The DMs Leather Tome - PHB, DMG, and MM rebound into a leather book! (1/2)

[@Breaking-Reign]

I wish this was a real thing to buy off of Amazon. Great idea and so beautifully made. Can't wait to see the second part of your tome creation. 🤩

[@TheWoodenOtter]

I'm editing the video now! ill be sure to post it to reddit once the video is up.

[@yadaroni]

I have seen 2 other makers do this exact project. 1 did it the traditional way. It was amazing and should last a century, but I don't plan on becoming a professional book binder to do it. Another did it the quick amd dirty way. She got a cool looking book, but over time, those 3 volumes will definitely come apart. This is the best of both methods. It is much easier than the professional way, but should last as long under similar use. GREAT method for the average DIY who wants a book that will actually hold up to real world use.

[@aaronbarnett8002]

As an amateur bookbinder I definitely learned quite a few techniques so I thank you and this book looks awesome! I might have to give it a try on some of my books.

[@TheWoodenOtter]

DO IT!

[@jessicay8207]

I’m only 1 minute in and I’m obsessed and have already subscribed. Love how clearly you’re explaining things and showing us at the same time. I can tell I’m going to love this video it’s already super helpful and I’m 1 minute in!! I sure hope you have loads of other book binding vids for me to binge :)

[@graefx]

This is 100% what I have been looking for and had no idea to just search for exactly this. I've wanted to combine 3 rule books into a single leather bound tome. Now I'm a little less worried about ruining nearly $100 in paper

[@TheWoodenOtter]

You should! It’s just paper and the results are so worth it.

[@rodgeratkin]

some interesting techniques used there, for me to experiment with.

[@Newnodrogbob]

As a teacher of high school geometry, 7:27 was my favorite part…

[@TheWoodenOtter]

Thanks! I was proud of that but too!

[@ImeldaFagin]

Great video. Love these “making stuff” videos.

[@OuroborosArmory]

Totally want to do this with mine

[@robertpaiva4953]

Came from Reddit this is amazing

[@aycon8482]

Awesome! I did this with one of my hardcover Stormlight Archive book. Instead of just sawing the notches into the spine I used my heat gun to melt the glue so I could take 9 pages at a time, thus making fakeish signatures. Great video!

[@TheWoodenOtter]

I really want to do this with a real book, with real signatures and whatnot. I bet I could get a nice curved spine that way too.

[@Tresquall]

Oh I'm so annoyed! You did a marvelous job... But I've been working on mine for 5 years off and on, still havent finished it. I made the mistake of taking the glue off (soooo much Xacto blading!) and creating a new perfect bind. I even have the bookmark ribbons, though they're differently colotted to match the books they come from. I'm soooo stealing from you. This looks amazing. Props!

[@user-nq1pq2uq3n]

Достаточно любительский уровень переплёта, если рассматривать процесс целиком. К сожалению обложка не будет долговечна на этой книге. Есть ряд моментов которые выполнены не верно, но если вы только учитесь, то результат достаточно хорош. Я сам переплетчик с тех времен, когда книга считалась лучшим подарком, сегодня же, это практически умирающая профессия. Лайк за труды! 👍

[@TheWoodenOtter]

Спасибо за лайки! Я все еще учусь, но мне нравится ремесло переплетного дела. Я работаю над золочением, но мне еще предстоит пройти долгий путь. Если мой русский плохой, то виноват гугл-переводчик!

[@DebbieBuckland]

so cool. I might make a case for mine to slip into instead of having to take the books apart. I like the separate books.

[@zan917]

This is amazing.

[@TheNikhilmahajan]

Wondering why such wonderful content has less views or likes.

[@Snorlax2272]

OMG 84 subs!!!??? U GREW FAST anyways amazing vid

[@samueljackson605]

I'm doing this myself and distressing the pages to look old and weathered (makes the book seem like some lost tome). It also allows some mistakes and imperfections in the process

[@robbabcock_]

Fantastic!👍

[@caiquefernandes5831]

it was missing to show how you made the spine, after reinforcing its seam.

[@johnp1806]

Out of curiosity, how hard would it be to separate chunks of pages and reorganize them, if for instance someone wanted to make a complete player's guide of each class all together, the backgrounds and feats all together, races all together, and so on. Other than the obvious significant time investment organizing such, would the different bindings need a lot more attention, or would it be a similar (relatively straightforward) process of sewing it together as shown here?

