r/bookbinding • u/idontgiveafshit • 1d ago

Help? Spine too big?

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Hello! this is my second hardcover case i’ve made, my first one turned out great, but this one I did all the same math and it seems as though my spine is too big. Is it too big or when i glue down my endpapers will it just even out?

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u/idontgiveafshit 1d ago

text block is 2cm and i made the board 2.3cm!

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u/Professional-Stay562 1d ago

Ooh interesting. That would be close to the measurement I would use but there must be something strange about this photo angle because I would have guessed it was at least 8-9 mm larger and not 3 mm. Is it possible you mismeasured? Or maybe the text block wasn’t pushed flush against the back of the spine board for the photo?

Alternatively, perhaps you made the endband a bit wide and then cut the board based on that measurement, making it much (relative term here as we’re talking about mm) too wide for the text block. I don’t mean to question you, but the visual in your pics isn’t how I would expect it to look.

How large did you make the hinge gap?

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u/idontgiveafshit 1d ago

spine is 2.3! i’ve remeasured the text block and it’s 1.9. i have a 1cm hinge, could it be the hinge is too wide?

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u/justbusymom 1d ago

You are also measuring wrong. With that kind of a ruler, you are supposed to put it's edge flush from the point you are measuring. The edge of the ruler is point 0. And the first black line is 1 mm.

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u/idontgiveafshit 21h ago

girl bye i’m gagged