Thermal binding is perfect for documents requiring a highly polished look.
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Typically you would buy commercial glue strips or thermal covers and press them onto your book s spine in a binding machine.
If you have to use a copy shop s stack cutter to trim your book this is a very economical.
It is one of the more efficient ways to bind up a book since thermal binding requires less effort and time.
Hot craft glue does not cure when it cools so it remelts when you apply heat again.
You can make your own glue strips by using a hot glue gun.
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His method of printing 2 books together using a cheap thermal binding machine to do the final gluing and then cutting the book in half at the end is pretty clever.
The heat inside the device will cause the adhesive to melt a bit securing the pages.
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Most thermal binding machines can make a bound book in just a few minutes and without having to spend any time or hassle punching pages or inserting a binding spine.
In this instructable i will be sharing my experiences on using hot glue as the primary adhesive in making books.
I must give much credit to diy bookbinding s website for their initial inspiration in binding books.
The machine used in this video is a covermate 550 which we sell for 2.
Fast and easy hot glue book binding.
As the name suggests thermal binding relies on heat to put the pages together with the spine.
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Thermal binding is the process of binding a book using a heat activated glue.
Thermal binding covers feature adhesive pre applied into the spines that is warmed up in a compatible thermal binding machine to bind your pages into the cover.
I just found this really nice bookbinding demo video from a self publishing author.
Coverbind s thermal binding solutions deliver the fastest turnaround time available and the most professional impression possible.
Book board aka binder s board can get expensive.