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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Large Format / May 2004Bellows glue?
I bought a replacement bellows for and old medformat folding camera but assumed this group would be more appropriate for this question. The bellows is pinched between the lens mounts on the front so that is taken care of mechanically. But the back side, at the film gate, was origianlly just glued to the camera body. Any tips on a good adhesive to use? I'm thinking some sort of contact cement would work good for this. TIA  SignatureStacey > I bought a replacement bellows for and old medformat folding camera [...] > Any tips on a good adhesive to use? I'm thinking > some sort of contact cement would work good for this. TIA Contact cement. Weldwood is good. I'm going against the directions in this application because they say to use 25 pounds-per-square-inch of pressure to join the parts and I don't do that because fitting a clamp to the surfaces is too difficult. Just press the parts together firmly as best you can. 25 pounds isn't very much, really, so as close as you get is good enough for such a lightduty application. I strongly suggest that you do not use expoxy because you really might want to remove the bellows one day and scraping that stuff off is terribly difficult. Just my two-cents worth. >>I bought a replacement bellows for and old medformat folding camera [...] >>Any tips on a good adhesive to use? I'm thinking [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Just my two-cents worth. I agree. Use contact cement and not epoxy. I've seen Pliobond rcommended (a type of contact cement), and I've used it with good results. I've also used regular contact cement. The main thing to remember with any glue is to let it set long enough with putting any stress on it. -Peter On 5/20/2004 9:32 PM Peter De Smidt spake thus: >>> I bought a replacement bellows for and old medformat folding camera >>> [...] Any tips on a good adhesive to use? I'm thinking some sort of [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > used regular contact cement. The main thing to remember with any glue is > to let it set long enough with putting any stress on it. Right. Just remember (this to the O.P., Stacey) the other gotcha with contact cement: you have exactly zero chances to reposition what you're gluing together. Once the two surfaces coated with contact cement touch, that's it, case closed. It's very good adhesive, but for this reason also very anxiety-producing (at least for me). SignatureI was quickly apprised that an "RSS feed" was not, as I had naively imagined, some new and unspeakable form of sexual debauchery practised by young persons of dubious morality, but a way of providing news articles to the cybernetic publishing moguls of the World Wide Wait so they can fill the airwaves with even more useless drivel. - Cynical shop talk from comp.publish.prepress Stacey >Bellows glue? Any tips on a good adhesive to use? Several times a year I use black silicone adhesive. Many enlarger bellows are affixed using this also. Bob AZ > I bought a replacement bellows for and old medformat folding camera but > assumed this group would be more appropriate for this question. The bellows > is pinched between the lens mounts on the front so that is taken care of > mechanically. But the back side, at the film gate, was origianlly just > glued to the camera body. Any tips on a good adhesive to use? I'm thinking > some sort of contact cement would work good for this. TIA Along the lines of some earlier notes, the stuff used to glue automotive weather stripping in place is fine. It comes in yellow and black. Be careful using it... It sticks to everything and is very stringy. Don't use it around good camera equipment, like lenses, without protecting them. The pet name the automechanics have for the glue is "yellow peril". It's available at most automotive supply stores. We used contact cement for bellows on the Zone VI Cameras when we had to glue the bellows to the plastic frames. Use somewhat sparingly, hold it a few minutes until it sets, and breathe deeply to feel really awful. I recently used some on my Sinar bellows to good effect. |
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