How I Repair An Incorrectly Bound Book

How to fix a book when it falls apart. Either because of bad binding adhesive or the wrong paper was used.

[@ndudman8]

Liked the craft time... this is basically how I started to self publish and print our own hard back books, I've got a better jig, and apply the cloth, 2 pieces either side, apply laminate sheet covered wood boards either side of the book while its still in the bending clamp, use some wood work quick tighten clamps and then use clue on the spine and fold down the two pieces of fabric on the spine, slightly over lapping, take out of the main jig, and put on the floor to dry for an hour or so... I've made so far 1000's of books this well that we sell ourselfs, because I didn't have the knowhow or space yet to expand to a binding machine (preferable stiches and real glue), so found this way. I have some clips I shot of my generally process, but you encouraged me to finish it up and actually put it on my channel soon :)

[@justaprinter]

Great! Everyone should have a KZbin channel!

[@kenfenske5002]

Thanks for posting this interesting example of book rebinding. Having access to a guillotine sure makes the work easier and the final product more professional.

[@Wiseguy75]

I really appreciate this KZbin channel! Thanks for everything!!!

[@justaprinter]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@ReggattaZenyatta]

Dan: Thanks for the simple and yet higly efficient idea with the fan - I've just tried it at our shop and it works amazing!

[@justaprinter]

Great to hear!

[@sambell385]

Outstanding work my friend you are a true press operator and much more 👍

[@justaprinter]

Thanks 👍

[@ChinUp4U2]

9 Months ago. ... ok. ... first time watching very impressed, and that paper cutting machine WOW* Awesome. Love it. If I can help and you did ask, there is so much EMF and I'm sure Wifi in your shop that IMO as a Building Analyst (Retired) I would get the square footage of your shop and add Cross Venting. ... Specially up at the ceiling where all the heat is rising, it really is not being pulled out of all areas or any area but those Swirling round vent in roof at every 25 feet work wonders in keeping the building in climate check. If you don't want to take it that far, a few Casablanca Ceiling Fans (the ones with the pull down elastic, so you can pull down a few feet when needed for comfort and push up out of the way when you don't need it) so you can move air and moisture around and depending on the season, you can flip the switch on these fans for pulling AC up and or pushing some heat from ceiling Down during the heating season. Heat and Humidity are like apples and oranges, so on a humid day, with the above mentioned, you'll never have to open the gate for comfort and just so you know on a humid day opening your gate is letting humidity in that later when you close the gate, it's very hard to get rid of and will be in shop and decaying paper goods and drying up ink heads on account of some nano condensation build up from leaving the gate opened on a humid day. Re: the pressboards you used to rebind this book. ... on the back lower pressboard end -add a not so thick but close to thin metal ruler as a backboard not only to stop the book at its very back end but the ruler part to know and have book lined up and it also presses it some for a better glued binding cover fold to paper, and there's a plus to the metal ruler that it can be warmed, (hot air gun) so it's and evened nicely pressed glue job. Just makes for a better tight job with no future call backs on account of maybe some pages coming loose again. You're welcome and I'll check out your other vids up here thanks for the education, we never stop learning and picking up tips. ...

[@justaprinter]

Wow, thanks for the tips!

[@mrsmw2020]

Guess if you did start offering it as a service, you’d make some extra money doing it. There are a lot of books out there that need saving!! Good job and video as always.

[@justaprinter]

Very true! I might reconsider it.

[@warrensprintshop5209]

Great video! Since my company name has the word “Bindery”, in it, I would get a lot of calls for repairing old bibles. I changed the name and found a guy who specializes in that department. Now we send each other work. It works out great!

[@justaprinter]

Yes, I do that too. But they are slowly retiring!

[@daleatkinson3453]

Tried getting 100# for business cards. Can't get it right now. Can't get 20# Cream bond either, this is crazy. Stocking up where I can. My one supplier that makes envelopes they are taking order that won't ship till after the first of the year. This is crazy. Glad to see your busy. Keep on moving forward. Stay safe brother!

[@justaprinter]

I think its gonna be like this for awhile, but we can handle it. :)

[@oldgamer8965]

Hey Dan. Nice to see some oldcshool bindery. Greetings from Copenhagen

[@justaprinter]

Right on!

[@daleatkinson3453]

Quick tip, at least this works in woodworking with use of PVA glue. Put clear packing tape on your wood clamps. The glue won't stick to them. Of course you want try it to make sure but the glue shouldn't stick to the clear packing tape. Woodworking is my hobby. My sawdust therapy. LOL

[@Sodabowski]

That's how I do it too 👊

[@justaprinter]

Nice, I enjoy woodworking too! I'll have to keep this tip in mind, thanks!

