Craig B. wrote:

> I never fold a bellows with a flat fold at the open end, because no
> modern heavy bellows cloth can take the "stripping action" created at
> the sides of each bellows by the inside peak rolling back and forth as
> it operates.  It will slit the rubber sealant in only a few months when
> done that way, and yet a flat fold in some cases is "factory."

For those of us who don't do restoration/rebuilding every day, can
Craig (or anyone else) explain what he means by a "flat fold" at the
open end of the bellows?  How many ways of folding a bellows are
there?

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