Bellows problem
- Fergmaun
- Posts: 1042
- Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:04 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
- Location: Belfast Ireland
Bellows problem
My Uilleann Pipes bellows made by Lawrence Thomson the brass tube is loose and not fully Secure airtight anymore.
Any tips to fix back in place. I would prefer brass tube with brass plate and then screwed on for better secure fit.
David Lim Bellows The outlet connection is made from brass plate with brass tube soldered on at an appropriate angle
Cheers
Ferg
Any tips to fix back in place. I would prefer brass tube with brass plate and then screwed on for better secure fit.
David Lim Bellows The outlet connection is made from brass plate with brass tube soldered on at an appropriate angle
Cheers
Ferg
Last edited by Fergmaun on Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
- rorybbellows
- Posts: 3195
- Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2003 7:50 am
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
- Location: the cutting edge
Re: Bellows problem
Buy a David Lim bellows and remove the Brass connection and fit it on to your Thomson bellows, Voila .
RORY
RORY
I'm Spartacus .
- Ceann Cromtha
- Posts: 883
- Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:03 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
- Tell us something.: I’m changing my location to my actual address. My previous location was a reference to Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
Re: Bellows problem
Hi Ferg,
You could get a small piece of sheet brass (hobby store or on-line) and drill a hole in it to accommodate your existing brass tube. Take this to a jeweler and have them hard solder it at the proper angle and you have your piece. (Sheet brass is easily cut with a hack saw, Dremel tool, etc.)
Regarding attaching it to your bellows: you could drill four holes at each corner and fix it with screws. If you don't want to make more holes in your paddle, you could fix it with the four screws already holding your leather hinge and pad (but getting these lined up might be a challenge.
Good luck,
Dan
You could get a small piece of sheet brass (hobby store or on-line) and drill a hole in it to accommodate your existing brass tube. Take this to a jeweler and have them hard solder it at the proper angle and you have your piece. (Sheet brass is easily cut with a hack saw, Dremel tool, etc.)
Regarding attaching it to your bellows: you could drill four holes at each corner and fix it with screws. If you don't want to make more holes in your paddle, you could fix it with the four screws already holding your leather hinge and pad (but getting these lined up might be a challenge.
Good luck,
Dan
-
- Posts: 358
- Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:41 am
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
- Location: North Eastern Palaearctic
Re: Bellows problem
Araldite. aeronautical industries glue wings on with it.
Works for me for bellows I make.
Works for me for bellows I make.
- pudinka
- Posts: 277
- Joined: Wed May 11, 2005 8:47 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 12
- Location: 29N/95W
Re: Bellows problem
Have you considered getting a longer hose (if needed) and re-wrapping the end to simply plug into the hole on the bellows paddle? That is the way my Williams set was made and I prefer it to others i've seen. Fitting two tapers is better, but his was made with a normal parallel sided hole and it works fine...wrap with waxed Nyltex or similar.
The bellows in your photo look a lot like the Williams bellows. I was lead to believe that he sub-contracted his bellows out, perhaps they are the same?
The bellows in your photo look a lot like the Williams bellows. I was lead to believe that he sub-contracted his bellows out, perhaps they are the same?
It's true that you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar - but a big, steaming pile works best of all.
- Fergmaun
- Posts: 1042
- Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:04 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
- Location: Belfast Ireland
Re: Bellows problem
Dave Williams had his bellows made by Lawrence Thomson I was told by Andy May.pudinka wrote:The bellows in your photo look a lot like the Williams bellows. I was lead to believe that he sub-contracted his bellows out, perhaps they are the same?
My Lawrence Thomson bellows was made around October to December 2013.
- bcullen
- Posts: 148
- Joined: Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:55 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Re: Bellows problem
Use plumbers silicon, use a grub screw, drill pilot hole on angle,countersink screw, patch and polish
10min done. Only consideration is the size of screw.
Bryan
10min done. Only consideration is the size of screw.
Bryan
- Fergmaun
- Posts: 1042
- Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:04 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
- Location: Belfast Ireland
Re: Bellows problem
I will be sending my bellows to David Lim in Manchester England http://www.davidlim-uilleannpipes.com
He will add the brass plate to the existing brass tube and screw it onto bellows.
Cheers
Ferg
He will add the brass plate to the existing brass tube and screw it onto bellows.
Cheers
Ferg
-
- Posts: 282
- Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:30 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
- Tell us something.: Uilleann piper from Maigh-eo now in Northeast US. Flute noob. Learn a lot from the discussion threads.
Re: Bellows problem
Gorilla Glue baby! You can repair airplane fuselages with that stuff
- Fergmaun
- Posts: 1042
- Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:04 pm
- antispam: No
- Please enter the next number in sequence: 10
- Location: Belfast Ireland
Re: Bellows problem
Got my Lawrence Thomson bellows back today from David Lim who repaired my bellows by attaching brass plate to the existing brass tube and then screw it onto bellows.
Cheers
Ferg
-
- Posts: 256
- Joined: Sun May 09, 2010 7:16 pm
- antispam: No
Re: Bellows problem
Looks good Fergus. Think you chose the best solution.