Subject: Re: Antique-ish bellows?

From: [email-masked] (Rick Cook)
Date: 30 Apr 1996 14:43:00 GMT

Michael L Barocas wrote:
>.However, we kinda want to 
>do it "the old-fashioned way" for the most part.  Does anyone have or 
>know where I can get an old bellows?

I think you're going to end up making one. Check out Alex Bealer's book on
blacksmithing for the basic principles.

--RC

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From: [email-masked] (Michael L Barocas)
Date: 30 Apr 1996 02:38:18 GMT

'Allo dere...

  Umm..lesse.  A friend of mine and I were thinking about becoming 
amateur metalworkers just for the hell of it....However, we kinda want to 
do it "the old-fashioned way" for the most part.  Does anyone have or 
know where I can get an old bellows?

                              Thankya,

                                   Michael

                           [email-masked]

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From: "Dr. Mark E. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: 30 Apr 1996 12:58:29 GMT

>know where I can get an old bellows?
You may want old bellows, but the only thing old bellows are good for is as a
pattern to make a new pair of bellows. The old leather on old bellows has a
tendency to crack when not used (and treated) regularly.
-- 
Dr. Mark E. Williams
Bldg N-159, Rm E-215
NASA/GSFC/WFF/EG&G
Wallops Island, VA 23337
804-824-1744
[email-masked]

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