Library Bookbinding Part 23

* 2 paring knives

* 8 bone folders

* 4 brushes

* 1 monkey wrench

1 sandstone

* 2 saws

* 1 book-backing machine

* 2 dozen sewing needles

1 ruler

* 1 screw driver

1 lying press

* 1 finishing press

1 steel square

* 1 pair pliers

2 straight-edges

* 3 awls

* 1 iron divider

* 1 oil can

* 1 paste bucket

* 1 complete set of bra.s.s type

* 1 pallet

* 1 gold cushion

* 1 gold knife

* 6 gilding rolls

* 1 imprint stamp

* 1 single fillet

1 two-line fillet

* 1 finishing gas stove

* 1 ten-drawer type cabinet

1 flat agate polisher

1 flat steel polisher

1 round agate polisher

1 gas stove for heating glue

* 1 forwarder's bench

* 1 sewing table

* 1 finisher's bench

1 small table

1 band nippers

1 creaser

The total cost of the plant will vary in various sections of the country, but it ought not to cost more than $800. If second-hand cutting machines, benches, etc., can be obtained it is possible that the cost may be reduced to $650 or less. The St. Louis Public Library recently equipped a bindery at a cost of $587. During the first year, with a force of fifteen, it turned out work to the value of $9,609.

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A

SPECIFICATIONS OF THE U. S. BUREAU OF STANDARDS FOR BOOK CLOTHS

FABRIC

The fabric shall be made from first-quality staple cotton, uniformly woven and of a grade known as "firsts." The weave shall be two up and two down in the warp and one up and one down in the weft.

The gray cloth shall consist of from 33 to 36 threads per centimeter (85 to 90 per inch) in the warp, and 12 to 15 threads per centimeter (30 to 38 per inch) in the weft.

The surface shall be finished smooth and hard and show no tendency to stick when folded upon itself.