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you need to describe what yor doing

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

Do you have plans you are using for the drones?

This is the most insightful video I've seen on the topic so far. Thank you for sharing.

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?

That was impressive!

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

Thank you for sharing this great video. Now I will give it a try to build my own bellows. This obscene machine..... 😀👍

What size pipes are all of those do you know? and how long is each piece ?

could i have the tab for this song???

Do you have a link for the abcNavigator software?

There is no obvious taper shape that plays the same as my published stepped cylinder taper bore Penny-Chanter. The trad chanter I used to finalize Penny-Chanter, I held for 2 years and never got it playing well. This is not a stupid peasant folk instrument, it was developed for the gentry, and it's tricky to fine-tune. Before it was my income Penny-Chanter was shareware so anyone experimenting, email me and I'll try to help.

Anything you might want to know from me the originator, I'm happy to share. I will share this much now: I was more lucky than I realized when I got the Penny-Chanter to play. Making a smooth-taper bore [with perturbations] to equate to Penny-Chanter is a complicated project that I've not yet mastered.

Very interesting. Cocobolo looks much more interesting than African blackwood.

Have you ever thought about making your own complete changers? I agree with a previous comment, would love to hear how it sounds. Beautiful product though

@epitomichi Would be nice to hear how good your Uilleann pipe sounds. I like the looks of the Cocobola. I Wish to have a set made out of ebony with the brass and Cocobola mounts. Think it would look good. Do you make Uilleann pipes for sale? Thanks for posting, was very impressed to see how Uilleann pipes are made.

very nice , was curious how that was done. thanks

May I ask you about sizes you use on tubes, and sizes on woods? thank you

Great video! Only thing you left out was showing how well it plays

The sound is there, but its volume is too low. Turn up your speakers and you should hear it, and I will reload it at higher volume. Thanks for letting me know.

good instruction video, BUT no sound!! could you upload again with the music please? thanks

To remove the alloy after bending, I place the bent tube in a pan of boiling water. After a minute in the boiling water the alloy pours out.

5 stars. Great job

To return the brass to its bright finish, I clean the tubing with steel wool and then polish it using a buffing wheel. I purchased the Low Temperature Cerrobend on eBay from a merchant called "Grapebooks". You can use lead as an alternative to Cerrobend, but you will need to work at higher temperatures. You can also fill tubing with water and freeze it, but if you use ice you will need to work fast before it melts. You will need to take the lamp apart to make the bends.

Wow, thanks for sharing.

The smaller bend's inside radius is a bit less than 11/16 inch and the larger is 31/32 inch. Micarta is a hard phenolic resin that makes a good bushing, but it is slow to turn and gives of toxic fumes as it is worked. I bought the micarta on eBay. A good hardwood would be fine for the bender's bushing, but not as durable as micarta.

Nice bends. What radius are they? Also Im in the uk, what is micarta?

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.

What are the dimentions of the leather you use? Where do you get your leather? Great stuff!

Nicely done Sir!

What kind of leather do you use?