Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search].... also Did you use different materials for the covers? -Lew Schwartz On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:08 PM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 4, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > Lew - My thought exactly. We used this method of binding for our > technical reports at work for at least twenty years. Cheap and quick and > can be done in-house. But, not awfully durable unless the pages are > carefully handled. That said. most of the reports we bound this way, some > over 300 pages, were still in good, useful condition, many, many years > after they were first issued. > > > > Dick > > > > > > On Apr 04, 2016, at 1:08 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I've had calendars done that way, and have seen some fairly thick > work-related reports (text, pictures & charts) done as well. > >> > >> Kind of fragile for something that might be handled often. > > I don?t agree re: fragility. > > The key to binding durability, like everything else, > rests with the quality of materials and the craft. > > If using good quality paper and punching well into the sheet > (as opposed to too near the edge) > There?s very little that can break down during extensive handling of the > finished product. > > George Lottermoser > george.imagist at icloud.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >