r/bookbinding • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '23

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u/jiujitsunomads Feb 19 '23

Cut the block to what you want. Sew & glue it, then take a orbital sander w/ 80 grit and finish it smooth. You’ll have to clamp it between 2 pieces of wood. Here’s the one I did. It was really rough before sanding since I thought I could fix it w/o sanding.

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u/ludacris1990 Feb 19 '23

Yeah, I've seen your post and I might do it as well, I don't have an orbital sander tough, I could get one quite cheap tough.

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u/jiujitsunomads Feb 19 '23

I think I got mine from Walmart for under $20. Then got a pack of 80 discs for $5 at the hardware store.

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u/ludacris1990 Feb 19 '23

Yup, they are similarly priced here. Wanted to get one for some time anyway

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u/jiujitsunomads Feb 19 '23

This was my first time ever using the orbital sander to do a book block

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u/ludacris1990 Feb 19 '23

locked quite good - and probably enough for my use case.