Last week I FINALLY tried rounding the spines on my bindings and it saved me SO much time

For like 6 months I was fighting with flat spines and they kept looking terrible. I watched a tutorial by a binder in Portland who showed how rounding the spine lets the signatures move naturally. I tried it on a 300 page journal last Tuesday and the cover closed perfectly on the first try. No more fighting with the glue or having the pages sag. Has anyone else had a big "lightbulb" moment with a technique they were avoiding?

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amymason23d ago

My first 10 tries at rounding gave me wavy spines until I realized I was pushing too hard at the ends instead of keeping even pressure across the whole curve. Did you have any issues with the pages fanning out unevenly before you got the hang of it?

jennifersmith23d ago

And @amymason that fanning issue might also be from the glue being too dry when you start rounding.