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Aicha Allison
Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2025
Did its purpose flawlessly
Cathy Iles
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2024
This book press looks incredibly simple and was very appealing to me to bind printer paper, but this just does not work. The washers get stuck, the holes in the wood are so tightly fitted that it's a struggle to open the press and use it, and if you want to shut the press once your pages are in you'd better have a second person on hand to screw in the washer while you screw in the fastener. It's frustrating garbage.
Gwen
Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2024
This made creating notepads so easy. Easy to use and perfect for various sizes of paper.
Creatively Charms
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2024
It does exactly what it's supposed to. I can do two mini notepads at a time!
Maya
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024
Needed a clamp to assist with a book binding replacement project. Hard to find fault with such a basic and useful design. It is what it is and it works just fine.
Mitzi J. Bartlett
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
Just a quick clarification to clear some confusion. What most people think of when they see the words "book press" is typically called a nipping press. It's the one that is intended to hold the whole book.This _is_ a book press, but it is what is called a finishing press. It's used to hold the text block while glue(and/or moll) is applied to the binding side, the other edges are trimmed as needed, or when decoration is added to the page ends - think gilding, painting, etc. Yes, for the most part you can do that with one of the smaller "flower press" style book presses, but really a good option for the larger presses, hence, the finishing press.Can't say anything on the quality of this one, as I already have a decent one of my own, but by looking at it, I gave it three stars because while it does look quite functional for its purpose, I think it would be a bit more stable if it were just a bit wider, say 3 inches versus 1.5. Also, one of the nice parts of my own press are the holes drilled along the length which, with pegs, would allow for finishing techniques on the spine cover as well. Still, as I said, it looks reasonably functional for the jobs it is designed for.
Bo
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024
Advertised as a book press, it due to the size of it there’s no way it makes crisp books. This press only is able to tighten your bound side, which will work but, because it doesn’t cover the entirety of the text, it will leave an indentation in your text block where the press ends. Logically, this makes sense because you’re clamping down hard on one portion of paper and not another. I, however, was hopefully. Don’t buy this.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
Too small for book binding
T. Heinen
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024
The holes in the top of this are too small and there are no instructions on how it should be put together, so Have to find somebody to drill the holes out for me so that I can use it for the books. Disappointing, considering that’s why I bought it with the holes in it.
Dennis K.
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
The device is designed with two threaded rods, two bolts and two wing nuts. I ditched the rods for 100mm m6 bolts. I didn’t like that the rods could be screwed through the nuts in the base and scratch the user’s work table. The wood is soft which is a benefit because, by tightening the wing nuts, you can draw the nut or hex head of the bolt into the wood, countersinking it and creating a smooth base for the apparatus. I expect the designer used the long threaded rods to enlarge the capacity, but I’m not into binding 5 inch unabridged dictionaries. Perhaps the maker doesn’t have access to hex bolts as long as the threaded rods. I use it primarily for making pads of paper so I don’t need such massive capacity.. In summary, it fits the bill at a reasonable price with a little modifying.
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