[@TheWoodenOtter]

That's actually a very interesting idea. I think if you spent some time looking at the pages you'd want together, you could carefully cut them apart. The issue is that pages are printed double sided and so you may end up with page one of a section at the back end of another section and cause confusion. In theory it would just be a matter of sewing your separated section back together on the spine cords.

[@johnp1806]

@@TheWoodenOtter so as long as you didn't mind the occasional weird disjoint in pages, or aesthetic things like font or background being different, as long as it was lined up well it would still work, you think?

[@TheWoodenOtter]

I think it would work. One other thing to keep in mind is that the few pages you try to separate, the more likely you are to damage them. One page will be impossible because you need multiple pages to sew through, but even 2 pages would be very difficult to cut out of the book without destroying.

[@jasegal]

So how much would it be to get one of these made?

[@Turgon92]

Good job. Did you use the glue of the original perfect binding to sew them together? I would assume its not that sturdy of a technique,how well does it fare almost a year after?

[@TheWoodenOtter]

It hold up remarkably well! The perfect binding is reinforced with a little glue and cloth/leather on the back on the spine, and it holds the stitching well. Though I admit that the book doesn’t get heavy use these days.

[@Turgon92]

@@TheWoodenOtter thank you for answering! im hesitant on rebinding a perfect bind(i consider them...inferior xD) but made up my mind and will give it a go. happy new year mate!

[@TheWoodenOtter]

Link me the end result, I’d love to see what you’re working on.

[@roelandjan5154]

This is blasphemy, but its cool in the end

[@TheWoodenOtter]

Take me to D&D jail. I deserve it.

[@kieranreed8439]

It's not he didn't destroy a book. Only issue is have is the page numbers are wrong

[@HabbaBabbaPanda]

Could by chance tell me the exact faux leather you used, it looked like embossed well and I'm looking to make my own pdf books that I bought

[@TheWoodenOtter]

I purchased split goatskin leather from talas.com. They have everything you could need to bind a book.

[@elistatham6876]

The beginning was so hard to watch. They are such beautiful books I had a hard time watching you take the covers off. I get upset if one of my pages gets creased or something. Beautiful end product though.

[@benadibasarah6131]

bonjour, ou est ce que je pourrait trouver une presse comme la tienne ? quel cuir utilise tu car ca semble fin mais maniable ? merci

[@TheWoodenOtter]

The press is made by me! It’s just two pieces of plywood coated in polyurethane. Four bolts at the corners with washers and wing nuts. The leather is goatskin leather from Talas. Try this: www.talasonline.com/French-split-goatskin

[@benadibasarah6131]

@@TheWoodenOtter thank you verry ;)

[@carolinelabbott2451]

If you ever felt like doing another project like this, four keys book arts did one recently and it be good for you to take a look to get more ideas. Your project was still good though.

[@kennethjohnson4280]

Old video, I know, but the creator is wrong. The books are, in fact, stitched signatures. Had he taken two minutes to examine the books, he would know this. Yes, there is glue on the spines, but that is normal for stitched signatures. If you don't put glue on the spines, there is nothing to hold the mull to the spine of the text block. The stitching on the three books does not line up, which creates its own problem but one that is not insurmountable. How someone who claims to be a bookbinder could miss this is beyond me.

[@TheWoodenOtter]

I never claimed to be a bookbinder. I’m just interested in the topic.

[@kennethjohnson4280]

@@TheWoodenOtter My apologies. You're tools led me to believe you were.

[@rodgeratkin]

If these are perfect bound what is the point in sewing them as there would be no signatures to bind?

[@dustins6260]

I am FOR SURE not judging, but wouldn't you use a more sturdy glue?

[@TheWoodenOtter]

Good question! Honestly the book has held up marvelously for the past year or so. I don’t know if it’ll hold up forever, but we’ll see.

[@KeruuKat]

Bookbinding glue is PVA/EVA, and Elmer's is made of the same stuff! It's not acid-free/archival quality like actual bookbinder's glue, so it will eventually discolor/decompose the covers, that will probably be decades from now.

[@eufemiateodorayanezfernand507]

Esas cañuelas están mal hechas

[@larryblevins8078]

Why butcher perfectly good DnD books

[@TheWoodenOtter]

my goal is to slowly revert my entire existence to that of a 6th century Benedictine monk.

[@KeruuKat]

because it looks AWESOME after. It pained me to see the covers cut off but it sure is beautiful after

[@vojo8558]

was für ein Pfusch! 👎

[@marathuzula9024]

5 minutes in my neck hurts because I find myself craning my neck to not watch at a god damn dutch angle...