Welp. I forgot a few key important facts when hardcover binding.
As can be seen from the pictures my dumbass forgot that when making the spin we cover, YOU NEED OVERLAP!!
My OCD brain decides when I was making the cover to make everything perfectly aligned. “It’s so perfect the way these pieces fit together. I’m feelin go pretty good about this.”
I go to glue it to the boards and realizes my mistake. There wasn’t enough overlap on the bottom that I couldn’t even get the cover over the sides of the board. Time to get out the first aid kit I’ve got a lot of bandaid fixes to perform.