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    Looking for Bellows Maker

    Hello All,

    Looking for someone to make a new bellows for my 7x17 FS. Custom Bellows in the UK? Ritter...
    I am a little hesitant here, sent my 8x10 Deardorff bellows and payment to TN over a year ago and still no bellows and no
    returned calls.
    Who can I be confident in..? I would never be able to find another FS bellows for pattern.
    I hear Custom Bellows is good.

    Thanks, Steve

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    Pete Oakley
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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    Custom Bellows are really nice people to deal with and very efficient, I've used them more than once.
    Pete.

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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    +1 for Custom Bellows UK.

    Did excellent work on the bellows for my 8x20 Korona, including mounting it on the wooden frames for me.

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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    You should have no hesitation about sending the camera to Richard for bellows replacement.

    If you just send the frames/old bellows to Custom Bellows, make sure the rear most pleats of the bellows are the right size. This F&S 7x17 I picked up a few months ago has new bellows from Custom Bellows but the last few folds are a bit too big for the rear frame, so they rub against the frame every time the bellows are racked out and returned, which will eventually wear through the bellows.

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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    +1 for Custom Bellows. Beautiful work, fast turnaround, reasonable cost.

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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    +1...also had a v. good results with Custom Bellows.

    Les

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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    I've also used Custom Bellows for two 14 x 17 bellows now and the quality and turn around is great.

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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...Bc56eP9114359g
    They did a nice, inexpensive job for me last year on my Gandolfi Whole-Plate.
    Wilhelm (Sarasota)

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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    Rudy on eBay will do a bellow for $299 for 7x17".
    Lachlan.

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    Re: Looking for Bellows Maker

    Quote Originally Posted by Smitty View Post
    Hello All,

    Looking for someone to make a new bellows for my 7x17 FS. Custom Bellows in the UK? Ritter...
    I am a little hesitant here, sent my 8x10 Deardorff bellows and payment to TN over a year ago and still no bellows and no
    returned calls.

    I hear Custom Bellows is good.

    Thanks, Steve
    I only buy from him through eBay that way if I don't get the merchandise I get my money back.

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