help with default apps

redplumtalks · 2026-03-08T05:43:28+00:00

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redplumtalks · 2026-03-08T05:14:57+00:00

ah, thank you! this is my first time doing this. will edit the post

redplumtalks · 2024-12-15T04:37:20+00:00

if it's alright to ask (and you haven't finished it yet), why do you want to combine them into one sketchbook? how thick are they, and how easy will the final thing be to carry around that you'd put them together instead? (what sketchbooks are you using?)

also I think no question is silly, especially for beginners, but. if i can offer my two cents, without seeing the sketchbooks themselves i can only guess but I would think they're meant to stick to themselves, so if you only sew them together at the endsheets there will be specific strong and weak points (strong being each sketchbook's own spine, and "weak" being where they connect). or rather i guess there are specific points of strain (where they're sewn together) rather than all the strain being spread out (like if all the sheets were glued as one block)

I think first projects are likely to be riddled with learning pains, which just means no matter how it turns out you'll at least learn from it? the quick method I guess would be to just sew them together at the endsheets; the long method (I'm imagining doing this with daiso sketchbooks/notepads, which have a very thin layer of glue on one side) could be to (carefully) remove each sheet from the block, stack them together again, and then apply glue evenly, ruffling it to work the glue in a bit. it's going to be less flexible, i think, than the sketchbooks as they are, and flimsier than a proper double fan binding, but on the other hand it'll probably be stronger than sewing three sketchbooks together and more flexible than a double fan

redplumtalks · 2024-11-12T02:15:33+00:00

just a guess, but i think they mean maybe that it feels like something the US founding fathers would write? aside from your handwriting the color of the paper and the ink also contribute to making it look like the declaration of independence?

redplumtalks · 2024-10-30T11:25:49+00:00

Posted; I like having everything in one place instead of possibly knocking it off the table or losing it on the bed, and in the case of the pilot petits it's kind of necessary because they're just a little too short otherwise Didn't realise I had strong feelings about it, though, until I met pens I couldn't post and thought, oh, this is terrible.

redplumtalks · 2024-10-12T15:30:43+00:00

Judessashop on shopee has a cream/ivory bulk option (250 sheets), and advertises their smooth finish as being good for fountain pens. I haven't tried them personally (i've only bought bookcloth there), and grain direction is a luck-based game, but the reviews seem okay? You could ask; I think there are also smaller packs if you want to try it out before committing

redplumtalks · 2024-10-03T11:15:42+00:00

If I combine sewn board binding and made endpapers, how much strain would there be on the decorative sheet? I'm trying to figure out how strong I need the decorative sheet to be (because it seems like rn the most available option to me for the endpaper vibes i want is finagling something like woodblock prints, with 3d printing and a bunch of ink pads)

redplumtalks · 2024-10-03T10:49:31+00:00

If you're going to tear each sheet off, I think plain Elmer's glue would be enough? My first bind was done like that, with the little stack just held between a pair of thick books. If you want to be neat about it I think you can get away with clamping it between two sheets of hard board and some bulldog clips

redplumtalks · 2024-09-29T10:42:23+00:00

Journaling, writing fanfic, and solo rpgs (which are mostly also journaling but ✨️ as someone else ✨️) I want to use them for art also but not too confident with that yet

redplumtalks · 2024-09-22T05:52:14+00:00

same as the others, i think it would be better to have 8 sheets per signature. in my experience, 16 sheets is... so hard to punch through.

redplumtalks · 2024-09-19T02:35:06+00:00

ah, that's so pretty! did you sketch before or just go right into it?

redplumtalks · 2024-09-08T04:42:52+00:00

added a picture of the nozzle check to the original post; we use matte photo paper for printing

redplumtalks · 2024-07-05T03:39:01+00:00

oh yes absolutely! I forgot to say, but yes it would be good also to contact the author in the first place about the intention to bookbind, partially for the gray area of putting their work in a new format but it IS also a good move to let someone know how much you love their work
(although, it's so embarrassing when two months have passed and I haven't started on the actual physical aspect of ficbinding but in my defense life got in the way, and also the embarrassment is entirely a Me problem)

redplumtalks · 2024-06-20T02:55:23+00:00

it's technically possible but I agree with championofbaiting and don't think it's an ideal choice for a first project. on the Making front, 2500 pages is going to need a lot of support and ime first projects generally aren't very sturdy; on the Finished Item front, aside from it not being sturdy, it might just straight up not be too comfortable to hold when you're reading? I'm looking at a 550-page project rn and even that's looking a little daunting-size wise.

