pdf form.&lt;p&gt;I realized I accumulated way too many books. They take up a lot of space, I don&amp;#x27;t read many of the often but would hate to lose the information. Thus I&amp;#x27;ve slowly converted over the years. Also many pdf format books are cheaper than paper copy these days. I still keep the important books as paper copy but a bulk of the rest now fits is a harddrive available on my home network.</text></comment>