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Show me your bellows


Glenn

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Show me your bellows.

They can be great bellows, small bellows, box bellows, pipe bellows, water bellows, etc. Take a photo and show us. If you have details, drawings, etc, please include them with your post. We can then use that imformation to build our own bellows.

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here is a little vid of it in action my first time using it


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The only picture I have of my bellows (and it's too cold to walk outside for a better shot!) This was when I first started setting up my shop a couple years ago, and they're still working, though I've had to scab on some repairs, and patch the tubes in a few places. They took a few hours to build, and cost next to nothing. I got the tubes and metal strapping for free, and scrap plywood practically grows out my ears since I'm a carpenter. They certainly aren't the best, or the most ergonomic, but I'll probably keep using them for a while since the free time to build a proper set is escaping me. They must have a thousand hours on them at this point, which is amazing, considering how little care I took in making them. The PDF detailing their construction is here: http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/JF/JF_OTHER/SMALL/04-084_blacksmiths_bellows.pdf . The only major changes I would make are 1: mounting the valves on a removable board so that the inside of the bellows can be accessed for adjustment and repair, and 2: increasing the nozzle size. The plans called for 1 inch, and I didn't know any better. I have it into a 2 inch pipe, so I'm not blasting fuel out of my forge or anything, but I'm sure it adds an unnecessary amount of resistance. P.S. Yeah, I have a chimney now. And yes, that is the most ineffective mapp gas forge ever on the right.

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