As the large libraries have a good deal of work which the average commercial binder does not care to take, like map mounting, rare-book mending, and ordinary book repairs, the ideal condition for them would be a small bindery with two or three hands, in the building; a contract for all ordinary binding and rebinding with an outsider, and the purchase of many new books especially bound direct from the sheets.
The following list includes the machinery, tools and materials needed in opening a bindery. The full list would equip fairly well a shop employing one foreman, who is also a finisher; one forwarder; one boy (helper or apprentice), and three girls for sewing. This shop would turn out, say, 10,000 books a year, its output depending very largely on the character of the work.
If the shop is to bind, say, only 2,000 books per year the items marked S on the list will prove sufficient. These estimates are very general.
| Equipment for Bindery | |||
| Standing press, large | $100.00 | ||
| S | Standing press, small | 30.00 | |
| S | Board shears | $100 to 125.00 | |
| S | 2 backers, 17-inch | 65.00 | |
| S | Cutting machine | 325.00 | |
| S | 10-case type cabinet (6-case $8.00) | 12.00 | |
| S | Finishing press, 21-inch | 2.75 | |
| S | Lettering pallet | 6.00 | |
| S | 20 brass-bound boards, 16×24, at $3.25 per board | 65.00 | |
| Case for 14 boards | 4.00 | ||
| 16 press boards, 16×24 | 16.00 | ||
| 16 press boards, 10×13 | 7.20 | ||
| 14 press boards, 8×12 | 5.60 | ||
| S | 3 sewing benches, at $1.00 | 3.00 | |
| S | 2 back saws, at $1.00 | 2.00 | |
| S | 3 bone folders | .36 | |
| S | 1 glue brush, No. 4 | 1.00 | |
| S | 2 paste brushes, No. 7 | 2.00 | |
| S | 2 backing hammers, at $1.25 | 2.50 | |
| S | Knives and shears | 3.00 | |
| S | Gas stove | 1.00 | |
| Iron bench-block, 15×12×2 inches | 7.50 | ||
| S | Glue kettle | 1.00 | |
| Compass | 1.00 | ||
| S | Gold cushion | 3.00 | |
| S | Gold knife | .75 | |
| 4 tables, benches, drawers | 100.00 | ||
| S | Paring knife | .50 | |
| S | Band nippers | 2.00 | |
| S | Flat polisher | 2.00 | |
| S | Round polisher | 3.50 | |
| S | Creaser | 1.50 | |
| S | Agate burnishers | 3.75 | |
| S | Band rubber | 1.50 | |
| Rolls and stamps | 20.00 | ||
| S | Type, ordinary, 4 fonts at $3.00; brass, 3 fonts at $15.00 | $ 57.00 | |
| Shelving and bookcases | 100.00 | ||
| ———— | |||
| Total | $1083.41 | ||
| With treble the number of books to be bound, there should | |||
| be added to the above list: | |||
| 1 large press | $100.00 | ||
| 1 backer | 65.00 | ||
| 1 finishing press | 2.75 | ||
| 30 brass-bound boards, 16×24, at $3.25 per board | 97.50 | ||
| 5 sewing benches, at $1.00 | 5.00 | ||
| 1 back-saw, at $1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 5 bone folders | .60 | ||
| 1 glue brush, No. 4 | 1.00 | ||
| 3 paste brushes, No. 7 | 3.00 | ||
| 2 backing hammers, at $1.25 | 2.50 | ||
| Glue kettle | 1.00 | ||
| Compass | 1.00 | ||
| Knives and shears | 3.00 | ||
| Gold knife | .75 | ||
| Paring knife | .50 | ||
| Band nippers | 2.00 | ||
| Type | 15.00 | ||
| Lettering pallet | 6.00 | ||
| Iron bench block | 7.50 | ||
| ——— | |||
| Total | $315.10 | ||
[CHAPTER XVIII]
List of Technical Terms, Leathers and Other Binding Materials, Tools, Styles of Ornament Used in Binding
The quotations are from the report of committee on leather of the Society of Arts, England, 1901.