I'm fascinated by both the Bradel binding and the IceCube story! A number of years ago when I was still a student I worked for the summer in Tenerife on an astronomy research internship, and several colleagues in my hallway worked on IceCube. They gave a talk on it in journal club one week and although I wasn't interested in pursuing neutrino research, I learned a lot during that talk. I still have the notes I took! I'm just starting Bradel binding and this video, like all your videos, is just what I need. I really appreciate that you are way more academic in your tutorials, citing references, giving details based on the literature research and providing alternative methods based on historical study. I don't have professional bookbinding education and experience like you clearly do, but after taking up bookbinding as a hobby during lockdown I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to know more about it. Your videos over the years have helped me do that, since I'm in academia by profession and I learn efficiently by academic means (reading the literature, writing papers, research, etc). I hope some day soon to open my own small humble bookbinding business. Thank-you so much for putting your professional content for us, and I hope you can do so for many years to come!
@DASBookbinding4 ай бұрын
Great! Did you meet my friend Albrecht Karle at Tenerife? He was probably full time IceCube when you were there and maybe didn't overlap with you.
@lenanana84 ай бұрын
@@DASBookbinding Oooh no I'm afraid not, but who knows since when I was there in 2011 I didn't meet nearly every staff member. I've just taken a look at his publications, he's an expert so it would've been awesome to meet him!
@nashvillain1714 жыл бұрын
*Ahhh, the ol' cliffhanger tactic! Don't worry, I'll be back for the rest of the Antarctic story.*
@DASBookbinding4 жыл бұрын
Yes a cheap trick I know:) And it gets worse as I use it to launch my Patreon account which will go live this coming week. All the best, DAS
@OldCroDad4 жыл бұрын
And I was so used to watching old videos on KZbin that I thought I could just load it up right away! AAAaaa!!!! lol
@HieuTran-pw9ck4 жыл бұрын
Come to see Bradel stucture, but got hooked up by Antarctic story aha. Great video sir. Looking forward to next week!
@michaelmegson24254 жыл бұрын
Great video and story ... will tune in for the final chapter 😱👍
@henrylove3302 Жыл бұрын
Great video and instruction. My wife overheard the Antarctic story so you have made a new friend, and now allow me to revisit so many of your videos without being told to stop peering at that iPad😂. Henry Bristol uk
@saintburnsy24682 жыл бұрын
This is one of the coolest, most unique books I've seen! Nice work 👍🏼
@CucumbersSC3 жыл бұрын
oh shit you worked on IceCube! Damn! You've got a really cool carreer. And this is a really cool book!
@martinnyberg9295 Жыл бұрын
I loved your Antarctica story. It has relevance to me, though I’m Swedish and not Scottish, both for its group dynamics aspect and the neutrino research aspect. 😊
@DASBookbinding Жыл бұрын
Did you know Prof. Hulth? He was a close friend. We had some great sailing adventures together, including a wonderful day in the Archipelago. I worked with many of the neutrino people at Stockholm and Uppsala for a long time. I sometimes miss those days:)
@martinnyberg9295 Жыл бұрын
@@DASBookbinding I studied Physics (BS) at LSU in the 1990s, right before LIGO was built in Livingston. 😊 I gather you also enjoyed the Uppsala university library, with the Codex Argenteus and such rarities? 😁👍🏻
@johnbaines95804 жыл бұрын
Excellent video & fascinating back story - thanks. Looking forward to the conclusion. BTW a steel-toothed nit or head lice comb makes splaying out the Pleister tapes a lot easier!
@DASBookbinding4 жыл бұрын
Thanks John, great tip! I've also seen a think steel plate with a V shaped groove leading into a hole which is used for fraying out tapes and cords. Seems to be a northern European thing. I've been meaning to try it out. Might combine it with the comb idea. All the best, Darryn
@brainfornothing3 жыл бұрын
Yes, and, after "opening the threads", you can go thinner using a sandpaper over them. Cheers !
@danielfrazer24404 жыл бұрын
Superb video! Thanks for sharing.
@marcosschmitz4 жыл бұрын
Great video and stories! Thank you!
@Admiral86Untidy Жыл бұрын
Just downloaded a copy of this manual. Can't wait to print it and bind it 📔
@swaminathaniyer26473 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@edwardgurney16944 жыл бұрын
You seem to have lead a very interesting and storied life, Darryn! I hear you on the kettle stitch tension. I still have problems with the very end of my textblock beyond the kettle stitch being squished and narrow. It makes stuck on endbands hard to do neatly.
