Leather bookbinding cover tutorial - corners, liner, shapes, tools

[@spider1g5]

I'm getting ready to rebind a bible (terrified of messing up bit hey that's how ya learn) and this has been super helpful!

[@johnstephan6896]

Thank you very much for your video! It helped me tremendously as I’m working on my first rebinding for my Bible. I did use a oscillating grinder for the corners. It worked out great! I don’t know if this would help anyone, but I did use a cake frosting spatula to spread out the glue for my liner. It worked awesome! ~God Bless~ 🐑🩸🕊🦁

[@justinkeck1557]

This is super helpful and just what I was looking for. Thanks for making this Beau!

[@HarmonyHillHomestead1]

NOW I am excited! I have been needing a new cover on my Bible and I am ready to do it now!! Thank you!!

[@thinktank8286]

Great videos! 1. How much is a full, half, etc yap? 2. When shopping for leather for outsides and liners, how do you determine what thickness/weight/density is best for a Bible? 3. When should one use an inside piece of [some odd material?] In between the liner and outside?

[@MansterBear]

If you haven't found the answers yet, here's what I've learned so far. I'm new (finishing my 2nd rebind now), so I could be wrong but hopefully it helps. 1. Full yap just means the "hangover" of the covers from each side touch eachother so you can't see the "block" (the actual bible pages) Half yap, semi yap, etc are just variations of "almost touching but leaving a gap". 2. 2oz Goat skin covers (roughly .8mm to 1mm thick, 1-1.5oz lambskin liners 3. The inside piece basically just adds stiffness. If the "floppiness" of having only the goatskin/lambskin is too floppy for your liking put a "backing" on your liner. My first one I did this with the binding cloth (the cheese cloth looking stuff). I mainly did it because I got cheap leather off ebay that is super stretchy so I was trying to give it some rigidity as far as stretching more than I was trying to make it less floppy. I've mainly learned from watching Frost Leather, this channel, and the short videos SDG Leather has (he only has 2 showing his process, and they aren't step by step like these of Frost's). SDG does the liner "backing", and after a bunch of searching, I just happened to find someone reviewing an SDG rebind, and he mentioned that SDG put a .5mm bonded leather backing on to stiffen it up. So the short answer is: Use a .5mm bonded leather backing if you want a stiffer cover that doesn't flop as easily. Or use the binding cloth if you just want something in between. The binding cloth method is something I just made up, so I haven't done it to a bible thats been used regularly afterwards to see how it holds up, but there's no reason to think it would degrade/break down anymore than when it's used for binding the spine. Hope that helps if you're still interested/wondering.

[@pfridell8424]

So that's how they do that! Interesting!

[@oterosocram25]

Wow what a blessing. Bless your skilled hands.

[@Airik1111bibles]

IM REALLY THANKFUL YOU SHARED THIS!

[@d.daltonpaintco.4620]

Thanks for your no nonsense approach. Very helpful.

[@kulastrio]

Wow this is such a helpful video. I'll follow this so I could make beautiful corners like the one you did. Thank you!

[@seana.5269]

Gave me a general idea on how to fix up my first leather bible thanks, God bless

[@leon38688]

nice

[@ttks1]

Great video Beau!

[@paulinemitsubishi]

Great video! Thx

[@bernadetterocha3693]

Im glad i found this channel. I only just started learning how to bookbind, but gonna keep practicing. There is a KJV Bible I just got from a used bookstore and the spine is off from the front. I also wanna give it a pretty leather cover of my own making.

[@BOdabeebop]

Fantastic. Thank you.

[@paoloamparo34]

Great Video!! Please teach us how you work your ribs in! Thank you!

[@michaelreed649]

Yes, please

[@BeauTate]

I made a rib video recently... You can check my videos and search "making ribs"

[@brianbb177]

i love the list of tools

[@rogermadrange1724]

That’s awesome!

[@jrm2716]

Ty for sharing.I have been looking for a solution for a well loved Bible I have been trying to find a solution for the shedding cover this is great inspiraion. Thank you..

[@BeauTate]

I'm actually about to upload my FIRST ever time lapse which will show the entire rebinding process as well as instructions. It will also have a list of supplies and tools in the description. Should be up today sometime.

[@jude1515]

Very helpful. I'm trying to make a leather bound book for my son.

[@openairtheology3783]

Great video brother. Planning to start this process for the first time.

[@BeauTate]

Wow! Look how fast you've come brother! Love you man!

[@jonathanrogers6453]

Awesome video!

[@arnoldosura]

I was looking for this tip... Thanks

[@phillipstroll7385]

Lord, now how do you clean up all the excess glue? And how do you stick the book in now?

[@VickyDocumenta]

Thanks!!!!

[@akashkrishna1886]

I am making leather wallets in bulk, all the wallets are having the corners exactly like the one you shown in the video, everytime while making the pleats, the corner of each wallets looks different. I want the corners of the wallets to be consistent, is there any machine available to make such pleats (exactly like the one shown in the video). Or any other alternate ways to make those pleats

[@douglasfogleman2779]

Beau can you or are you able to do a vid about stamping the leather or putting an engraving on the bible like a cross or sword or a vid of how you put the celtic trinity stamp on your bible? Love your vids and tutorials, by the way, thanks!!

[@jessiekley]

Very helpful video! Do you always need to use leather for the lining?

[@bella-bee]

How to you deal with the squishy extra glue, wipe it off damp or pick it off dry? What’s best for the leather surface please?

[@BeauTate]

Bella Bee, I wipe off wet

[@Tshaker879]

Those corners looked neat! Do you think this would work with PU leather?

