Inexpensive Bellows

[wiggywag]

Is there someone making bellows for different brands at a nice price?

I have Arca Swiss F-Line compact and need long bellows for it, but find Arca Swiss bellows very expensive

 

[Ian Grant]

Well I've started making bellows, but I'm not taking orders yet

Just made some for my Quarter plate camera, and tomorrow will be making a set for my De Vere whole plate (half plate/5x4) monorail, the patterns been ready for a couple of weeks. Total cost will be approx £10 ($14). It's not too difficult, just a little time consuming.

For a bit more DIYcameras offers a very reasonably priced kit.

Custom Bellows, Birmingham UK, though with make you the genuine bellows, they manufacture the OEM bellows for virtually if not all the European manufactures.

Ian

 

[wiggywag]

Hi Ian! Thanks a lot for your contributions here at Apug! I will contact Custom Bellows and check their prices Nice work with your custom bellows. Is there any link for how to make bellows?

 

[stillsilver]

Those look nice! When I acquire a camera that needs restoration, I’ll seek you out for info. Is there any chance of an article on bellows making on the order of your GG article?

Mike

 

[bdial]

You can get a a full or partial kit from http://www.diycamerakit.com/ with materials and complete instructions

 

[Robert Vigurs]

teh diy bellows I made

I made this bellows for my 8x10, with the diy kit. Turned out nice, and was logical, simple to build.

 

[Ian Grant]

Those look nice! When I acquire a camera that needs restoration, I’ll seek you out for info. Is there any chance of an article on bellows making on the order of your GG article?

Mike

That's in the pipeline as I have 2 or 3 more sets of bellows to make and must keep costs to a minimum, particularly as I won't get much when I sell my De Vere Monorail any way

Ian