Wooden press

The more messy hand bound/ wooden press process. (My bookbinding teacher would be shocked to see this dripping glue!). The pages have been clamped into the press, glue was applied over the edge and between the pages, and a narrow piece of tarlatan was glued to wrap around the spine/edge (tarlatan is startched cheesecloth or any thin, loose woven fabric can be used). The next step would be, after a minute or so, to remove the glued paper from the press, wrap the edge in wax paper so that it is not glue to the wood, and put it back into the press, with the edge inside the clamp, not sticking out slightly as is shown here.