Hot take: I actually had a TERRIBLE week binding three books last month and it was the BEST thing for my work.

Every single hinge on those old library rejects cracked when I tried to reback them, so I had to redo all the sewing and endsheets from scratch, and now I actually understand why my teacher said "always check the grain direction" - has anyone else had a total failure that taught them something obvious they'd been ignoring?

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evanb871d agoRising Star

Nah, you're definitely not alone there lol. I spent a solid weekend redoing a stack of books because I ignored the grain rule and every single cover warp showed up like a bad tattoo. It's painful but honestly, that kind of failure sticks with you way longer than a teacher just saying it once. Glad you got the lesson even if the books didn't make it.

jordanr891d ago

Wait, are you saying my stack of mangled book covers from last year isn't going to magically fix itself if I just ignore it long enough? I was really hoping that one would work out, haha.