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title: "Flipbox – v11"
description: "House handbook Five chapters every bench copy opens with. Written for apprentices in their first year, revised each January. Turn a row for what the chapter actually covers. 01 — Sewing structures Kettle stitch, link stitch, and when a sewn board earns its extra day. 34 pages, 19 diagrams Includes the thread-weight table and the […]"
url: "https://master-addons.com/demos/flipbox-v11/"
date_modified: "2026-09-17T06:26:16+00:00"
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## House handbook

## Five chapters every bench copy opens with.

Written for apprentices in their first year, revised each January. Turn a row for what the chapter actually covers.

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### 01 — Sewing structures

Kettle stitch, link stitch, and when a sewn board earns its extra day.

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### 34 pages, 19 diagrams

Includes the thread-weight table and the swelling calculation for text blocks over 40 mm.

Read chapter

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### 02 — Board attachment

Laced-in, split-board, and the cases where neither is honest.

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### 28 pages, 24 diagrams

Carries the grain-direction rule that costs us the most rework when it is forgotten.

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### 03 — Covering materials

Goatskin, buckram, paper over boards — and what each costs to keep.

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### 41 pages, 12 samples

Swatches are tipped in by hand, so every bench copy holds the same six leathers.

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### 04 — Titling and tooling

Hand letters, brass type, and the temperature each foil wants.

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### 22 pages, 31 rubbings

The foil chart is the part people photograph. Temperatures are for a 60-watt pallet.

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### 05 — Repair ethics

What we reverse, what we leave alone, and how we write it down.

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### 17 pages, no diagrams

The shortest chapter and the one apprentices are asked to read twice before touching a spine.

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Ninth edition, January 2026. Printed in-house, sewn on tapes, 142 copies.

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