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I think that's why they referred to in: > Step 3: Its All in the Flippidy Flap Flap

• horsawlarway 4y ago
  Yeah... they said that, and then provided basically no details on what was actually meant in "the most important step".
  • lincolnq 4y ago
    It took me a while to notice, but there is more text if you click on the images then mouse over the highlight boxes.
    • horsawlarway 4y ago
      Hey, sure enough! I had completely missed it.
• ycombinete 4y ago
  Yeah I came to the comments hoping someone could explain that. He was so busy trying to sound cute that he ended up unintelligible.
  • fatbird 4y ago
    Proper double fan gluing means shuffling the papers together to get a nice edge, standing them on edge so the spine is upward and somehow clamping or bracing it (ideally, it's between two boards in a laying press, but there's a lot of ways to make it work) and then pushing the spine to one side, fanning out the spine edges so a bit of the side is exposing. Spread glue, then push the spine to the other side the same amount, exposing the other slight side of the page and reapply glue. Then straighten the spine. This will leave between the pages for, ideally, less than 1/32nd of an inch or a quarter millimeter, which will vastly improve the strength of the glue's attachment to the pages without significantly impairing one's ability to open the pages mostly flat.
    • falcolas 4y ago
      Also, many youtube videos on the topic cover how to do it, and offer some various setups you can use if you don't have proper bookbinding tools.