DIY Book Forum

In your video you mention using a bone folder tool to prevent leaving creases.  Bone folders tend to be expensive when you can find them but are indispensable for Origami work.  A good alternative we have found are the knockouts for plastic jug handles.  (This is where the two halves of the jug are "welded" together and the portion where your fingers will pass through are just melted together.)  You look for any container that is made from plastic and has a round handle you can put your hand through such as a gallon of milk.  I look down at the floor and find lots of these knockouts laying around.  Just pick them up and clean them off.  If you want a heavier duty folder look at the Anti-Freeze/Coolant jugs at the automotive store.  I always keep one in my pocket for making the Pocket PDAs or to show someone what I'm talking about.  At the automotive shop I explained to the stock person what I was looking for.  Once I showed him he  immediately knew what I wanted and returned with a handful in just a minute.  I always ask as a point of courtesy but so far no one has ever asked me to pay for them.

When I take my youngest one to a new store his eyes are on the lookout for new folders for daddy.

Andrew, I posed this question under my recent post, but will put it here too: is it possible to upload photos directly from my computer? I do not see that it is, but being new here, maybe I am overlooking something. The only way I was able to attach a photo was to first upload it to my blog and then link to that, which is not what I really want to be doing.

The problem with the plastic folders is that friction from the paper, especially heavier card stock, melts grooves in them. They're about half the price of a real bone folder, so I'll pay double and get something that will last *much* longer.