looking for fireplace bellows pattern

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Hi...I'm looking for a pattern and instructions for making a pair of good sized fireplace bellow. Did a web search and came up with nil. Anyone made them before? Thanks!

-- michelle strode (thepieplace@techline.com), January 16, 2002

Answers

Michelle, I have never tried to make a fireplace bellows, but I do remember actually seeing a pattern in a book about Colonial furniture, household appliances, and other tools. I can't begin to remember the name of it, but I checked it out from the library, so it can't have been too obscure. Keep digging and I'm sure you'll turn it up.

-- Elizabeth (ekfla@aol.com), January 16, 2002.

Hi; I am trying to help you find links. bellows Ourfarm

-- Ourfarm (Ourfarm@noaddr.com), January 16, 2002.

Might try looking at woodworking sites like THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP, they had a plan some time back.

-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), January 16, 2002.

Hi; Also try blacksmith related sites. Ourfarm

-- ourfarm (Ourfarm@noaddr.com), January 16, 2002.

Borrow any politician....*grin*

What you could also do is use a very slender pipe (say 1/4" in diameter) about 8-12" long or so, and that way you could blow directly where you want to, and concentrate the air where you want it. Very useful for campfires as well.

-- GT (nospam@nospam.com), January 16, 2002.



Thanks for all the responses! I can't wait to get started on building a pair so I don't have to blow on the darn fire anymore! :-)

-- Michelle S. (thepieplace@techline.com), January 17, 2002.

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