Build Your Own Book Vise & Cutting Plough: Step-by-Step Guide! #bookbinding

These book vise and plough are incredibly versatile tools for bookbinding. One side of the press has tapered edges, which are useful for a variety of bookbinding tasks, such as aligning signatures, spine shaping, edge gilding and separating linen cord among other things.

If you flip the vise around, the other side has square edges with a groove specifically designed to fit a cutting plough, allowing you to trim paper very cleanly. This makes it easy to switch between marking, trimming, and other tasks without needing different tools, streamlining your bookbinding projects and enhancing efficiency. The cutting plough ensures that your edges are trimmed perfectly, maintaining the quality and precision of your work.

Throughout the process of making a book, you’ll find yourself using these tools constantly.

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[carpetbomberz]

Between a well made book plough AND the right blade, sharpened correctly, there's no limit to the precision and quality that could be achieved. I am impressed. 👍

[bayanparhami]

You came out with all these building plans just as I was entering the point in my bookbinding journey where I would need them! Now I just have to figure out how to get these project files cut for me since I don’t have my own wood shop 😂

[johnford]

A beautiful set of tools, Linn. And detailed, complete plans! Thank you for making these available. Good video.
A suggestion for a future video - how to make a straight-grained 1 1/2" hardwood dowel without a lathe. LOL!

[transmundanium]

I built my daughter a lying press and plow for her binding projects. I wanted a 2-1/2 inch 2 tpi thread but the tools were crazy expensive so I just carved them by hand with a saw, chisel, and file. It wasn't difficult, just tedious.

[crspybits]

Thanks for the plans! Where did you source your 2 1/4" tap and die?

[markbernier]

Rather than a block plane blade what about an Olfa circular blade used in sewing. It has a mounting hole and is scary sharp right out of the package.

[dc-wpoc]

Great presentation. Could the book vise be constructed with 1 1/2 inch wooden screws or possibly the same Acme thread metal screw system used in the book press?

[starfoxandstellar]

How about a leather skiving blade? Theres a lot that are rounded and have holes for screws

[hammock]

You should teach courses on book binding.

[DavidP-dm]

So, you just put a screw into wooden block to secure the blade of the cutting plough... When you need to sharpen the blade, you unscrew and screw again... How many times can you do it before the screw becomes lose? I do not like this design...