The difference in my spines after switching to chipboard for 2 weeks

I used to cut covers from matboard and thought my spines looked fine, but after a project in Portland I swapped to chipboard and the hinge feel is totally different. Has anyone else noticed how much board stiffness changes the openability, or is it just me?

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matthew_wilson4620d ago

The whole "hinge feel is different" thing made me stop because I actually found the opposite problem. With chipboard I had to start scoring my covers way deeper, otherwise the board would crack along the spine instead of bending clean. Matboard has that give, so you can get away with a lighter score, but chipboard is stiffer and punishes you for it. Took me a few ruined covers to figure out that the board thickness changes how the hinge creases, not just the open feel.