I have no idea how many pages may be safely bound together using the double fold method. I regularly bind books that have 200+ pages which means 120 to 150 pieces of paper. I have also bound books double this size but I bind books for myself and for my library. What I don't know is how they would hold together if they were to be read hundreds of times by dozens or hundreds of people. But then commercial, perfect bound books, such as paperback books are read that often without falling apart. The only time I ever had any problem with a book was when I didn't use a mull. At one time I was worried about how long the books would hold together so I cut slits in the spine and filled the cuts with thread and glue before adding the endpapers and the mull. My books made with the double fan method seem to hold together just as well. But if you are worried, then make a series of cuts in the spines of your books with a coping saw, add glue to the cuts, and put unwaxed bookbinding thread in the cuts. I have also seen people who simple rough up the spine before gluing so there is more surface area for the glue to grab the paper. The largest book I have bound with the double fan method is a facsimile of a manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The book ended up being about 12" x 18" and about 460 pages. It has held together just fine, but it I were to do another book this size I probably would make a series of cuts in the spine about 1" apart and place thread and glue in the cuts just as a precaution.
Thanks for the inspiration. I'm getting back into woodworking and have bound books in the past :-)
very cool! love seeing someone share their techniques on their craft.
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Thank you Robert, I learnt so much from you in this video.
Glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial, thanks!
I'm glad you found if useful.
Hi this is a great tutorial, thank you! I have a question: how many pages can you realisticly bind together using this technique, ball park estimate?
I have no idea how many pages may be safely bound together using the double fold method. I regularly bind books that have 200+ pages which means 120 to 150 pieces of paper. I have also bound books double this size but I bind books for myself and for my library. What I don't know is how they would hold together if they were to be read hundreds of times by dozens or hundreds of people. But then commercial, perfect bound books, such as paperback books are read that often without falling apart. The only time I ever had any problem with a book was when I didn't use a mull.
At one time I was worried about how long the books would hold together so I cut slits in the spine and filled the cuts with thread and glue before adding the endpapers and the mull. My books made with the double fan method seem to hold together just as well. But if you are worried, then make a series of cuts in the spines of your books with a coping saw, add glue to the cuts, and put unwaxed bookbinding thread in the cuts. I have also seen people who simple rough up the spine before gluing so there is more surface area for the glue to grab the paper.
The largest book I have bound with the double fan method is a facsimile of a manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The book ended up being about 12" x 18" and about 460 pages. It has held together just fine, but it I were to do another book this size I probably would make a series of cuts in the spine about 1" apart and place thread and glue in the cuts just as a precaution.
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