On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:12:53 -0000, "Gareth Magennis"
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"John Keiser" wrote in message
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On square and round belts, I've had surprisingly good, longlasting
results with crazy glue, a clean razor blade and a teflon v-block. On
flat belts, your stitch method may be the best.

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Likewise, similar success. A good quality cyanoacrylate glue does an
excellent job on 1.2mm square section cassette belts. As John says though,
it is necessary to get a very clean and perpendicular cut at the two faces
to be joined. Once the joint has been made, a piece of very fine wet and
dry paper can be used to remove any glue that has exuded from the joint.
This can be done with the belt stretched over your finger. If you are
successful, the joint is barely visible without magnification, and will
stand a substantial 'stretch' test

Arfa



I remember when Superglue first came onto the market, there was a TV advert
campaign where a bloke sliced a (fairly hefty) round section rubber belt in
half, then superglued it back together. A few seconds (apparently) later he
stretched it between a pair of parallel bars (gymnastic equipment) and then
sat and bounced on it without falling onto his arse. Quite impressive, if
it wasn't faked.



Gareth.


I have an 'O' ring kit from a top name maker. Designed to allow you to
create your own special sized O rings. The kit has a supply of rubber,
a cutter designed to cut the ends straight, a jig to hold the ends
square, and... A tube of super glue to glue the O ring together.

I thought, wow that's one thing that will never work. One day I needed
an odd-sized O ring, and tried it. Dang, once done it was both
impossible to see where the joint was without a magnifying glass, and
the joint was as strong as the rest of the O ring.