A home made sewing press is illustrated by Fig. 5. The bottom board A may be made of 1-in. stuff, 1 ft. 9 In. long by 1 ft. broad, with uprights c, 10 in. high by 11/4- in. by 3/4 in. The top piece B, shown separately in Fig. 6, should be of 1-in. oak, 2 ft. 3 in. long, 1 in. square, with corners rounded, and 2 1/4 in. wide at the ends. The cross-pieces E underneath measure 1 1/2 in. by 3/4 in. The uprights can be either hinged or fixed with iron plates screwed on from outside. The key (Fig. 7) is of 3/8 in. ash, cut to the shape shown, 2 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4 in. wide, and 1/2 in. wide in the middle, and with a saw-cut for the string. Three keys are wanted. The cutting and backing boards (sections of which are shown at A and B in Fig. 8) can be 1 ft. 3 in. long by 3 1/2 in. wide.

Another sewing press is shown by Fig. 9. It is simply a flat bottom with two screwed uprights, and cross-bar with nuts below for the purpose of keeping the bands or strings tight while the book is being sewn. The slit immediately below the crossbar and between the uprights allows of strings going through and being fastened on the bottom with a tack or anything handy. A wooden screw upright is preferable, and the ends need not be glued into the bottom, but fitted so that they can be taken out for convenience, and the whole stowed away in small compass. Differing only in detail is the sewing press illustrated by Fig. 10,

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