Here is a short video tutorial which demonstrates how to debind books using a hair dryer. You may need to take books apart for detailed scanning projects. However, this is a destructive process which will destroy your book. The hair dryer method is a fairly failsafe method of removing binding from books.
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Create a flip book
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Cut or Folded?
How To:
Print and bind your own paperback book
How to Make amazing book art:
folded page art
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Bind Your Printed PDF Books Fast, Easy, and Cheap
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Make a book without glue
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Make a mini zine
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Make a book using the five-hole pamphlet stitch
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Script calligraphy copperplate style letters G & L & S
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Make a homemade photo album
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Make a notebook with ribbon binding
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Make a simple homemade journal from index cards, dental floss and a cereal box
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I had a similar project, removing the binding from a textbook for scanning, but it was hardbound and this de-gluing method was not useful. I finally asked for help at a graphic arts supply store (Charette, Woburn MA) and was amazed to hear they had a guillotine cutter that could remove the spine in one quick cut. Cost me $5 and 5 minutes (beyond the 1.5h to get to Woburn and back).
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