Thread Number: 42104
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 443876 , Reply# 1   7/16/2021 at 01:19 (1,008 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 443877 , Reply# 2   7/16/2021 at 02:33 (1,008 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Pretty much all leather furniture made today is called "bonded leather". It is a very thin fake leather look glued over some vinyl sheeting and then wrapped over polyester stuffing. You can not do anything with it. It peels, cracks, and splits apart with any flex which is why after it happens to chairs and couches people pitch it. It can't be used for making a bellows. It also is not airtight (if you ever noticed when you sit on "leather" furniture it hisses or makes some form of air wooshing noise as you sink into it, there you go).
I have never seen the inside of one of these pump vacuums because everyone always wants too much money for them, but assuming they use the same type of technology as bellows type floor sweepers, I presume it is a thick fabric material similar to denim. I do not believe they used actual real leather unless its super super old. I believe its something similar to this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/291934562230... If it is real actual leather the good news is that between antique camera collectors, people that collect and use antique or modern fireplace bellows, accordion players, there is no shortage at all of leather or leathermakers. It's just finding one is the challenge and knowing who to go to that can help you out. eBay sellers have lots and lots of raw leather sheeting to pick from. There are many many many different types, sizes, thicknesses of leather to study and figure out what would be best to use for bellowsmaking. Keep in mind that is all presuming they used real leather in these, which I do not think they would or did, as the pump handles need frequent oiling, which would saturate and eat away at the leather.
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Post# 443897 , Reply# 3   7/16/2021 at 23:41 (1,007 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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