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Step 9Finishing off
Ok, last few steps now, then were almost done
Picture 1 - Cut the corners into strips as shown
Picture 2 - Cut the strips in the shapes shown, make sure the length is just enough to fold over without leaving any gaps.
Picture 3 - Place a small scrap of card in place to hold it all while it glues.
Picture 4 - Cut a couple of sheets of parchment paper, or wrapping paper to the same size as a page from your book, carefully glue these to the inside of your cover.
Picture 5 - Place a couple of sheets of paper inbetween the cover and first page, using some scraps of card to protect your leather, place the clamps to hold it.
Leave for about 15 mins, take off the clamps and check on the inside cover, if it is all stuck ok, place the book under something heavy overnight - i placed mine under a big box of stones from my rock collection!
Picture 1 - Cut the corners into strips as shown
Picture 2 - Cut the strips in the shapes shown, make sure the length is just enough to fold over without leaving any gaps.
Picture 3 - Place a small scrap of card in place to hold it all while it glues.
Picture 4 - Cut a couple of sheets of parchment paper, or wrapping paper to the same size as a page from your book, carefully glue these to the inside of your cover.
Picture 5 - Place a couple of sheets of paper inbetween the cover and first page, using some scraps of card to protect your leather, place the clamps to hold it.
Leave for about 15 mins, take off the clamps and check on the inside cover, if it is all stuck ok, place the book under something heavy overnight - i placed mine under a big box of stones from my rock collection!
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Dec 29, 2011. 6:54 AMcoppernikle
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I'm a far cry from professional, but I work with leather and I work with books. Your project is great in a number of ways, but finishing the spine ends the way you did gave me pause; I'm wondering if there isn't a way to eliminate the...clutter? of the corner strips... Going back to your LeatherTime! pics and rather than first gluing the leather to the pages' spine, how about building the cover by itself first? gluing the leather to all parts of the cover board, including the parchment-or-whatever inside-cover paper, being careful *not* to glue *between* the long/thin board pieces that make up the spine grouping just yet, and folding all edges smoothly around the board pieces. At this point, you'd have a pack of sewn pages and the essentially finished cover separate from each other. Then bring together the pack of pages with the cover, *thoroughly* gluing the pages' spine to the board-and-parchment spine and gluing inbetween the narrower long pieces. Also, while wood glue is okay if the only at-hand option, it does crack under use-flexing and is eventually more susceptible to humidity/moisture than, say, a good leather glue. Nice project, nice delivery--Kudos :)
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