How to recycle office paper into blank books

Step 3: Bind the book

I used this tutorial this tutorial to learn to bind books this way. It's very thorough, so I won't repeat it's instructions, but basically you sew the binding in a particular way with the twine and needle. Make sure it's very tight and secure. That's it!

Comments

[ChargerIIC]

The binder clips are a great idea for holding the paper together. I can't believe I never thought of that!

[Optimizer]

 This is by far the simplest and the best recycled paper notebook I've made. I already made 3 of these. Leftover corrugated cardboard for the covers makes for a decently hard surface.

[jcoffland]

Might try drilling the holes. Could probably do thicker stacks that way. Nice project.

[nikkishell]

This is fabulous! I'm going to try it out. Thanks.

[NevadaGuy]

Now I know what I can do with all that "wasted" paper! I made half dozen or so and gave them to some folk at the office... They think they are great and use them for all sorts of notes, lists, and maybe a little doodling.

[werkstueck]

Another quick and easy method for small books is on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/werkstueck/497867569/in/photostream/
(it's only in german - but i think the pictures are meaningful)

[wiloland]

Nice "How to" very well done. Juste a line to say you can do some nice binding with recycle stuff. I've made some with wood crates like here:
Bookbinding