@DASBookbinding4 жыл бұрын
Hi Ed. Everyone has an interesting life but for some reason stories involving Antarctica are less boring. Who knows. Yes, the unsupported ends of the book with no thread in the sections to fill out the swell. It makes you move the kettle stitches closer and closer to head and tail. Then you realise there is no thread inside at the supports so you starting using narrower supports. And before you know it you wonder if you know anything about bookbinding at all and starting thinking about buying a printing press.... All the best, Darryn
@craftopus11402 жыл бұрын
The transitions between bookbinding explanation and storytelling were abrupt at times, but I found myself quickly invested in the story as well. (and honestly, the abrupt transitions fit with telling a story while also teaching someone how to do a thing. It's in bits between the instructions, while you're working on the thing and don't need to talk about it.)
@c.a.mcdivitt97223 жыл бұрын
Oh, what I wouldn't give to be involved with a project like IceCube!
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
I think they are hiring winter-over staff now. DAS
@c.a.mcdivitt97223 жыл бұрын
@@DASBookbinding Thanks! In all honesty, that's probably something I couldn't physically (bad tendonitis) or professionally (my skill sets are ''warehouse management' and 'bad sci-fi author') do, but it's a really cool project and being winter-over staff sounds like it was quite the Tolkienesque adventure. :)
@rowantheo809 Жыл бұрын
i've seen a bookbinder use medical gauze instead of washi on the spine, in your opinion, would that work as a substitution? on the same subject, i'd love to see you bind a book with the absolute minimum of tools and specialized materials. like, in my country i can't FOR THE LIFE OF ME find chipboard/grey board (so i used 2 glued cardboard pieces once, and im thinking of butchering my sketchbooks for their back board haha). im wondering if elastic bands/cut cloth can sub for cotton tape, and if there's a way to strengthen decorative/printed cardstock for the cover instead of using bookcloth (because even if i bought bookcloth, i don't have foiling equipment so idk how to do the title.... stencils and paint???) obviously using the best tools for the job gives the best result, but i'd love to see the best shot you can give it with the most accessible tools! especially because your research is so brilliant
@TheFatPriest3 жыл бұрын
Great video, as ever. I am just doing my first rounded spine Bradel binding, usually I have made flat spines. And this will also be the first rounded spine book where I have trimmed the foredge. Glenn Malkin's video on edge trimming with a paring knife recommends trimming the foredge before making the spine, but here you glue it up and then trim the foredge, and then round the spine. You must have to work pretty quick to do that? I am hoping I will be able to knock the foredge flat again before starting the rounding process. Or maybe I should use just starch paste, with its longer drying time and hope the ploughing goes quick. Any thoughts? Phillip
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
Hi Phillip, Glenn says to trim the fore-edge before rounding, but the spine has been glued up. If the spine is not glued the sections will go out of alignment after trimming the fore-edge. If you have a look at my latest video I talk about rounding and backing in a bit more detail. You want the glue dry enough that it is holding everything in place, but not set so hard that it won't allow rounding. You don't have to be super quick as you're not trying to round with wet glue. I wouldn't use paste on a spine. Conservators will sometimes put a thin layer of paste on as a "conservation barrier", but it's not really the best adhesive for spines. Hope that makes sense. Darryn
@brainfornothing3 жыл бұрын
I love the two parallel stories, Hehehe ! A question : I see, while you are cutting the edges of the book, those big jaws move to the side, Why you don't put a stop ? It's that some sort of "moving with the system of reference" thing, same as with flimsy CNC machines ? Thanks for sharing !
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
I guess this is more obvious when sped up. I hardly notice it at the time. A quick release clamp used as a stop would work. But does it save me time, more than getting a clamp and putting it on and off? Probably not. DAS
@ernestobarrera29273 жыл бұрын
I have the impression that the procedure of measuring/marking the cut lines for the three edges must be done in a VERY precise way to avoid problems later. I usually spend a long time checking these measures. I find it difficult using the square rule on the spine since the bumpiness due to tapes can sometimes alter the right angles in tail and head cut lines (specially if the tapes contains a couple of weaver knots). The case is made in an independent process on which it is easier to get nice right angles. And at the time I put all together is when I usually notice that the text block is very slightliy "trapezoidal" by comparison with the case. I wonder if there is a method to improve the precision on this step P.S.: I'm using a traditional plough like yours to cut edges.
