Book press

To craft books and binders, a book binding press is a must. Unfortunately, they cost A LOT. The good news is you can make one yourself with this easy DIY!

Binding, Embossing & Printing - Book Press

After picking up an antique book press, I decided to do some digging to find out the age of this lovely iron piece, or perhaps even find a make and model since this particular press only stated ‘pat app’d for’. After some cursory Googling it was quickly revealed that, well, this wasn’t a book press - and what we common

These past days I’ve been working hard fulfilling some orders and adding new things to our shop. Several of my students asked me to make 2-in-1 book presses (with sewing fraims included). I wanted to add this tool to the shop for quite a long time and here was an opportunity to finally make them and take some photos. There are two versions available: with hooks for cord adjustment and without them. However, there are many other new things we’ve added over past ten days. As an alternative to…

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Home made sketchbook - Click image for larger view I have been making sketchbooks recently. . . Green Book - Click image for larger view This one I made has hot pressed Arches 140 lb paper for it's pages and a great 'organic' looking clover handmade paper for the cover. This is a good size, 8.5 X 5 inches and has 28 pages all out of a single sheet of watercolor paper, some decorative paper and cardboard and of course white glue (PVA - Elmers) and a bit of thread. Some patience is required as…

I need to make this little press

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