TIL bookbinding classes exist at the local community college...

I always figured bookbinding was something you had to learn from old timers or YouTube videos. Then I walked past the arts building at City College last month and saw a flier for a 6 week intro course. I signed up on a whim and the instructor showed me how to sew signatures properly... now I can't believe I was just gluing everything together. Has anyone else taken a formal class that changed their whole approach?

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max_ross1d ago

Signed up for a woodworking class at the adult school and it totally changed how I think about joinery. Really made me slow down and do things the right way instead of just relying on pocket screws.

martin.felix1d ago

That's the thing nobody talks about - taking a class forces you to cut by hand and learn the actual joinery first (dovetails, mortise and tenon, all that old school stuff) before you can even appreciate what a pocket screw jig is really doing for you.