The Transmogrified Victorian Reporter's Notepad

Step 7 Assembling the Notepad

Next, I placed the bottom piece over the leather and drilled two holes. I then inserted the two screw posts, followed by the bottom cover and then the graph paper pad. The last image shows a small strip of leather that I cut away - when wrapped around the entire notepad, it was just about 1/8" too long and covered a large portion of the hinges.

To determine the final drill holes, I wrapped the leather around and pressed hard over the screw post extensions poking up from the top of the cover - they make a mark that I've indicated in the last figure.