[@MansterBear]

Is there some bible rebinder code that I don't know about? You have to use random objects for your radii and have a hand tattoo? haha I just started rebinding, but Ive watched a ton of your videos and Frost leather. You and I both have wedding ring tattoos, and frost has some tattoo that goes on his hand also. As well as Post Tenebrus Lux has his whole hand covered haha And both you and Frost use random objects for your corner radii. I dont know about PTL, but I'd assume he does since it seems to be a requirement lol I'm an engineer, so Ive been trying to do it by the numbers and I'm 0 for 2 so far. My first problem was, I only left 1/4" per side difference between liner and cover (I'll be fixing that on my next attempt), so I didn't have enough fold over. But my second problem is my corners aren't smooth and uniform once folded over. I thought since I'm leaving a 1/4" difference, my radii would be 1/4" different. So a 3/4" radius on my liner, 1" radius on my cover. Should work, right? Nope. Now I realize my error is trying to do it by the numbers, instead of grabbing to random round objects from the garage lol

[@gamerkane]

What material do you use for the ribs? Do you wet the leather first? Thanks, I’ve really enjoyed your videos.

[@BeauTate]

I added a list of tools in the description but I do use leather shoe strings for my rib material.

[@BeauTate]

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[@greyguitar13]

Beau, What thicknesses do you use for the liner and the cover? Thanks for your help. This is wonderful help. Thanks---Chris

[@BeauTate]

I usually use a thicker leather, like a 3-5 oz.leather, for my liner and a thinner leather, between 1-2 oz. leather, for my cover leather. Using the thicker leather as my liner gives the binding more stability and rigidity and using a thin leather for my cover means that I don't have to skive that much.

[@greyguitar13]

That's very helpful. Dumb question. Do you only use veg tanned leather? Thanks again---Chris

[@chosen1163]

Chris Hlasnick that’s not veg that’s Cromed tanned BTW veg is for tooling not bags journals binding etc

[@jonathanhirsh2215]

Why do you do edge lined vs. a paste down style for the liner?

[@look2christ777]

Thank you for the tutorial! How does one get rid of residual glue stains (that have dried) on the liner without damaging the leather? I am afraid of using anything but a slightly damp cloth.

[@BeauTate]

You could try to lightly peel it but it would really depend on the leather if I would recommend anything more in depth than a slightly damp rag or paper towel.

[@loretodigregorio3225]

Very helpful 👍 .What thickness are the liner and the cover as in ounces?Like a 3 oz maybe?

[@BeauTate]

Liner is 4-5 oz. and the cover leather is 1.5-2 oz.

[@loretodigregorio3225]

@@BeauTate Thank you!Great job man.

[@ericreyna3060]

I have a question sir. I’m trying remind a leather Bible would I need a binder in the inside or just the leather cover

[@jordansinger5508]

What ounce leather are you using for the cover and liner? 2oz or 1 oz?

[@chosen1163]

Great videos but can you record the whole process? Some steps you didn’t record thanks for the video brother!!

[@BeauTate]

I'm getting another, better camera soon and I will be making a time lapse video of the whole process. Be on the lookout over the next few months.

[@BeauTate]

Hey George, I have a time lapse of the whole process, just search bible time lapse and it should pop up.

[@hafizharbi5764]

Thank you! It was very helpful. Can i ask you a question? Does the round cornering technique works for hardcover book?

[@BeauTate]

If you are rebinding a hardcover text block into a softcover leather binding, you just need to ensure you are using a smaller rounded edge for you liner and be sure to include enough yapp so the squared off edges of you book block don't end up sitting on top of the fold over

[@dieuxciel]

what kind of glue did you used?

[@SuperCoolbobby]

What kind of glue do you use... (Beautiful work!)

[@BeauTate]

Robert Cook, I use PVA bookbinding glue to put the cover together

[@BeauTate]

I put a list of tools and supplies in the description that should be more helpful.

[@nathanyamaha465]

What glue do you use?

[@BeauTate]

I added links in the description, you can also find my "Rebinding Tools" video.

[@michaelarango7782]

PVA glue is what you want. You can get it in amazon

[@weightlifter87]

I am going to use your video to make a book cover! I found the leather on amazon but cant seem to find the liner can you help me!?

[@BeauTate]

The liner leather can be any leather you can buy that you like. I typically like to use a thicker cowhide as my liner leather. I buy almost all of mine from eBay.

[@BeauTate]

I left a list of tools and supplies in the description and you can check the vendors I've listed to see if they help.

[@josephzarate4322]

Where do you buy your materials?

[@michaelreed649]

I would like to know also.

[@michaelarango7782]

Hey beau, what do you use for rib material?

[@BeauTate]

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[@ymshao]

I have a KJV bible which is using paste down liner being glued to its French Morocco leather cover. Recently, I found the paste down liner is starting to go off. What is the best way to repair it?

[@jilllavinger9475]

Do you have a video on Bibles?

[@BeauTate]

I have a few... Click on my name and then look through the playlists on my channel.

[@jeannieleasa1579]

Do you do rebinds for the public? I have a Bible that I need rebound. If you don't do that, do you know where I can get it done? Thanks in advance.

[@jeannieleasa1579]

Ludovico X thanks I appreciate the info.

[@shanegross3641]

Thanks Beau! Where do you get your leather and supplies from?

[@BeauTate]

I get most of my leather and supplies from eBay, Hobby Lobby and Amazon

[@BeauTate]

I put a list of tools and supplies in the description with links... That should be more helpful.