Hi!

Looking at a little mini sanding belt attachment for a grinder of
mine; It really might be quite useful. In fact, if it is as useful as
I think it'll be, I'll chew through belts like nothing at all. Being
a specialized tool, I don't think anyone but the manufacturer makes
belts for it, and I don't want to spend a fortune on more and more
teeny belts.
Now, Klingspor has those handy dirt-cheap bargain boxes....
How hard is it to, and then, how do I go about, adequately
splicing together my own mini sanding belts from sliced strips of
klingspor bargain box?


thanks!!
-Bernard Arnest

Bernard Arnest wrote:
Hi!

Looking at a little mini sanding belt attachment for a grinder of
mine; It really might be quite useful. In fact, if it is as useful as
I think it'll be, I'll chew through belts like nothing at all. Being
a specialized tool, I don't think anyone but the manufacturer makes
belts for it, and I don't want to spend a fortune on more and more
teeny belts.
Now, Klingspor has those handy dirt-cheap bargain boxes....
How hard is it to, and then, how do I go about, adequately
splicing together my own mini sanding belts from sliced strips of
klingspor bargain box?


thanks!!
-Bernard Arnest

Ive used sanding belts for many years for all sortsof small grinding
operations.
and Ive had a go at joining my own belts.
I did this by making a diagonal lap joint.
This copied existing belt joining method by removing the abrasive
coating down to the fabricon the underside of the lap joint, joining by
using a 2 partepoxy resin glue,
putting plastic shopping bag strips over the joint and clamping it all
together between 2 bits of wood with some car inner tube over the top of
the plastic.
Hope you follow.
This made the glue joint very thin and consequently flexible.
Worked ok but not as good as a pro joint.
A belt join has to be flexible, withstand the heat, and the tension.
A tall order.
I lengthened the belt joint life by putting that reinforced sellotape on
the belt underside for about 2in either side of the joint.
Youll have to experiment.
If its a paper belt thren I wouldnt know what to suggest. I always
worked metal.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:38:35 -0700 (PDT), with neither quill nor
qualm, Bernard Arnest quickly quoth:

Hi!

Looking at a little mini sanding belt attachment for a grinder of
mine; It really might be quite useful. In fact, if it is as useful as
I think it'll be, I'll chew through belts like nothing at all. Being
a specialized tool, I don't think anyone but the manufacturer makes
belts for it, and I don't want to spend a fortune on more and more
teeny belts.
Now, Klingspor has those handy dirt-cheap bargain boxes....
How hard is it to, and then, how do I go about, adequately
splicing together my own mini sanding belts from sliced strips of
klingspor bargain box?

Klingspor and others will make any length belt for you. Just ask.
I'm not sure what the minimum order is. I would bet that it's just a
number they type into their belt making machine's computer, so it
shouldn't be much.

--
Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.
-- Alvin Toffler

It's also 1/2" wide, I think (the belt sander hasn't come yet in the
mail)....
Is sellotape just packing tape?
Or that heavier, darker plastic tape sometimes used in taping up
boxes?

Sounds like a plan, at any rate :-)

-Bernard

On Mar 25, 12:38*am, Bernard Arnest wrote:
Hi!

* * Looking at a little mini sanding belt attachment for a grinder of
mine; It really might be quite useful. *In fact, if it is as useful as
I think it'll be, I'll chew through belts like nothing at all. *Being
a specialized tool, I don't think anyone but the manufacturer makes
belts for it, and I don't want to spend a fortune on more and more
teeny belts.
* * Now, Klingspor has those handy dirt-cheap bargain boxes....
* * How hard is it to, and then, how do I go about, adequately
splicing together my own mini sanding belts from sliced strips of
klingspor bargain box?

* * * * * * * * * * * * thanks!!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * -Bernard Arnest

If it's similar to HF's attachment, there are a lot of places you can
get these. Generally two sizes, one is 3/8" wide and the other is
1/2". Generally in the die grinder area of the catalogs. Check with
MSC.

I've found the attachments to be fairly handy, but not really up to
serious use. Looking at a pneumatic band filer right now. The
attachments have one good quality, they're cheap! Really nice for
snagging castings.

Stan

On Mar 25, 2:41 pm, Bernard Arnest wrote:
It's also 1/2" wide, I think (the belt sander hasn't come yet in the
mail)....
Is sellotape just packing tape?
Or that heavier, darker plastic tape sometimes used in taping up
boxes?

Sounds like a plan, at any rate :-)

-Bernard

The article I read, sorry I don't have a link, used the strapping tape
with the filaments.
Karl

OH-- i'd never noticed those before! I only first saw it in a
catalogue for nsk tools; thought it was unique. Being made in Japan,
it cost $450, or maybe $200 2nd-hand when it comes up on ebay. I'm
sure it's better, but not $180-$430 better! I'll get the HF belt
sander and replacement belts :-)

-Bernard

Duct tape will work, if memory serves. Not great, but it worked.

Hul

Bernard Arnest wrote:
Hi!

Looking at a little mini sanding belt attachment for a grinder of
mine; It really might be quite useful. In fact, if it is as useful as
I think it'll be, I'll chew through belts like nothing at all. Being
a specialized tool, I don't think anyone but the manufacturer makes
belts for it, and I don't want to spend a fortune on more and more
teeny belts.
Now, Klingspor has those handy dirt-cheap bargain boxes....
How hard is it to, and then, how do I go about, adequately
splicing together my own mini sanding belts from sliced strips of
klingspor bargain box?


thanks!!
-Bernard Arnest