Beer case notebook tutorial

amidst graduation celebrations, I give youDIY Beer case notebooks

Materials;Empty beer caseX-acto knife with fresh, sharp blade Bone folderpencilstringNeedleScrew the tape, not necessary9 sheets of 8.5 / 11 paperstabby tool (not shown) or you can carefully use the needle

Cut all the excess material from the case so you have a nice flat sheet to work with.

once cut down cut a sheet that is 9 in wide by 5.25 in tall, This will become your cover

measure in 4.25 inches on each side of your cover and with the bone folder score the marks to form the books spine

Cut a scrap piece of paper 5.5 inches tall and fold to find centerthis will be used as a guide for binding the book

mark the center, and put marks at 1.5 in from center and 2.5 in from center on both sides of the center mark

fold your guide in half so that the marks are on the edges and place it on the spine of your book just over the edge of the first spine creasewith the Xacto make small slits across the spine at each mark

Fold one of the sheets of paper in half to find center

lay folded sheet on top of the rest of the stack,line up stack perfectly and lay ruler on center lineCarefully cut the entire stack in half, it may take a few passes, although it is most important to keep your stack aligned, so proceed with caution

Fold each paper individualy for a exact and strong crease,make three signatures with 6 pages each.

Empty white space, move on

Place your guide in the center of your signatures and poke through each mark

so it looks like so

Do it carefully so that all the marks are allignedit should look like this.if not you fail

binding. Baically you are threading each signature to the binding through the slits. Its a beer note-book, not the most sophisticated thing, so go crazy. you really can’t mess this one up. Start from the back signature and add one signature on top after each signature is bound.

spine

paper

threadknot

go around spine and into next signature

Sweet!they make great gifts. you can make them out of any scrap cardstock including all sorts of food boxes. your friend loves captain crunch? vuela! make them a captain crunch notebook.they will love it guaranteed

This book is technically called the Macgyver notebook because you can make it out of scrap found about anywhere. Plus Macgyver invented it in the 80s while he was in cambodia fighting aligator people.

enjoy

When you come around to the last signature Tie it off.