I neeeeeever thought about using this method for a cover. I appreciate this! - Richard

Bro I love your videos, don't get me wrong. But when I saw you cut right through the cover broke my heart. Have plenty of valuable rebound works, and they have the old paperback cover bound in, along with the spine to the back on an empty page

Love this. Thank you!

Thank you for the great information. Please can i use construction paper for end papers for a soft cover with about 15 signatures

Great video thank you

great video. the card on the outside is one of the most useful things i've learned about making slip cases. your channel is responsible for so much of my growth in this hobby. coming from woodworking there is a trick for getting glue out of corners. take a straw and cut it at a 45° and use that to scoop out the glue in the corner. works well for those times where it's important that it isn't visible. cheers.

Keep doing videos in parts. I feel I get extra insights and information compared to editing them down to fit the entire topic in 30 minutes. PS: I like your personal decision to limit yourself to 30 minutes.

Great video and teaching 🙏💫

Simple and easy to replicate: I have similar simple tools to accomplish the same. Thanks!

Would you use the same cutting jig for all curved front slip cases or would you adjust the radius based on the height of the slip case?

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As a recently retired cabinetmaker about to dabble in slipcase and box making, can I suggest you purchase a set of tramel-heads. You could easily mount an Exacto knife into one of the heads.

None of my FS slip cases, even new ones in Decembe, have curved front slip cases. Harper Collins, OTOH, use them almost exclusively. They look pretty good but I agree with the drawbacks you gave.

The Folio Society books are some of the best but not cheap used. But the Eaton Press books are better. I wish they had a slip case.

For scribing the curve, could you use a piece of string with a nail or awl to scribe the line, then follow that line with a knife by hand?

Love this

I really like the slip covers. They protect the book nicely. Love that the color you picked matched the book perfectly!!

That little bit of math is very useful. Thank you for including it.

Wow, your rig to cut the curve is really impressive! The slip covers look so beautiful ! Thanks for this.

It always saddens me when I hear a creator I follow say that something I really like about their channel is hated by the youtube algorithm. I like your multi-part videos - they give me something to look forward to that is specific, rather than just another DAS video. (Your videos are always great, but the anticipation of getting to see the next part is special to me!)

Love it, I will definitely try in with the book I made. Cheer from Poland <3 Keep up a great work!

Hi Darryn! Thank you for yet another excellent video. You are, without a doubt, the best bookbinding instructor on KZbin. I've watched many, many videos of yours and I always enjoy your patient teaching style, soothing music, and the care and expertise that goes into each project. As a relatively new learner, I do have one request. Would it be possible to make an overview video for how to choose a binding style for a particular project? I ask because it took me about 2 months to find a tutorial on a lay - flat style that was reinforced without having to make a spring. (For anyone looking, Library Binding in Full Buckram series). Whether you decide to make a video like this or not, you have my deepest admiration, respect, and gratitude.

Grazie per il tuo lavoro 😊

Love this teaching. Watching from Pretoria South Africa. Thank you

I'd be wondering if my Japanese woodworking tool known as the "wari-kebiki" would cut the boards effectively. The traditional blade might be a bit thick (2-3mm), but I think the style is a good reference. Another option is the way a blade is attached to the balsa stripper tool used for making model planes. Of course, your method is working well enough, these ideas are merely refinements.

darryn, Happy New Year to you, thanks for another fab video, so informative as usual.

When you encounter the leather shrinking or pulling when dry instead of adding the paper layer inside could you not rehydrate the leather and use a press while drying repeating two or three times? I would think the forced flat hold from the press while the leather is drying would stretch the fibers and fix the “neutral” state? Does this not work?

Ehhh, I was hoping to write the first comment :(

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What's with the music. Such annoying in the background. Should never be music, consider autism.

Thank you for all these tips! Do you recommend applying crystalline wax on the edges? would that help preserving the book ?

Thank you very much for all these wonderful videos, I learn a lot from them. ❤ I experimented with slipcases and always end up choosing this technique, the decorative papers add so much beauty and I always make a matching bookmark from the scraps. I found out that for smaller books the 1mm board works best.

what is the card you use to scrape the bole?

Merci infiniment pour ces explications très détaillées et pour la qualité de la vidéo. Très généreux de votre part.

What is your eva glue recepie?

Expert at work :) after 4 years maybe I will be able to do this.

Do you sand the wood? At what point? Do you apply any sort of finish?

Hey! This video is really old but I was wondering you can answer the questions that have. Thank you!! I see people do this technique sew cords that run through. But mostly everyone just uses a wax thread and that’s all. I’m doing my first bind and I’m wondering what to do. I’m binding a book that I can come back and read from time to time. So, What’s the difference? Would it make a difference?

Do you do the top & bottom edges now, or is it acceptable to only have the fore edge gilded? Looks amazing 👌

Very helpful. Thanks

Watching you and contributing as I think about making my own graphic novel prototype / demo.

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Lovey! One day I will be able to gold foil too hopefully, I’d love to try it one day! Happy New Year and thank you for all the wonderful tutorials you bring us. My bookbinding journey has come on loads due to your fantastic ability to tutor and explain the project and processes you show us all. I look forward to what 2025 brings on your channel. 😊

Great video.. Can you teach us how to make a stamp album..

Just curious, at the beginning you said to add an overhang to the width of the text block to make the cober boards. Wouldn't you want to subtract from the width of the text block as there would be a gap in between the spine stiffener and the boards? I figured that adding to the width imstead of subtracting would make the overhang too much.

These videos are excellent - the best I've watched. My only criticism is the music is too loud and very distracting.

For a rare antique dust jacket which has a split along the spine, would you recommend a Japanese tissue repair using starch paste in advance of making the protective cover? The risk being that without a repair there’s the risk the dust jacket could detach in two when trying to install within a protective sleeve

First time i've seen somebody say to not cut the width beforehand. Great tip as following specific systems and formulas to cut the width always ends up not being perfect. It is much better as you have said to measure it by eye after you put the book in the mock case.

Give us a pinned link to the knife please!

for anyone looking to replicate what booklet creator does without having to download anything or pay anything, here's an amazing website i've found that does exactly what you need it to, it's in my first reply. hope this helps because god knows i wasted too much time trying to do this without buying or downloading an app