Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/05

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Hand Made Self Publish
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 11:26:30 -0400
References: <CAFuU78fRfqQ9Wju8UimaWTh7Lz+NgAH=c-hkJtrRAiZMVPEpDA@mail.gmail.com> <5701F6DD.1050306@jayburleson.com> <0B64619D-1AED-43F5-85A3-249B5DEA51A2@comcast.net> <83386C8D-A61A-4037-BEE1-F2B6DB24D8BB@icloud.com>

.... also Did you use different materials for the covers?


-Lew Schwartz

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:08 PM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> > On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Lew - My thought exactly.  We used this method of binding for our
> technical reports at work for at least twenty years.  Cheap and quick and
> can be done in-house.  But, not awfully durable unless the pages are
> carefully handled.  That said. most of the reports we bound this way, some
> over 300 pages, were still in good, useful condition, many, many years
> after they were first issued.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> >
> > On Apr 04, 2016, at 1:08 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I've had calendars done that way, and have seen some fairly thick
> work-related reports (text, pictures & charts) done as well.
> >>
> >> Kind of fragile for something that might be handled often.
>
> I don?t agree re: fragility.
>
> The key to binding durability, like everything else,
> rests with the quality of materials and the craft.
>
> If using good quality paper and punching well into the sheet
> (as opposed to too near the edge)
> There?s very little that can break down during extensive handling of the
> finished product.
>
> George Lottermoser
> george.imagist at icloud.com
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>


In reply to: Message from lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz) ([Leica] Hand Made Self Publish)
Message from leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson) ([Leica] Hand Made Self Publish)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor) ([Leica] Hand Made Self Publish)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Hand Made Self Publish)