How to Make a Collapsible Punching Cradle

Punching cradles are used to punch the sewing stations/holes in signatures or gatherings when sewing a book. This is an ideal punching cradle as it allows for precise punching of sewing stations, while also being fully collapsible. It can easily be tucked away when not in use, especially if you make a custom paper slipcase for it: • How to Make a Non-adhe...
Supplies and tools needed:
Supplies -
- Binder's board, mat board, or card board
- Bookcloth or buckram
- PVA
Tools -
-Brush for PVA
- Utility knife or box cutter
- Teflon folder or bonefolder
- Straightedge with metal edge for cutting
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Weights (optional)
- Triangle or right angle tool
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[@boojay111]

love that bendy ruler, what is the actual name and where can I get one please? I am in the UK , many thanks for the tutorial, great idea

[@ThePreservationLab]

Apologies, we order them some years ago. Unfortunately we're not sure where we got them from and haven't been able to find similar ones since. We do love them though. Sorry!

[@cupcakecups9112]

so clever! thank you for making this video!

[@mafish7962]

Such a helpful video! Tfs, Laura ❤