From:	Jill jmenning@***********.com
Subject:	[OT] book binding
Date:	Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:57:48 -0500

At 02:24 PM 6/16/00, Brian Johnson wrote:

>Ideas, people?

Well, I went looking on the web for instructions for binding books, and
decided that rather than dismantle the book and put it back together with a
hard cover and all, I'd instead make a preemptive strike on my Cyberpirates
book, which was in like-new condition.

Tools used: hammer, small nail, piece of cork board, heavy sewing thread,
and a needle. Used the hammer and nail to make a series of holes near the
spine of the book, in a straight line and all, then used the needle and a
long piece of doubled-over thread to sew it up. The cork board was to
minimize the number of nails dulled and deformed by impact with the cement
floor on the other side of the book.

Worked very well, and didn't take long once I figured out what I was doing.
The dark thread doesn't interfere much with the general "look" of the book,
for those that are worried. Next time I'll get a bit closer to the spine so
that I can open the book a bit further (I got a bit too close to the text -
still very readable, but I'd like it to open a bit flatter). And I think
I'm going to laminate the covers so that it'll last forever :o) Of course,
forever is just my first impression...

Jill