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The Authorized King James Version
Notes:
- Columns like a traditional Bible
- Secure your new Bible with, "A Simple, Strong, Secure Binding Method"--see below.
Downloads:
- The Old New Testament File format: Microsoft Word 2001 or later (This download does not include the title page conformed to the original King James, translator's notes, epistle dedicatory, etc. Some of these items can be found here.)
- The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ File format: Microsoft Word 97-2004 (2.2 MB) (Check suitability of font size.)
- Cambridge Old and New Testaments (does not include translator's notes, epistle dedicatory. These items can be found here)
- Various dowloads of the Cambridge King James Bible--another website
Other:
- Overview of the Bible (especially helpful for those who would like to better understand the flow of the Old Testament and basic Bible geography.)
- Click here for information on ordering a King James Bible. We receive no money for any purchases you make.
A Simple, Strong, Secure Binding Method
Using regular printer paper, the Bible will be very thick (two-sided about 400 pages--a ream of paper is 500 pages). I've bound the entire New Testament and groups of Old Testament books, but have yet to bind it all together with this method, but look forward to trying it. Three hole punching and placing in binders would also get the job done but I prefer the sewn book.
Materials needed:
- Print out of the Bible (2-sided printout preferable)
- File folder/posterboard/thin cardboard for cover
- Yarn (four times the length of the folder)
- Two (2) yarn needles (and threader, if needed)
- Clamps (I purchased a pack of assorted sizes (plastic from about 2" to 7" long) from a hardware store for under $20)
- 19-hole GBC punch
Detailed instructions follow the pictorial.
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5 / Detailed Instructions:
- GBC punch your Bible printout.
- Cut apart your file folder down the middle seam. You will have two pieces--one will be the front cover, one will be the back cover of your Bible. GBC punch them. [While I use one file folder for books, I use two file folders for the Bible as I use it more often and it is a thick book--my front cover is a double cover (I put strong clear packaging tape over the edges for strength) and so is my back cover--I DO NOT PUT TAPE ON BINDING EDGE UNTIL AFTER I GBC PUNCH SO IT DOESN'T GET STUCK IN THE MACHINE. I THEN POKE HOLES IN IT WITH THE NEEDLE BEFORE I SEW IT.]
- Put your covers on your Bible printout, lining up the holes and clamp it in place between two hard boards to keep in place (this may take a little maneuvering)
- Take your yarn and thread through both needles. One needle will be at one end of the yarn, the other needle at the other end.
- Put the clamped Bible between your knees with the spine upwards toward the ceiling.
- Now it is time to sew. You are going to sew an oldtime shoemaker's stitch called a saddlestitch. Stick one needle through the hole closest to you. Pull the yarn through until half of it is on the left side and half on the right side.
- Take both needles and go through the very next hole--the needles will be going in opposite directions and will cross each other in the hole. Pull them all the way out. Continue this process until you get to the last hole at the top of your Bible. Come back down and tie off at a convenient point.
- Label your Bible
- As you get used to this binding method, you will develop your own way of tying off and your own prefered amount of tension, yarn, etc. You may want to start at the top and sew down, etc. I like to end at the top and leave a long piece of yarn for a bookmark. You can even sew manilla folder books, fill out the tab like a regular file folder, and file them in a file drawer like regular files. I have used this sewing method on three-hole punch papers for archiving. For thick books, the page margin would have to be wide and you'd probably want to reinforce the spine with a strong glue like gorilla glue and cover it with a thick cardboard and fabric cover. There are many applications for this method.
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