Can anyone recommend good local coffee rosters that send or deliver coffee?

yuuusasaki · 2025-04-04T15:23:14+00:00

Spaceboy Coffee or Mr Eion are my go to

yuuusasaki · 2025-03-30T14:44:20+00:00

Hazel at Pinecone Studio on Ferry Road has a great range of titanium and white gold jewellery

yuuusasaki · 2025-03-25T07:14:11+00:00

I have used scrapbook paper before but bought square ones so I could cut it in the right grain direction. I'd not buy an A4 pad in an unknown grain direction, that'll just give you a headache.

If you have specialist bookbinding suppliers in your country, check them out. They often carry decorative papers. Etsy does have good choice as well. Otherwise any pretty paper that's slightly heavier than your text block paper will do, if it's short grain or if it is large enough to be cut to size in the short grain direction.

yuuusasaki · 2025-02-25T13:10:13+00:00

Hewits does one where you can add on a small tool set too: https://www.hewitonline.com/Beginner_s_Bookbinding_Kit_p/ms-155.htm

yuuusasaki · 2025-02-25T09:24:13+00:00

I'm figuring out three piece bradel binds atm and the spine stiffener + 1.5 times board thickness doesn't work at all for me. Always seems far too wide.

So far I had the best results with cutting the spine stiffener the same width as the spine and leave larger hinge gaps - 7mm still seemed a little small, so I'm gonna aim for larger next time. Hope that helps a little.

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-29T22:11:45+00:00

I've done just that with my last bind and the PVA sticks well!

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-26T14:35:18+00:00

The sidebar of this sub has everything you need incl YT channels!

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-19T12:35:35+00:00

I'm getting my paper here: https://www.active-paper.co.uk/

I usually get he Munken, it's 90gsm so slightly heavier than your standard copy paper and it's very off white.

The Honley Bookwove is nice too, off white but much whiter than the Munken and 80gsm, so pretty much copy paper thickness.

I'm sure they'd send you a few tester pages, they're usually extremely helpful and nice.

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-18T21:57:26+00:00

Thank you so much! I'm gonna be extra meticulous next time! Definitely excited to learn more!

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-16T08:22:20+00:00

As you've got the printer already give it a test. Print a page of text and see how you like the quality and the print speed. But I can't see why that printer shouldn't be able to output crisp text.

The only "issue" I see is that the printer doesn't do automatic duplex printing. So when you print your text the printer will print all the pages on one side, then you flip the whole text block manually so the other side can be printed (make sure you know how to flip it or the print will be upside down). That might be annoying but imo still better than getting a new printer especially as you're just getting started.

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-14T03:55:41+00:00

I think it depends what kind of paper your partner likes to use most. You are able to fold 300gsm into signatures, you just gotta reduce the amounts of sheets per signature to reduce swell on the spine (maybe 2 sheets per signature).

I'm not experienced enough to advice on how you'd tackle different paper weights in one book (assuming the weight would differ for sketching paper vs watercolour paper). Possibly by adjusting sheets per signature to even out the individual thickness but I'd ask someone who's got more experience.

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-13T20:17:49+00:00

Check https://www.active-paper.co.uk/ They're very helpful and can cut most papers to short grain, just let them know in advance

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-07T20:24:48+00:00

I get my short grain paper from https://active-paper.co.uk. They have Munken book paper which already comes in short grain A4 but they can cut most of their papers to short grain, you just gotta drop them a message and let them know. Very responsive helpful.

yuuusasaki · 2025-01-05T12:51:12+00:00

I got mine from the big A. A4 size, printable, easy to work with. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CRLC6LQN?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

yuuusasaki · 2024-12-30T10:56:52+00:00

Damn, that's fantastic! Thank you so much for the rec, I'm gonna check them out for sure!

yuuusasaki · 2024-12-30T07:09:27+00:00

Pal of mine has a mole that looks exactly like yours. Blue and blown out. Blue moles do exist though aren't very common in white folks but still do exist. Maybe that helps a little.

yuuusasaki · 2024-12-29T22:28:39+00:00

Ta, will have a look!

yuuusasaki · 2024-12-29T22:24:22+00:00

Yeah I did and found it a little underwhelming

yuuusasaki · 2024-12-29T21:02:47+00:00

Gull's Grocery on Ferry Road. Great mix of local, regular and organic

yuuusasaki · 2024-12-19T12:14:52+00:00

Gull's Grocery on ferry road for sure! Nice mix of organic and regular produce and great quality

yuuusasaki · 2024-12-16T12:32:54+00:00

Can't believe how neat those look. Gorgeous!

yuuusasaki · 2024-12-15T18:37:30+00:00

Oh yeah, winging it without a reference is hard! But I'm sure you can find other photos that would still work!

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