[@markdashner3788]

As always. I enjoyed the video. The paper problem is still pretty bad. I know you have not had any issues with American eagle paper yet. But I just had some yesterday setting up a 3-3 job on press. The paper had pits all through out the roll. Where my screen hit the pits it looked like a blanket smash. I know I’m one of the few offset guys left. But we still have a small roll to play. We also had an issue with someone running out paper cross grain. We were sheeting off paper for out envelope converter. They cut the pull side of the paper cross grain. They could not get the machine to pull or fold well. Pretty much a was of time paper and risk of damaging equipment. Keep the videos coming I really enjoy when I get to see a new one.

[@justaprinter]

Thanks for watching! Thanks for the heads up on AE paper. Its frustrating when paper makes your prints look bad. I just noticed some Produtolith Points paper today I was printing that had wavy marks all over the sheets. I just want my normal paper! :)

[@markdashner3788]

When I brought up the paper. I was told that’s all we can get.

[@fuzailqureshi8794]

I have done hand bindings in the past with glue and sewing as well with the long needles.

[@mfczr]

Hi there love ur video and ur work, amazing stuff. I have a question. I have konica minolta bizhub press c6000, and the problem is that i have papire in the second and third drawer but the machine ( computer) doesnt recognize it. What do i do? Is there a sensor that recognizes the drawers or what could be a problem?

[@USA-freedom]

Impressive workmanship.

[@justaprinter]

Thank you!

[@bunnydimple4730]

I like that kind of work 🥰 thank you for Sharing

[@justaprinter]

Thanks for watching!

[@captainkeyboard1007]

Attempting to cool down your shop by opening the garage door to let the fresh air in is better than solely relying on conditioned air, since it is unnatural. A comfortable worker is an efficient worker. Your acquirement of the mastery of repairing a defective book makes you a professional [book] printer. I hope your business will increase over time.

[@markdashner3788]

Air conditioning was invented to keep humidity down in a press room.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

@@markdashner3788Yes. I am still learning new things. Thank you for typing to me.

[@markdashner3788]

It is how we got new ac in our plant years back. The ones we had were not working. 85 plus in the summer. One of our pressman mentioned what ac was made for. It got the ball rolling.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

@@markdashner3788 Thank you for typing to me. Happy Printing and Happy Keyboarding!

[@justaprinter]

It is great getting fresh air in there!

[@aryanjha8732]

hi , my konika minolta 226i is taking too much cyan toner , please guide !!

[@tomman6727]

Your video is great, we can always learn from it. Thank you. What is the thin sheet you used to glue (@12:00) on the spine, for reinforcing /adding the strength for the glue spine? Where can we buy them? Looks neat while using that when doing manual crafting.

[@justaprinter]

Its book binding super cloth, I have also heard it called muslin.

[@tomman6727]

@@justaprinter Thank you.

[@holland32pitford]

I did enjoy than Dan, thanks, keep up the great vids.

[@justaprinter]

Thanks, will do!

[@klopferator]

Good work! (I remember writing on my blog over a decade ago about cheap paperback books from the US I bought which didn't feel right when turning the pages, and I attributed it to the wrong grain direction of the paper. Someone who claimed to be a printer then called me an idiot because he was adamant that the grain direction of the paper had no influence. Glad to see that my intuition wasn't wrong after all.) 2:30 Is there a tear in the rubber roller? Can that become a problem in the future?

[@justaprinter]

You were correct, grain direction makes or breaks a book. That torn lower roller will run like that for awhile without effecting quality negatively. That lower roller really just applies pressure to the paper as it passes under the transfer belt.

[@winch1587]

Great job. Let's me think of years back, when I bound books. Normally I rough up the paper first after clamping, before putting on the glue. I did it with a knife, making cris cross patterns. After putting on the glue, I would then put on the inforcement (medical cotton gauze) add some more glue and then put on the second clamp. I find that those stitches keeps the book from opening completely. That black roller that keeps pressure on the paper against the transferbelt, is called paper transfer roller. It has an electrical charge that pulls the toner from the belt to the paper. Any scratches or tears may result in image issues on paper.

[@moizahmed623]

You are a mentor ..my friend but the wrong grain paper is poison for books if you check before printing you can save the life of books and your precious time .. otherwise only stitches of metal can save it ...keep making your videos for us lot of respect for you......

[@justaprinter]

I cannot stand it when I pick up a book that is bound with the wrong grain direction! Thanks for watching.

[@pondbearflyer1193]

Wow, hours of time to fix a tractor book,, thanks for sharing,

[@justaprinter]

You got that right!

