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Rebuilding Wind Motors
By Barry Dennis

When rebuilding the Aeolian Duo-Art "seesaw" wind motors in the past,
I have recovered each of the six bellows by bringing the cloth down
on the sides to just above the "pivot" hinge area leaving a very small
amount of the side uncovered near that hinge area.  That then leaves
a small open space which is then covered by the application of pouch
leather.

Previously, I have used contact cement in securing the pouch leather
to the side of the bellows (because I used nylon), but now I am using
Schaff's wine colored motor cloth so I was thinking of using either
PVC-E glue, or maybe even a small amount of hot glue to apply the pouch
leather.  My questions are as follows:

(1) I have heard that some rebuilders completely cover the hinge
area with the cloth on both bellows by having the cloth on each side
"butt up" against the other's edge, and then cover the seam with pouch
leather.  (In fact, this is the way Mike Kitner's Duo-Art rebuilding
guide suggests).  This does not appear to be the way Aeolian originally
covered these bellows, as on the originals, I have always observed
a gap between the edge of the cloth on the bellow's side and the pivot
hinge.  My first question is how do the rest of you cover the sides of
these wind motor bellows?

(2) My second question is what glues do you use in your own
restorations to apply the pouch leather coverings to the cloth?

(3) My third question is this:  On _some_ Duo-Art wind motors (not all)
I have noticed that Aeolian originally applied pouch leather
reinforcements to the creases  where the bellows fold in.  Do you all
apply these reinforcements today, or not?

As always, thanks for any thoughts you might want to share.

Barry Dennis


(Message sent Fri 13 Feb 2004, 17:19:28 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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