When you are starting out in bookbinding, and have limited equipment, how do you get by. How do you back a book. I show that it is possible to put shoulders on a book with an ordinary hammer, some straight sided boards, covered bricks and wood clamps. As I say in the video, I do not recommend this as the way to back your first book. Do a course and use the real equipment first to develop the most basic of muscle memory about the process, then make it hard for yourself.