Knife to Trim Magazines for Binding
Cutter Made of a Large Straight-Edge Knife for Trimming Edges of Bound Magazines
There has been a number of descriptions telling how to bind magazines, but none how to trim the edges after having bound them. Desiring to have my home-bound volumes appear as well as the other books, I made a trimmer as follows:
Any large knife with a straight edge will do for the cutter. I used a large hay knife. A ³⁄₈-in. hole was drilled in the untempered portion near the back of the handle end. Two U-shaped supports were made of metal and fastened to the top of an old table, between which the knife was fastened with a bolt. A piece of timber, 6 ft. long, 4 in. wide, and 2 in. thick, was used as a lever. One end of this piece had a U-shaped notch cut in it to straddle the supports under the projecting ends. A board was attached to the table top, having one straight edge set where the knife edge would just pass it.
If the knife has a good sharp edge it will do very satisfactory work. When the edges are trimmed the knife can be removed and used for its original work.—Contributed by E. S. Mundell, Lowpoint, Ill.