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Sorry there's not really any text to go along with this up in the picture. I'll try to cover some of it here.
The wooden frame in the first picture is something I actually made on my laser cutter, so I get that it's not exactly something most people can come by.

You can get the vector files for creating the book binding frame here for those of you who actually have access to a laser cutter -
www.thingiverse.com/thing:1055…

Alternately, you can get an actual book binding frame, or make a more traditional one out of bits and bobs from home depot.

For the pages, you go through and fold every page in half (if you have a bone folding tool, it helps, but really isn't necessary).

You need to put the pages into 'signatures' - groups of pages. I usually do 5 sheets per signature. So basically you have 5 pieces of paper, folded in half together (though I fold them each separately and set them inside each other.)

After you've got all of your signatures prepped, put them together, lined up as good as you can, in a vice or some similar clamping system, but give yourself enough access to the 'spine' area so that you can cut in the holes.

You make the holes by actually sawing into the folded edge. You need to make sure you saw deep enough that you get to the center page of each signature, so don't be too shy about sawing deep.

The ribbons that are shown here being attached to the binding frame are actual book binding 'tape' (it's not tape. Tape suggests there's adhesive, and there's no adhesive. But it's called 'tape' anyway. Really - it's linen ribbon, and you could probably just get ribbon if you can't come by 'book binding tape'.)

Obviously, you need to make sure that your ribbon and the cut spots line up. I recommend actually doing the math and measuring before hand so this all lines up nice and properly.

Get yourself some good sturdy thread and a decent needle - I prefer a slightly blunt needle, as I prefer to not poke myself with something super-sharp, and paper isn't that hard to poke through even with a blunt needle. Plus, if you did you sawing properly, you don't even need to poke through anything. The holes are already there.

There's a diagram in the picture that shows the sewing pattern I use to sew the signatures together, and the pictures further down show the process as well.

Description
Sorry there's not really any text to go along with this up in the picture. I'll try to cover some of it here.
The wooden frame in the first picture is something I actually made on my laser cutter, so I get that it's not exactly something most people can come by.

You can get the vector files for creating the book binding frame here for those of you who actually have access to a laser cutter -
www.thingiverse.com/thing:1055…

Alternately, you can get an actual book binding frame, or make a more traditional one out of bits and bobs from home depot.

For the pages, you go through and fold every page in half (if you have a bone folding tool, it helps, but really isn't necessary).

You need to put the pages into 'signatures' - groups of pages. I usually do 5 sheets per signature. So basically you have 5 pieces of paper, folded in half together (though I fold them each separately and set them inside each other.)

After you've got all of your signatures prepped, put them together, lined up as good as you can, in a vice or some similar clamping system, but give yourself enough access to the 'spine' area so that you can cut in the holes.

You make the holes by actually sawing into the folded edge. You need to make sure you saw deep enough that you get to the center page of each signature, so don't be too shy about sawing deep.

The ribbons that are shown here being attached to the binding frame are actual book binding 'tape' (it's not tape. Tape suggests there's adhesive, and there's no adhesive. But it's called 'tape' anyway. Really - it's linen ribbon, and you could probably just get ribbon if you can't come by 'book binding tape'.)

Obviously, you need to make sure that your ribbon and the cut spots line up. I recommend actually doing the math and measuring before hand so this all lines up nice and properly.

Get yourself some good sturdy thread and a decent needle - I prefer a slightly blunt needle, as I prefer to not poke myself with something super-sharp, and paper isn't that hard to poke through even with a blunt needle. Plus, if you did you sawing properly, you don't even need to poke through anything. The holes are already there.

There's a diagram in the picture that shows the sewing pattern I use to sew the signatures together, and the pictures further down show the process as well.