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. 🤩
@TheWoodenOtter3 жыл бұрын
I'm editing the video now! ill be sure to post it to reddit once the video is up.
@yadaroni5 ай бұрын
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.
@aaronbarnett80023 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWoodenOtter3 жыл бұрын
DO IT!
@jessicay8207 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
You should! It’s just paper and the results are so worth it.
@rodgeratkin Жыл бұрын
some interesting techniques used there, for me to experiment with.
@Newnodrogbob Жыл бұрын
As a teacher of high school geometry, 7:27 was my favorite part…
@TheWoodenOtter Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I was proud of that but too!
@ImeldaFagin Жыл бұрын
Great video. Love these “making stuff” videos.
@OuroborosArmory8 ай бұрын
Totally want to do this with mine
@robertpaiva49533 жыл бұрын
Came from Reddit this is amazing
@aycon84823 жыл бұрын
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!
@TheWoodenOtter3 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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-nq1pq2uq3n2 жыл бұрын
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! 👍
@TheWoodenOtter2 жыл бұрын
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!
@DebbieBuckland2 жыл бұрын
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.
@zan9173 жыл бұрын
This is amazing.
@TheNikhilmahajan2 жыл бұрын
Wondering why such wonderful content has less views or likes.
@Snorlax22723 жыл бұрын
OMG 84 subs!!!??? U GREW FAST anyways amazing vid
@samueljackson6052 жыл бұрын
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_2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!👍
@caiquefernandes58312 жыл бұрын
it was missing to show how you made the spine, after reinforcing its seam.
@johnp18063 жыл бұрын
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?
@TheWoodenOtter3 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnp18063 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@TheWoodenOtter3 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
So how much would it be to get one of these made?
@Turgon922 жыл бұрын
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?
@TheWoodenOtter2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Turgon922 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@TheWoodenOtter2 жыл бұрын
Link me the end result, I’d love to see what you’re working on.
@roelandjan51543 жыл бұрын
This is blasphemy, but its cool in the end
@TheWoodenOtter3 жыл бұрын
Take me to D&D jail. I deserve it.
@kieranreed84393 жыл бұрын
It's not he didn't destroy a book. Only issue is have is the page numbers are wrong
@HabbaBabbaPanda2 жыл бұрын
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
@TheWoodenOtter2 жыл бұрын
I purchased split goatskin leather from talas.com. They have everything you could need to bind a book.
@elistatham68762 жыл бұрын
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.
@benadibasarah61312 жыл бұрын
bonjour, ou est ce que je pourrait trouver une presse comme la tienne ? quel cuir utilise tu car ca semble fin mais maniable ? merci
@TheWoodenOtter2 жыл бұрын
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
@benadibasarah61312 жыл бұрын
@@TheWoodenOtter thank you verry ;)
@carolinelabbott24518 ай бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
I never claimed to be a bookbinder. I’m just interested in the topic.
@kennethjohnson4280 Жыл бұрын
@@TheWoodenOtter My apologies. You're tools led me to believe you were.
@rodgeratkin Жыл бұрын
If these are perfect bound what is the point in sewing them as there would be no signatures to bind?
@dustins62603 жыл бұрын
I am FOR SURE not judging, but wouldn't you use a more sturdy glue?
@TheWoodenOtter3 жыл бұрын
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.
@KeruuKat2 жыл бұрын
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.
@eufemiateodorayanezfernand5072 жыл бұрын
Esas cañuelas están mal hechas
@larryblevins80782 жыл бұрын
Why butcher perfectly good DnD books
@TheWoodenOtter2 жыл бұрын
my goal is to slowly revert my entire existence to that of a 6th century Benedictine monk.
@KeruuKat2 жыл бұрын
because it looks AWESOME after. It pained me to see the covers cut off but it sure is beautiful after
@vojo8558 Жыл бұрын
was für ein Pfusch! 👎
@marathuzula9024 Жыл бұрын
5 minutes in my neck hurts because I find myself craning my neck to not watch at a god damn dutch angle...