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you're right it is very important to have a book that has square corners. Maybe I don't show the step I use to check the marking, but I measure the diagonals after marking. If they aren't equal the book isn't square and I fix the problem before moving on. I try and put knots on the edge of the tape so they don't add a bump. I don't always manage this. The square I use is fairly large and it goes over most of the tapes which means it is usually parallel with the spine. Good luck! Darryn
@ernestobarrera29273 жыл бұрын
@@DASBookbinding That makes a lot of sense. Thank you!
@ernestobarrera29273 жыл бұрын
Another great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge From a traditional point of view what should the relationship among the colors of covers, headbands and endpapers be? Does exist something like a rule of color matching for those three elements or is it bookbinders ad-libitum choice? Cheers
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
Regards colour, it's not something anyone has given me any rules for. Just that one should use "appropriate" or "matching" colours. It's the sort of thing I would expect Alex Vaughn to address, but I just had a look in his book and there isn't anything. So bookbinder's choice I guess. All the best, Darryn
@ernestobarrera29273 жыл бұрын
@@DASBookbinding Thank you!
@nich62203 жыл бұрын
Hi, How many pages do you use per signature? Thx
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember this is the heavier 118gsm paper and I used 3 sheets per section/signature. DAS
@crono7823 жыл бұрын
When you're using printed off text blocks, are you concerning with the grain direction. I'm having a difficult time finding short grain paper to print my own text blocks on. How important is it in hobbyist bookbinding?
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
I don't want anything to stop you binding, but it is a rule I almost never break. The only time I've bound against the grain is when I've been brought a text already printed, and there is no option. If you are in the US, Hollanders have short grain Mohawk Superfine US letter size. If you are in Australia I can sell you a high grade copier paper for $25 for A4 SG 500 page ream or Mohawk for $95 for 250 sheet A4 SG ream. If you are in the UK, let me know and I'll find you a supplier there. Yours, Darryn
@crono7823 жыл бұрын
@@DASBookbinding Thus far I have always bound with the correct grain orientation. Locally I find A4/8.5x11 and half it twice to end up with an A6 finished product. Would be nice to locate good paper stock where i could produce an A5 finished product (I'm guessing that would be the result of short-grain A4?) I am in the US. I will surely check hollanders, though it would be nice if it wasn't so rare to locate.
@brainfornothing3 жыл бұрын
@@crono782 Or you can buy sheets in A0/A1/A2 and cut them as you need, is what I do, more time consuming, but is worth it for me, and they are cheaper for square meter, I ussually use a very simple Excel spreadsheet I made years ago to calculate the price/square meter and I found, sometimes, depends on the deal, is a huge saving. Cheers !
@carriesnyder68343 жыл бұрын
@@crono782 In the US, I'll sometimes use The Paper Mill Store to get the grain direction/size I want, if the bookbinding suppliers don't carry it. (But as Darryn has said, I also try to spend my money with the bookbinding suppliers whenever possible.)
@vaidoo3 жыл бұрын
Hello ! Happy New Year ! I want to know the type of washi japansese paper and gsm ? Thank you
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
I can't find the name of it. I wrote a reference number on it, which only makes sense for Ozu Washi. It's 45gsm. All the best, DAS
@nich62203 жыл бұрын
What glue brushes do you use? Mine perpetually fall apart, leaving little bristles behind in the glue :(
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
In the most recent videos I've been using a very nice brush called a conservation paste brush from Talas in NY. DAS
@nich62203 жыл бұрын
Great videos! What type of hammer do you use and where did you get it from?
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
I use an old Barnsley No2 cobblers hammer, which is not made any more. Hewit's sell a hammer that looks similar. Or the Barnsley's come up on eBay fairly regularly. Usually need a good clean and sand of the face. Ciao, DAS
@user-sx6ls3kc8d3 жыл бұрын
The one who set the dislike-will burn in hell ;)))
@tonyennis17873 жыл бұрын
Why 3 pages per section instead of 4 or 2 (unless proceeding to 3)?
@DASBookbinding3 жыл бұрын
See my recent video on swell and how to manage it. For this rounded and backed book I needed about 30% swell and with the weight of paper, and thread thickness, 3 sheets per section gave me that. More or less would have changed the swell away from where I wanted it. I give guidance in the video on combinations that work for me, but beyond that it comes from experience. DAS