Hello everyone! Here's something a little different today. In this short video I'm demonstrating the use of a bookbinder's plough. I recently acquired this specialized tool, and I intend to do a more comprehensive video on it soon, as it is actually a very cleverly designed 3-in-1 portable bookbinding shop!
The bookbinder's plough is effectively a type of hand plane, though designed to cut the edges of a book instead of wood. The fixed blade is perpendicular to the book that is to be trimmed, which is held firmly in the press. A slot in the base of the plough registers into a runner on the rear jaw of the press, while a handscrew controls the depth of the cut. As I pass the plough back and forth I'm actually giving the screw a tiny turn with each pass, which advances the blade and cleanly cuts through single pages at a time. And because the blade is curved, I can actually cut in both directions, making the job very quick.
The advantage of the plough is that it give a cleaner cut than a guillotine, and is far, far superior to trimming a book with a chisel, which I did in a previous video! If you'd like to see how I did that, click below:
Trimming a Book With a Chisel - • Making a Handmade Book...
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