Beginners bookbinding

[clear glacier]

Hi, I'm looking to get into bookbinding. I'd like to learn how to rebind some of my favorite books in leather bindings and I'd like to learn how to bind a book from scratch. Does anyone have any tips or tricks on how to do this? Like, what tools are an absolute must have? Or maybe some instructions on how to bind and rebind books?

[outer parcel]

look on youtube for nerdforge... she does all sorts of book binding stuff

[clear glacier]

I'll take a look thanks

[shadow dome]

https://youtu.be/RfXQ6qMr8h0?si=teOxPZB-Bkaq34i1

[sudden bobcat]

If you're also looking to rebind books NerdForge has done videos on that as well

[clear glacier]

Thanks, I didn't know that one existed

[clear glacier]

I'll take a look

[kindred phoenix]

I've also found Four Keys Book Arts to be fantastic, I find his method of presenting very easy to follow. I think his D&D tome series will probably be the most useful if you're trying to rebind with leather. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7JQte6_XNbj-wSF7D5JOBe4KSOvplRnO&si=akdaX5EulG_1vRg_

[clear glacier]

Ooh, nice thanks, I'm definitely going to take a look at that

[flat hinge]

@heavy cairn

[heavy cairn]

or you can look at Sea lemon, she has a wonderful video on how to stitch the text block https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O4kFTOEh6k

this is the video that helped me learn bookbinding

[clear glacier]

Oh, thank you

I'll definitely take a look