[@koenmassant]

Hi, how do you avoid cracking the spine when trimming top and bottom? Lowering the power of the clamp?

[@justaprinter]

Magnetic pads, cut so there is no pressure over the spine.

[@leviteapparel]

You motivated me to get back to my 👕shop🖨✨️👍🏿🙃

[@justaprinter]

Nice!

[@librosas8444]

Your solution is great. I have a question. Do you determine the price of book covers based on color coverage?

[@vinuthhs4716]

We do calculate coverage and charge accordingly to our clients. But it's so difficult to explain client why there's price difference between two different book

[@justaprinter]

I don't charge differently for coverage. Its one price for color and one price for black and white.

[@randomiumolica]

Can you tell me at which paper gsm are magazines and Oxford textbooks printed?

[@justaprinter]

Sorry, I don't know.

[@Nachi52]

Hi Dan.... Did you get original Toner or you are working on compatible toner...

[@justaprinter]

I am now using oem toner.

[@thewanderingfeather4658]

Hi! I have a friend looking for a small box printing service for her books. Can you help? If not personally, do you have recommendations?

[@justaprinter]

Sure, send me the specs to [e-mail]

[@miketheprintman]

My wife is a librarian and sometimes has to deal with rebinding, fixing or repairing books. The thing is, however, that most books are available for download and have cover art available online, so she's said a lot of that old repair work is going the way side because they just reprint the book instead of repairing it. On demand printing is both a good and bad thing I guess.

[@justaprinter]

Yes, it has its pros and cons!

[@BattlestarCanada]

Gotta love arts and crafts time!

[@justaprinter]

YES!

[@stuartm8335]

Always enjoying that making boots and books is more wet and gluey than you expect. Did you scan the book before reassemling and is there anyway that you could have make it lay flat when open. Thanks for all that you do .

[@justaprinter]

No, I didn't scan it. Just a repair. Nothing I can really do to make it lay open other than spiral binding it.

[@bliss_fullness3218]

in my country, small printshop use that tool not only for rebinding but literarry for binding massive amount of book instead using machine but with same result. :D

[@justaprinter]

Yes, I do find that interesting. Many different ways that people around the world do business!

[@miller745]

It's such a headache when sheeting from a reel, understanding machine direction and grain direction but it needs to be correct !!

[@justaprinter]

Yes!

[@Cookingyagittv]

Where do you live boss?

[@ijalalfa3233]

I do rebind services for school and library, most case for rebinding is because wrong grain, next because bad glue. Perfect bind cannot fix, even with reinforcement it will broke again, just use stapler or stich.

[@justaprinter]

Glad I stitched it!

[@kellywillauer1059]

Double fan binding. Backbone has to be roughed up. Need to use PUR. I Got a patent on lay flat binding.

[@justaprinter]

Nice! I think I should get into PUR binding.

[@TonyFromSyracuse101]

We are an inplant and in 2010 we were going to be closed and outsourced, but luckily some fast thinking senator who works at the County building had a bright idea and got the Board of Elections to give us the task of printing the county's voting ballots. its very stressful every election, you literally have zero room for failure in printing hundreds of thousands of ballots but it saved our shop and here we are still here in 2024 and the good news is, the people who wanted to outsource us are gone AND the Board of Elections have now switched to printing the ballots at the polling sites,, so now we can relax as we are now just the backup ballots not THE ballots and we can relax as we dont print hardly anywhere neat what we used to. and been there 37 years thinking of retiring with a nice pension. printing had been good to me.

[@bodajeebiyar7428]

Hello bro i have some dhoudts regarding the printers,i want to publish my book with my own printer i need suggestion for the best printer how to use? how much will it cost? Can u guide me via mail something ,how to contact you bro ?tq hope you will see and reply thank you for reading.

[@justaprinter]

I like Konica machines. It is probably more economical to pay someone else to print it.

[@michaelduke4500]

If you can find people that can be taught book bindering (the craftsmen are few and far between now) then you might be able to make some change. Yes, it's a "craft" at this point for you, but after about one hundred books.......not so much. Great job, but yes, it pains me to see books printed perpendicular to the paper grain; most printers see books as being a disposable item these days, sad to say. I have been in printing / publishing since nineteen eighty-eight and the things I see now would make my journeymen I apprenticed under rollover in their graves.

[@justaprinter]

Oh man, there are some garbage books out there. Hopefully this channel can teach the next generation of printers and book binders!

[@tonyken6387]

没想到你们用的机器也漏粉啊，不是原装粉？

[@justaprinter]

当原装柯尼卡碳粉很难找到时，我确实运行了一些中国碳粉。

[@tonyken6387]

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[@justaprinter]

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