Vulgar words in Bookbinding, and the Care of Books - A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians (Page 1)
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EDGE GILDING To gild the edges of trimmed sections, the book must be "knocked up" to the fore-edge, getting as many of the short leaves as possible to the front.
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From the points so arrived at, strong pencil lines should be made across the back with a carpenter's square as guide, the book having been previously knocked up between pressing-boards, and placed in the lying press.
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It is important that the head should be knocked up exactly square, as otherwise the bands will be found to slope when the book is bound.
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A piece of waste mill-board or an old cloth cover is put on each side over the slips, and the book knocked up squarely at the back and head.
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Very great care is needed to see that the head of a previously trimmed book is knocked up exactly square before the back is glued, for if it is not, it will be very difficult to get it even afterwards.
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To do this one or two pairs of boards are knocked up to the back and inserted in the cutting side of the press, with those edges projecting which are to be cut off, and behind them, as a "cut against," a board protected by a waste piece of mill-board.
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The pair of boards is then knocked up to the back and lowered into the press as before, so that the plough knife will exactly cut through the points.