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273975 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2021‑06‑20 Dust bellows
I call it my duster pump. Salaman calls it a dust bellows, and says it 
is a piano or organ maker's tool for dusting inaccessible places. I 
found  mine at a garage sale almost 50 years ago while living in 
Winnipeg. Knew it might be useful. Also purchased at that time were a 
couple of user-made planes for gutters and curves, since sold (seller's 
regret). I use it mostly at the lathe, to blow out the pulley chamber, 
clean up the chuck and get shavings out of hollow forms in progress, 
etc. Also while occasionally cleaning up around the lathe, or dusting 
the interior of my unmentionable saws & Delta dust collector. Never seen 
another. Highly recommended. Photo on groups.io

FWIW

Don

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273982 Spike <spikethebike@c...> 2021‑06‑20 Re: Dust bellows
So Don promised a pic. Where is it?  
 Best, Spike

Sent from the seat of my pants
273983 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2021‑06‑21 Re: Dust bellows
Under my name on the new site.

https://groups.io/g/oldtools/photo/263819/3248117?p=Created,,,20,2,0,0

Don

On 2021-06-20 12:31 p.m., Spike Cornelius wrote:
> So Don promised a pic. Where is it?
>   Best, Spike
>
> Sent from the seat of my pants
>
>> On Jun 19, 2021, at 6:25 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
>> /snippity do dah/
>> Photo on groups.io


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273986 Spike <spikethebike@c...> 2021‑06‑21 Re: Dust bellows
Cool! Thanks, I was looking over the photos in the group and couldn’t find it!
Best, Spike

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273992 Kirk Eppler 2021‑06‑23 Re: Dust bellows
I was expecting to see an old fashioned bellows, not a pipe,  Took a second
to hone in on the words below the pic.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 8:26 PM Spike  wrote:

>  Cool! Thanks, I was looking over the photos in the group and couldn’t
> find it!
>
>
> > On Jun 20, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
>
> > Under my name on the new site.
> >
> > https://groups.io/g/oldtools/photo/263819/3248117?p=Created,,,20,2,0,0
>
> >> On 2021-06-20 12:31 p.m., Spike Cornelius wrote:
> >> So Don promised a pic. Where is it?
> >>  Best, Spike
> >>
> >> Sent from the seat of my pants
> >>
> >>>> On Jun 19, 2021, at 6:25 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
>
> >>> Photo on groups.io
>
>
>

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273993 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2021‑06‑23 Re: Dust bellows
According to Salaman, it IS an old-fashioned bellows. It's just not the 
sort of bellows with which we're most familiar. There's always something 
new to learn about old tools!

Be well! Watch out for that Delta!
Don

On 2021-06-23 11:18 a.m., Kirk Eppler wrote:
> I was expecting to see an old fashioned bellows, not a pipe,  Took a 
> second to hone in on the words below the pic.
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 8:26 PM Spike  <mailto:spikethebike@c...>> wrote:
>
>      Cool! Thanks, I was looking over the photos in the group and
>     couldn’t find it!
>
>
>     > On Jun 20, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Don Schwartz      <mailto:dks@t...>> wrote:
>
>     > Under my name on the new site.
>     >
>     >
>     https://groups.io/g/oldtools/photo/263819/3248117?p=Created,,,20,2,0,0
>     <https://groups.io/g/oldtools/photo/263819/3248117?p=Created,,,20,2,0,0>
>
>     >> On 2021-06-20 12:31 p.m., Spike Cornelius wrote:
>     >> So Don promised a pic. Where is it?
>     >>  Best, Spike
>     >>
>     >> Sent from the seat of my pants
>     >>
>     >>>> On Jun 19, 2021, at 6:25 PM, Don Schwartz      <mailto:dks@t...>> wrote:
>
>     >>> Photo on groups.io <http://groups.io>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, back to work after a 5 day weekend.
>

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