#making the case

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WIP Call me by your name

Part VI making the case

This one gave me a bit of a headache with some of the design steps. Anyone who’s read the book won’t ask why apricots/peaches for the design element, but I wanted them fuzzy too touch and first had to find a velourspaper that would take colour without being too bright to look pleasant. I found a somewhat pale cream hued paper that worked out nicely.

(Don’t ask about the printing, I know neither fear nor qualms just running whatever paperlike sheets I have through a printer as soon as I don’t immediately come up with reasons why I shouldn’t and I pick printer settings based on nothing but gut-feeling). I set the apricots a bit back to protect the fuzz from wear and dirt and the corners from wearing off. 

The titling worked out well. The letterspacing in the first line could have done with less space between the letters in favour of more space between the words. I didn’t notice that on my test stamps though. I think it still reads fine. The whole design would have done well with being a little higher on the cover, but the cut out was made and after I hot stamped the first line there was nothing to do about the position of the title anymore either. 

By the way, in order to have it easier later to round the spine of the case I always pre-round the spine stiffener. That an happen at various moments in the building process. There are special heated metal rods used for rounding the usually finished case. They are nifty but not really necessary. Some use a round rod (often made from wood) with some paper glued to it to wrap up the spine stiffener and round it. I wasn’t trained with those and don’t feel comfortable using them. I use the rounded edge of my workbench and just gently move it back and forth, starting with low pressure and giving it more as I notice the spine stiffener giving in.

I do this from with the back cover on the table as well as with the front cover on the table. The reason is to prevent this from happening.

The spine on this book was very stiff and I applied too much force too quickly, so it broke (I have no idea if that is what this problem, or rather, result is called in english. I know it in direct translation as a ‘broken spine’.)

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Making the case

Pd: Para los que hablen español, no se si lo han notado, pero la traducción que pongo abajo de los subtítulos no es la traducción literal del ingles, si no que es la que le dieron en el doblaje español latino :D 

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My gosh Lincoln what did you do

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[zhalfirin-binds]

WIP Harry Potter Anthology Part VIII

Making the case

This is the first time I assemble a case as shown in DAS Bookbinding casebound book tutorials. I’m curious how that’s going to work for me.

Assembling the case is easy enough after getting all measured and marked up. This book is going to be A6-ish and rather slim so I go for narrow squares of 2 mm on top and tail. Just enough to protrude over the endbands.

Marking up the front edge for a full cloth bound book always makes me a bit nervous, but usually those turn out ok on my fine bindings (and this case bound book emulates at least the look of fine bindings very well) so I just mark the square up a tiny bit wider than the top an bottom square and hope they will not shrink. 

It was not done in the tutorial but I do like the look of prepped boards and it makes a few steps easier. For example I break the front corners of the boards to create a bit more room  for the cloth when I fold in the turn ins. This is really not much, just taking off the very tip, but I find it easier to get straight edges that way. 

I also prepped the head and tail area to allow a neater look when I tie them off at the end so I take just a tiny chip off there to have the corner angle down a bit.

I also flattened the edges of the spine stiffener by sanding it down. I hope this will make it easier to round the spine later and avoid a visible edge.

Now that all boards are prepped I transferred the measurements it to the cloth I want to use and glue it down. There’s a simple way to lift a piece of paper/cloth whatever without getting any glue on the outside by the way. I just pull the waste paper I used to protect my working space over the edge of the table so I can lift the glued on cloth or paper without pushing it accidentally into the glue around it. 

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"You broke the unspoken rule! Never post anything without the persons permission!"

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT?!"

She-... she did tho- like... earlier in the episode. After she told you to always keep the camera rolling. Not directly targeted at you but you were still there to undestand the context and meaning.