Repair an Old Classic Book (rebinding).

Step 7 Move the clamps away for the SEWING step :

All of my holes are drilled, and now i want to stitch the spine together.. So the clamps and boards must me moved away to allow the stitching.  Move ONE clamp at a time and carefully slide the board away from the book edge.   If the pages move then your holes will not line up for sewing so work carefully and slowly when moving your clamps and boards. When done, i took this opportunity to clean up the loose crud on the book spine.  Old dry glue and paper frazzles i scratched off of the spine.