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.

Here ya go ----

That has to be the nicest looking bellows I've ever seen!

This one's in storage. It's old with wrought iron fittings...needs some wood and leather work. The wooden portion is 59" long. The iron tuyere nose is 12" long. I'm willing to sell it; pick up only in Santa Fe, NM.

Man if it could talk frank it would have some stories to tell for sure . lol ;)

Sam

need redone , just for looks now....

Here are pictures of the rectangular bellows in my reproduction 1800s wheeled Traveling Forge.

Also shown is a picture of my more traditionally shaped bellows before installing the bellows cover. My apologies as I don't have any pictures of the completed bellows.

As seen at the Historical Society Blacksmith Shop, which I operate and teach classes in North Eastern Ohio.

Ditto to the nicest! Definitely, the best I have seen by far.






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

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humm vid didnt work try a link:) http://s1188.beta.photobucket.com/user/hiltsbilt/media/blacksmith/100_0080.mp4.html

hilsbilt, that's a very nice box bellows, looks like it works well, and nice and quiet too. I've been thinking about building one myself. Whats the stroke distance on it? And is there a lot of resistance when using it?

Here are the bellows we will use in the museum shop. They where from around grand junction Co. Acording to the news paper around the blow pipe. All original. Leather great.

My bellows built in 2006.

 

 

nice ! thanks for the post...

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.

Here are mine i need to put leather.Change canvas seams to be thin

My bellows built in 2006.

 

 

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Beautiful, sir.