Book Press

[Nicholas Lingg]

I just finished this Book Press. I copyed it from a picture I found on the Net.

[G Douglas Fowler]

Not too many people have one of those laying aound in their room. Verey different and cool. Inlay looks well done and is something I have not yet tried. Some day.

[Terry Beadle]

Good job ! Nice choice of materials.

Many questions come to mind. I looked up what a book press was on google. It's supposed to be used to re-bind books. Is that what you are using this for? The two books in the third picture don't look like they are being re-glued...but I could be wrong.

If you are using this book press to re-bind books, what process steps do you do and what adhesive are you using. I would like to make a similar tool to re-bind paper back books...

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks for posting.

[Nicholas Lingg]

Book Presses of this type were used before Air Conditioning to keep moisure out of the paper.

[Eric Bong]

I second the very neat. What was the most difficult part of building it?

[Nicholas Lingg]

I second the very neat. What was the most difficult part of building it?

Thanks! Putting in the last piece of the compass points I had to make a second piece

[Eric DeSilva]

Neat! Are you a book binder?

I thought about making a bookbinding set up out of wood after someone posted a video of someone doing a binding. I think I saved it... If I can find it, I'll edit the link in.

Edit.. Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMzgQMy5bio

[Rick Markham]

Neat! Are you a book binder?

I thought about making a bookbinding set up out of wood after someone posted a video of someone doing a binding. I think I saved it... If I can find it, I'll edit the link in.

Edit.. Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMzgQMy5bio

Cool video!


Amazing Inlay work on your book press Nicholas!