This set provides a full 4 hours and 15 minutes on 3 DVDs of hands-on guidance for beautifully restoring leather books. Master Bookbinder Michael Chrisman teaches and demonstrates the "whys" and "how tos" with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. This eighth volume in the Bookbinders Workshop Instructional Series, just as each of the previous volumes, offers completely different instruction than any of the other DVDs in this series: Restoring Leather-Bound Books shows the entire process of restoring any leather-bound book from beginning to end. Perfect for both beginners and experienced bookbinders. Volume VIII Contents Disc 1 1. Intro 2. Cleaning & Refurbishing Leather 3. Repairing Inner Hinges 4. Polishing Binding with Meltonian Polish 5. Rebacking a Book 6. Removing the Spine 7. Removing Old Glue from the Spine 8. Preparing New Leather for the Spine 9. Making a Hollow Tube 10. Lifting the Leather on the Boards 11. Applying New Leather to the Spine 12. Applying the Old Spine to the New 13. Turning in the Endcaps and Aging the Leather Disc 2 1. Discussing Binding Styles 2. Discussing Various Hand Tooling 3. Analyzing the Book to be Repaired 4. Lifting the Spine 5. Cleaning the Spine 6. Removing the Covers 7. Repairing the Shoulders 8. Working with Endpapers and Preparing the Covers 9. Lifting the Cover Leather 10. Sewing the New Headband 11. Finishing and Aging the Headbands 12. Tipping the Endpapers 13. Preparing the Covers Disc 3 1. Dyeing the Leather 2. Applying Leather to the Spine 3. Turning in the Endpapers 4. Pasting Down the Sides 5. Applying the Original Spine 6. Using the Spine-Adhere Tool 7. Graining the Leather 8. Aging the Missing Piece of Spine Leather 9. Repairing the Corners 10. Turn-ins and Edges 11. Polishing the Leather 12. Repairing Inner Hinges 13. Replacing the Flyleaf

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