Book board aka binder s board can get expensive.
Diy thermal binding.
Coverbind s thermal binding solutions deliver the fastest turnaround time available and the most professional impression possible.
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Thermal binding covers feature adhesive pre applied into the spines that is warmed up in a compatible thermal binding machine to bind your pages into the cover.
Typically you would buy commercial glue strips or thermal covers and press them onto your book s spine in a binding machine.
You can make your own glue strips by using a hot glue gun.
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Fast and easy hot glue book binding.
Along with these conveniences it manages to deliver quite a polished appearance for professional documents.
Thermal binding is the process of binding a book using a heat activated glue.
It is one of the more efficient ways to bind up a book since thermal binding requires less effort and time.
His method of printing 2 books together using a cheap thermal binding machine to do the final gluing and then cutting the book in half at the end is pretty clever.
As the name suggests thermal binding relies on heat to put the pages together with the spine.
Most thermal binding machines can make a bound book in just a few minutes and without having to spend any time or hassle punching pages or inserting a binding spine.
Archival how to bind a book video tutorial thermal binder posted on.
The heat inside the device will cause the adhesive to melt a bit securing the pages.
I must give much credit to diy bookbinding s website for their initial inspiration in binding books.
In this instructable i will be sharing my experiences on using hot glue as the primary adhesive in making books.
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Hot craft glue does not cure when it cools so it remelts when you apply heat again.
If you have to use a copy shop s stack cutter to trim your book this is a very economical.
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The machine used in this video is a covermate 550 which we sell for 2.