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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.

Like the guy who was 'Solvited' to a helicopter!

Ron



Increasingly off topic, but remember the "Barratt Houses" advert helicopter
that flew under a bridge? Probably totally illegal these days. Especially
with someone Solvited to it.



Gareth.