 This Saturday, I’ll have a table at the Book Arts Jam at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA. So this week I’ve been busy making up books to sell, especially my 2 flip books, A Good Read and Leila, Just Another Day. I staple the binding on my flip books (see a Good Read on the left), and then glue a cloth strip over the spine to hide the staples. Robin Silberman sews hers instead (that’s her very cute “flip cat” on the left, with the sewing stations) and then covers her sewing with a piece of heavy paper, attached from back to front. Sewing is probably stronger than staples and isn’t nearly as lumpy. But I haven’t figured out yet how to quickly and efficiently pierce the holes through the 1/4″ thick book. As it is, I use a pneumatic staple gun to get through all the pages.You can see the finished books to the right.
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For the holes…could you use a drill press with a jig to keep the pages from spiraling?
I use a dremel tool with a small drill bit. super fast!