So my book press decided to take a walk mid-project

I was pressing a text block and the whole thing slid off the table, sending signatures everywhere. I fixed it by stacking some heavy books on top as a makeshift weight, and it actually worked better than before.

4 comments

4 Comments

the_finley3mo ago

Read in a bookbinding magazine once that a lot of those smaller presses can actually be too light. The article said the real old-school ones used way heavier cast iron for a reason. Your stack of books probably just hit that sweet spot of even pressure the wobbly press was missing.

max_brown3mo ago

Totally. My janky washing machine fix still holds.

sean513mo ago

That "worked better" part is so true for improvised fixes sometimes.

cole5492mo ago

Used to think that was dumb, but max_brown's washing machine proves it.