3d-Printing a Handle for a Soviet Kamaz Bookbinding Press
You may know the Kamaz brand if you are a fan of the Dakar Rally. However, this Soviet/Russian truck and engine factory have produced many other things, including... bookbinding equipment.
You may know the Kamaz brand if you are a fan of the Dakar Rally. However, this Soviet/Russian truck and engine factory have produced many other things, including... bookbinding equipment.
There a distinctive difference between color-sorted and color-coded libraries. However, the second may be a subset of the first. But in any case, we'd like to talk about libraries sorted by the colors of their books' covers today.
This happens again and again. Time after time. Every evening before a new class, I’m feeling a great anxiety about what will happen tomorrow. Even while I’m absolutely sure what to show my new students, and historically 99% of students are happy with the results, I’m really worried and nervous. Continue reading →
Elbel Libro presented a new project during this Boekkunstbeurs, and that's one of the few new things I brought home this year. This is an edition binding project with only 20 copies made, all in a black covering material.
This Sunday I had a third gold tooling class at my workshop. Once again I wasn’t a teacher, but a student. I’m really glad I had a chance to arrange this series of lessons at my studio and join them to learn something new. Continue reading →
Whew! I have finally finished cataloging my collection of books, magazines, and ephemera dedicated to bookish things. If you'd like some of them to be digitized and posted here, please leave a comment below
As most of our 3d-printed tools may be adjusted for almost any client's needs, some of the changes are implemented for the standard versions on the product as well. That's why we add many new sizes to our bookbinder's gauges.