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I’ve done some experiments using this binding for unbound music scores printed on single leaves of paper, with not enough margin to make a either a folded-edge binding, or to be glued/taped into a signature. Not a good binding for thin, flexible sheets (i.e. normal copier/printer paper). (Although two taped together sheets of copier/printer paper seems heavy enough.) And, yes, this is the simplified version of Coptic single sheet binding. (See, for instance, Smith’s sewing single sheetsfor much more complicated methods.)
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Supplies: 3 curved (recommended) or straight binder needles; light-weight linen binder thread (thinner than pamphlet binding thread), and card-weight paper or pamphlet board to cut for covers.
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