Bookbinding

Finally got into and used my water colors and watercolor aqua brushes~!

Long adventure day, picked up a couple cool looking solo ttrpg's. Bonus daily doodle. Posted from Samsung browser on Android.

‎​Daily doodle for todays entry because yesterday’s check in didn’t count.

Got Both Videos Edited together using Corel Video Studio Pro!

Longer Video Here: https://youtu.be/zQFsAys2nSY

‎​Got video recorded and binding done~!

Recorded video of making the pamphlet notebook cover.

Made a pamphlet notebook to test out recording using OBS before diving into recording the whole process~!

It's a little bit late so I don't want to start production tonight, but I did find a good Youtube video for coptic stitching.

Originally I wanted to not stitch the cover too, but I can't remember how to do that with the pattern that I want. Coptic stitching really isn't that hard or uncommon, but instead of biding my time until I find the perfect solution, I figure I should just bind something and make it more sophisticated as I gain experience. After all, paper is cheap.

Here's the Youtube video I found, but realistically there's so many that any one will do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iciWeCjGrQs

The first thing I learned doing research is that I need some sort of bookbinding press. Cast iron nipping presses are $2000, very big and very heavy, so I wanted to avoid going that route (although I am ashamed to say initially, I considered it).

Instead, we're going to try making our own makeshift one using two cutting boards ($10 each from Amazon) and a bunch of hardware that cost about $6 total from Lowe's.

The idea is that we drill four holes in the cutting boards, put the screws in each hole with washers and wing nuts for the clamping action.

First, I measured where the holes were going to go. I went with about 15mm from each corner. I don't want to get too close to the edge and have the corners of the cutting boards crack. Then I put masking tape over where the holes will be made to further prevent cracking, I think? I don't know if that's really a thing.