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Step 7Binding your book
We are going to use a coptic stitch for this one, you can find other decorative (or not) binding options aplenty on youtube, this is really a personal choice but my Instructable will show a coptic stitch.
Pay attention to your order of signatures and don't bind the wrong ones together. Don't yank or pull on the thread too tightly or you will rip through the paper. Take your time and don't poke yourself with the needle. When you do poke yourself, wait until the bleeding stops to continue. Use a long piece of thread so that you won't have to tie 2 pieces together when you run out. This can be annoying but it doesn't look as good splicing.
This is a good video on the binding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fotqlCgAbDM and a pdf: http://www.booklyn.org/education/iscoptic.pdf
After the binding is finished, glue the signatures together where they meet with the small tipped container of glue. Place your book in the book press or in between your two boards and weight it for about 30 minutes, or until the glue is dry.
Pay attention to your order of signatures and don't bind the wrong ones together. Don't yank or pull on the thread too tightly or you will rip through the paper. Take your time and don't poke yourself with the needle. When you do poke yourself, wait until the bleeding stops to continue. Use a long piece of thread so that you won't have to tie 2 pieces together when you run out. This can be annoying but it doesn't look as good splicing.
This is a good video on the binding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fotqlCgAbDM and a pdf: http://www.booklyn.org/education/iscoptic.pdf
After the binding is finished, glue the signatures together where they meet with the small tipped container of glue. Place your book in the book press or in between your two boards and weight it for about 30 minutes, or until the glue is dry.
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