Bag Weights on a Budget

Some time ago I wrote a post about covering the lab’s shedding bag weights in heavy weight Hollytex. My current … More

More Endbands: What?! Weaving?

You might remember me posing a question in the last blog post that I wrote: “What is that fragment of … More

I wanted to write a short post about making new endbands when repairing a rare book. Situation 1: When there … More

I posted pictures of this lovely contraption on the isupreservation Instagram feed a couple of months ago. This post goes … More

Here is a common bag weight that is used in conservation labs. It’s a very helpful kind of weight because … More