Quickstartguide:Gluebinder

How to use the glue binder

To bind a book using the glue book binding machine you will need to have your pages loose (b), and your cover (a) prepared as a spread.

• Wait until the machine heat is 155 degrees
• Place your contents into the left hand side slot
• Place your cover sheet on the right hand side
• Line up the center of your cover with the red arrow

• Tighten the clamp until it will not tighten any further by pressing the button illustrated below

• Press the green button on the front

• Support the contents with your hand while the cover is attached to the content pages
• Let the binding and cover clamp to fully disengage before you remove your booklet

Trick: Making a perfect bind without a cover

Friendly advice: Use this technique if you are already familiar with the glue binder.

Something trendy nowadays is to create books with an open spine. One way to do it is to bind your book by hand, but this is actually possible with the glue binding machine too, using a few tricks.

Close-up on the spine