New & Second Hand Book Binding Equipment UK, European & Other

A very good source of reconditioned equipment but a little hard to contact, persevere though. No website or email, PC unfriendly!
Les Baynam, Homeward Bound, 2 The Foldyard, Brampton Bryan
Bucknell, Shropshire, SY7 0DH, England. Tel: 01547 530630

Steve Giddins Engineering & Book-Binding Machinery Ltd
Units 5-7 Cotswold Business Park.Range Road.Witney.Oxfordshire.OX8 5YB
Tel: 01993 776812 Fax: 01993 779109

Colebrook Evans & McKenzie (ring and ask to be put on bookbinding and letter press mailing list)
King Sturge & Co, 7 Stratford Place, London , W1N 9AE Tel: 020 724 21362

Quad Machinery (Mostly large machinery, but check on site for miscellaneous equipment)
http://quadmachinery.co.uk/frame_uk.htm

Grafitech Plc (Mostly large machinery, but join mailing list as some smaller bindery equipment to be found)
http://www.grafitecplc.com/verify/default.asp

J.Hewit & Sons Ltd UK (John Pursey, Hewits rep is worth talking to) http://www.hewit.com/basement.htm

Russels UK http://www.russels.com/bookbinding.htm

Designer Bookbinders News Letter Look in Classified Adds email:DBNLeditor@designerbookbinders.org.uk

Schmedt-Hamburg Germany http://www.schmedt-hamburg.de/en/secondhand/secondhand.php

Sumbel (Germany) Now that Swift have gone out of business this company makes the most affordable whole surface, cold gluing machines. http://www.sumbel.com/


 

New & Second Hand Bookbinding Equipment USA based

Maher Bindery USA http://www.bindery.maher1.net/tools.html

Don Black USA http://www.donblack.ca/equipment.htm

American Graphic Arts USA http://www.agamachinery.com/bookbinding.htm

Arnold Grummer USA http://www.arnoldgrummer.com/index.cfm

Bindery in a Box USA http://www.binderyinabox.com/

Bindery Tools USA http://www.binderytools.com/

Dick Blick USA http://www.dickblick.com/

Daniel Smith USA http://www.danielsmith.com//

Factory Express USA http://www.factory-express.com/

Jordan-Dehoff USA http://www.frontiernet.net/~efjordan/jdpresshome.html

Lehman Bindery USA http://www.lehmannbindery.com/frank.html

BookMakers USA http://www.bookmakerscatalog.com/

Make your own Standing Press USA http://www.philobiblon.com/nigropress/index.html

Hand Made Bindery Equipment USA http://www.temperproductions.com/

Thomas.J.Duffy USA http://www.thomasjduffy.com/bind.htm

Tim Moore USA http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation/pages/news/moore2002.htm

Hollanders USA http://www.hollanders.com/supplies-kits/bookbinding/bookpresses.htm

American Printing Equipment USA http://www.americanprintingequipment.com/bookbindingequipment.htm

Smith Printing Company USA http://www.smithprinting.net/index.htm Yearbooks publisher, Book Printing & Binding Services.

 

An important online resource for bookbinders, The Bookbinder's Toolbox, the place to buy, sell or exchange tools & equipment http://www.redmark.co.nz/tool.htm

 

 

 

Do not forget to put EBay on your list when looking for second hand equipment and materials, during the last year I have seen more second hand equipment on Ebay than anywhere else!

http://ebay.co.uk use search term "bookbinding"

http://ebay.com use search term "bookbinding"

 

Book Fittings, clasps etc. Very little to be found on this subject, please let me know if you have other links.

Buchbinderei Müller (Germany) For period book fittings http://www.mueller-buch.de/klein/start.htm
email for catalogue and price list buchbinderei@mueller-buch.de you can download a high resolution picture of the range available by clicking here here

Makers of Bookclasps and Book Fittings (USA) http://www.bookclasp.com

Ebook on construction of sterling silver book clasps http://edenworkshops/tutorial1.htm

 

Brass finishing tools

Many of the Bookbinding equipment suppliers also sell new finishing tools but these are often sourced from either Fine Cut, P & S Engraving or J.T.Marshall

P & S Engraving (UK) http://www.pandsengraving.co.uk/

Fine Cut (UK) http://www.finecut.co.uk/bookbinding/

Harcourt Bindery (USA) Second hand tools http://www.harcourtbindery.com/supplies/sup5.htm

Lehman Bindery (USA) Second hand tools. http://www.lehmannbindery.com/goldequip.html

 

If you think I have missed anyone who should be listed here please mail me with their details mail

 

 

 

 


 

 

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