>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:15:41 +0100
>From:jgillis@mail.tcd.ie (John Gillis)
>Subject:Re: Repairing shop manuals
>
>> I had a TR-2 shop manual with a loose binding, a TR-3 Haynes Manual
>>with pages falling out and two TR-3 owners manuals that were falling apart.
>> Took them all to a woman who does hand binding. For $32, she sewed the
>>bindings on all four manuals. Now everything is tight and all four are
>>shop useable.
>> Money well spent.
>>John Cowan
>>
>John
>Well done on having your manuals re-bound. I have the same problem with my
>set and spend far too much time trying to find the page I need that is
>floating around the garage when it should be between the covers. Very few
>of the manuals are actually sewn these days, usually adhesive is all that
>holds the individual pages together. I really must get mine sorted out,
>especially as I am a book conservator!!!
John Gillis 1954 TR2 (ground up)
Trinity College
Dublin,
IRELAND.
John Gillis 1954 TR2 (ground up)
Trinity College
Dublin,
IRELAND.
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