Thread: Book binding press

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We have people who want to make their own spell books, Necronomicons, etc. The link I posted deals wtih binding yoru own books cheaply, if not well (fine for props, eh?). It looks like a flower press and looks easy to build. On another page at the site, it showed someone applying Elmer's Glue to the exposed edges of the bound pages to hold them together.
The site also sells blanks of books, comic books, glass paperweights, board games, puzzles, etc.
I started out looking for parlour songs (basically, 19th century songs when someone in the parlour played the piano and everyone sang along), and I got sidetracked. Somehow I wound up in the ITZ (internet twilight zone) yet again, and thought I'd share.
I posted the link in Crafts also.

I would save the 40 + dollars and buy the supplies at the hardware store to make one. My sister made one when she was in 4H. I don't think you need the window cut out on the top. Get ply-board, 4 carriage bolts, and 4 wing nuts.

So would I. That's why this is the link I used. Easy to make, once you see the pic. Wing bolts and plywood.
I think the window is for alignment, and because it is also meant for binding other things than single pages for books, but most presses used to have a screw on top that pressed the platen down. At least, that's what I remember from 40 years ago when I was at Sturbridge Village!