The leather is chrome tanned cow hide upholstery leather 4 ounce thickness. It has a pigment finish, and the leather's rough side goes in the bellows interior. My gusset pattern is 11 inches at the widest and 5 inches at the narrowest. The cheeks are 11 inches long--6 inches at the widest and three inches at the narrowest. I plane the wood to 5/8 thickness. I buy my leather, wood and tacks on eBay.
Ineed a pattern for cutting leather for bellows as the old leather is too gar gone to use the bellows cheeks are a leo rowesom set also have the drones to boot
Hello when you buy the leather what are the dimensions you ask for 12x24 etc... because I'll like to know if you can reach with only one seam around the cheek? Great video thank you
Those dimensios are exactly the same thanks and the hide to cheeks is just 1lap with a double overlaped at the front of the bellows cheek also do you apply the silicone before fixing or just run it inside when fixed on, Thanks for letting me know details do you have a pattern to suit the leather. is overlapped in front then its covered with the strap holding them together. JUST checked length of bellow cheek at 12" bang on so I would have to allow extra for tue double thickness of the front overlap. Once more thanks for posting the website great thing to do oh my chanter is a Hunter Peter was a freind
I mixed the silicone with the mineral spirits and now can't get the smell of paint thinner to go away. It has permeated everything, how many months before the smell subsides?