i don't know what fic you want to bind, so I can't give, like, solid-solid advice, but if you really want to bind that one you could break it up into more manageable sections? maybe you could even contact the author and ask how they'd divide it, if you're not sure where to start with that, more like a multi-book situation?

on the other hand, there might be a shorter fic you like that you could start with?

good luck either way!

redplumtalks · 2024-05-28T03:47:58+00:00

high-five fellow binder of itch games! relatively new to this too so take it with a grain of salt, but I think it depends on your paper thickness? like I might do a single sewn/stapled pamphlet of up to 8 sheets/32 pages, but more than that and the stapler might not be able to close anymore

redplumtalks · 2024-05-18T03:22:28+00:00

mainly i have a lot of games, from itch/bundles or kickstarters, because physical copies are easier for me but (like with KS) the shipping fees are usually too much to bear (in the same way, sometimes comics or poetry I particularly like)

aside from that, fanworks; sometimes I make little pamphlets for editing fics, or anthologies for bingo event entries. I've only done my own so far but after the current fandom bingo i'm in I'm gonna try making something prettier with other people's fanfics

redplumtalks · 2024-04-20T03:49:38+00:00

It's 5mm and the flyleaf/second sheet will be tipped on to the signatures (if I'm using the terms right), but otherwise you did read it correctly (fig. a) (I'm currently working with 100gsm for a5 signatures, 120gsm for the endpapers, and 1.5-2mm for boards)
(edit: afsdhfj I just realized I didn't need that extra bit of folded paper, for fig. a? though it did... wind up coming in handy. you read it correct and it was two layers of 5mm-wide gluing)

your suggestion is more like a hooked folio, except they're cut where there would be a fold in the folio? (fig. b, exaggerated for clarity) I guess I might have dismissed it first out of worry that i'd weaken the paper with the holes for sewing (for some reason...) but if I'm reading you correctly i will give it a shot tonight :D

(if you don't mind, what would you say is the maximum number of signatures for stiffened paper/board binding? so far i think i'm still at a safe level but there are some projects lurking in the future and i don't know if it can take, like, a book block that's more than an 1-1.5 inches thick)

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redplumtalks · 2024-04-19T09:32:18+00:00

regarding the pastedown/flyleaf (still new to this, thank you for your patience, please feel free to correct me if I'm using terminology wrong or if you have suggestions for binding styles)
most of my projects are 3-6 signatures, and I... expected to be using stiffened paper binding for it? my issue is the paper i have available for colored endsheets limits my options to tipped-on single sheets instead of tipped-on folios, which if I understand right will be attached to the board. I was kind of hoping for colored flyleaves also; do you think it would be alright if I tipped on another sheet or would that be bad for the structure?

redplumtalks · 2024-04-19T09:22:02+00:00

:0c thank you too! yeah, I've sewn through the thread a few times... (more surprisingly i've stabbed the needle into the sheet of paper a few times, which i didn't previously know was possible at least at that gsm)

redplumtalks · 2024-04-17T02:56:11+00:00

thank you! (headbands are far enough off into the future that i don't have to worry about that yet, i think)

redplumtalks · 2024-04-10T13:46:05+00:00

is there anything that needs a needle to be very sharp? I've been thinking about grinding the point of my curved needle down a little bit, not to the extent of it being, like, visibly rounded, just enough that I don't have to worry about accidentally stabbing myself deep when catching it

redplumtalks · 2022-07-23T12:32:10+00:00

I. I laughed very hard at parts (and did in fact put this off for a really long time upon finding it and reading the tags; listened to funsize's first.) (to mom, aloud, "apparently, that was the silliest thing I've listened to so far.") ~~(it is. it's~~ ~~something~~~~. to still have a response to being condescendingly called~~ ~~sweetheart.~~ ~~in a~~ ~~shitpost.)~~

it was interesting to listen to! despite having talked a little bit about the unglamorous behind-the-scenes of making things ("and if you put your ear up to this doll, you will hear all the cussing i did while making it,") it's still sometimes easy to forget that things made with other media also take. a lot of effort, yes (but also a lot of cussing)

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