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laminator is great

spiffyDIYgal — Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:16:36 -0400

The laminator works well. I've laminated a couple dozen items and have not encountered any problems.

Another plastic source

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:59:15 -0400

Hi Horus,

I've tapped another source of good flexible plastic for a variety of projects: 3-ring binders that you no longer want. You can use an Exacto knife to cut out any size or shape of plastic that you need from the binder covers. The material is both sturdy and flexible... AND it's available in a wide variety of (binder) colors. You can also use the plastic from the "pockets" inside some binders' covers. It's pretty nice stuff to work with too!

How do you like the laminator?

ap1994 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:49:15 -0400

I saw it yesterday at BJS and debated long and hard and decided I didn't need it and wasn't sure it work for $20 - is it any good? I may go pick one up - great for saving some of my kids projects and perhaps other ideas.

DIY Cover Ideas

spiffyDIYgal — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:25:17 -0400

Laminated scrapbook paper (or any other laminated paper) works well for both covers and tabs.

I recently bought a 3M Thermal Laminator at Costco for about $20. It came with about 100 laminating pouches in various sizes.

Lamination is another possibility

ygor — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:46:03 -0400

Heavy paper or light card stock laminated works as well.
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I use is a thick paper and

Horus — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:16:13 -0400

I use a thick paper and illustration board but it gets unglued rather fast, and the hole punches wear out easily. I just want thick plastic I can make hole punches or something similar. I should take a trip to home depot see what they can offer me.

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I had the same thought

Rocket Jones — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:03:29 -0400

Last time I went to the office supply store I looked at these kinds of folders, thinking "cover material". Most were way too flimsy to be useful, and the ones that were thick enough came in packs of 6-10 for $20.00. I didn't need that many covers. :)

Report covers

jonglass — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:32:09 -0400

I don't know if you can get them in the US, but here in Krakow, we have these A4 report covers/binders. You slip the loose A4 sheets into them, and slide a little clip over them, and they are held in place. I take one, and cut it into four pieces, and make two A5 notebooks out of them. They are like the covers from Levenger, only a tad thinner, and usually ribbed, or textured in some way. They are really cheap--a buck or so in USD (at least before the dollar tanked). I'm sure you can find something similar where you are.

-Jon

cover ideas

Katrina — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:35:34 -0400

Lots of things work as covers.

- nice pictures from heavy-weight plastic coated calendars.

- thin mouse mats.
Free promotional mousemats are the right price. ;)

- vinyl/plastic placemats

- linoleum (or vinyl flooring) tile remnant from a flooring shop. (This might be too thick to use)
You could have a marble-look or floorboard-look planner

- for something more exotic, those mats used to roll sushi. The mats are made of tiny sticks or reeds sewn together in rows. It would look nice either as a cover or sewn onto a card cover

- etc, etc

Also, if you covers are wearing down then you could simply put something on the edges to protect them. Craft shops and especially scrapbooking shops have lots of types of heavy weight coloured stickytape, which is useful for binding and protecting the exposed edges of covers.

I just want something sturdy

Horus — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:24:58 -0400

I just want something sturdy because my covers are paper and they are wearing down, so I need something more sturdy, I don't want to spend the money thought someone has a DIY for this.

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Ohhh email me the picture on

Horus — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:23:44 -0400

Ohhh email me the picture on how you do it

[Use the contact tab. ygor the yadmin]

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plastic covers or book covers???

Artbeast — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:07:20 -0400

Do you mean the plastic covers you punch that act as covers for your pages or, do you mean something like a book cover to cover up all that stuff?

If you mean the plastic covers, just PM me and I will make some for you. We use leftover black plastic covers from the Itoya Art Portfolios.

If you mean a book cover, I am working on a do-it-yourself kinda post teaching how to make a custom leather cover for whatever size book you want. From there I hope to build on those skills to include making a leather binder for 3X5 or 4X6 cards.

Arthur
www.renaissance-art.com

If by Levenger you mean

judyofthewoods — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:01:06 -0400

If by Levenger you mean Circa disc bound, you could make covers with thick card for the back to give the book regidity, and attach a strip of plastic to the binding edge which allows repeated moving. The plastic does not have to be very thick. I have used a strip of plastic from blister packs, or an off-cut from something I laminated (if you sandwich the lamination with nice paper, you can colour match the strip. I stitched the strip between two pieces of thinnish card, which I also glued (the stitching is only through the binding edge, as the plastic does not glue well). You can then cover the card as you like, The front can be much thinner, as it back does the work of stiffening the book. I'll try to do a photo in the next few days and post it on Flickr. In fact, it is not unlike the way the Levenger foldovers are made, only using thinner plastic, which is quite adequate and punches well.

What size ?

ygor — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:53:16 -0400

For smaller sizes, these are great:
Oxford® Index Card Guides
They come in 3x5, 4x6, and 5x8
Good, thick plastic that is easy to cut down to size.
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

I have the levenger system,

Horus — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:04:41 -0400

I have the levenger system, I just want to find material thats very durable to use as a covers. Anyone else got ideas?

Cleanliness is next to godliness........in ideal world

Need cover DIY ideas or somewhere cheap to buy

Horus — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:01:12 -0400

I want to get some tips on making my own cover. I just want something very durable and will not come off. Currently I have a paper with illustration board glued to make it sturdy.

Since I have to reprint my sheets, what stock of paper are recommended 75lbs?

D*I*Y Planner - Need cover DIY ideas or somewhere cheap to buy - Comments

laminator is great

Another plastic source

How do you like the laminator?

DIY Cover Ideas

Lamination is another possibility

I use is a thick paper and

I had the same thought

Report covers

cover ideas

I just want something sturdy

Ohhh email me the picture on

plastic covers or book covers???

If by Levenger you mean

What size ?

I have the levenger system,

Need cover DIY ideas or somewhere cheap to buy

DIY Planner - Need cover DIY ideas or somewhere cheap to buy - Comments