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Lachenal 79001 Restoration


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Starting with the bellows.  I’m not sure if I’m going to cut cards or fold them from one piece.  The original looked like separate cards until I got it apart and it’s scored and folded from one piece, not individual cards.

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On 5/31/2019 at 12:53 AM, Stephen Selby said:

Is it an English? I have lots of Lachenal spares if you're short of anything.

It’s a 20 button Anglo.

 I have 3 20 button anglos and 1 MacCann Duet.  I appreciate the offer.  I do need to find replacement makers mark badges as the paper ones are missing.  I could scan one of my others and print a copy.

 

Here is a simple jig I made to make the bellows.

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I have a good maker's mark scan for Lachenal. Can be printed using a 'sepia' printer setting and then varnished over. If your Maccann system is a Lachenal, I have excellent gold blocked reproductions of the old wrist straps with the patent number. 

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The MacCann wrist wrap is not long for this world.  Where the leather bends it’s looking badly worn.  It is going to have to be replaced.  One of my four Lachenals has a good Makers mark and another has a crusty looking one.

 

Photos of the MacCann with the crustiest Makers label around.

 

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Back to the Lachenal 79001.  Gussets all

finished and moving on to the top runs.  I also printed some decorative Lachenal bellow card labels from a file posted here on this forum.

 

 

 

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21 hours ago, Stephen Selby said:

I have a good maker's mark scan for Lachenal. Can be printed using a 'sepia' printer setting and then varnished over. 

 

Can I get a copy of the makers mark print file?

 

Cheers, Seth 

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On 6/10/2019 at 9:46 PM, Seth said:

The MacCann wrist wrap is not long for this world.  Where the leather bends it’s looking badly worn.  It is going to have to be replaced.  One of my four Lachenals has a good Makers mark and another has a crusty looking one.

I have new wrist straps for this model. 

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