Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R

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On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


Not explicitly, but my (bench) sander has a simple adjustment
(nut/stud/spring) to get the rollers parallel and that works fine.

On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is branded
Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
central.

The belts have a arrow on them showing which way they need to rotate and
ISTR that the book of words has dire warnings about not fitting the belt
the wrong way round. I don't know whether it won't run straight the
wrong way round, or whether it's more prone to break at the joint - but
it might be worth checking the arrow on yours.
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On 21/02/2015 21:26, Roger Mills wrote:
On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is branded
Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
central.

I once had a Ferm belt sander - big ugly noisy thing it was. It had an
adjustment knob as described, but after a few months of storage the
plastic frame had "crept" enough under the tension of the belt, that
there was no longer enough adjustment available to get the belt to run
properly - rendering it useless.


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Roger Mills wrote:
On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is branded
Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
central.

The belts have a arrow on them showing which way they need to rotate and
ISTR that the book of words has dire warnings about not fitting the belt
the wrong way round. I don't know whether it won't run straight the
wrong way round, or whether it's more prone to break at the joint - but
it might be worth checking the arrow on yours.
Some belts have an arrow, a lot of modern ones go either way(depends on
the method used to join ends).

On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:02:38 PM UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 21/02/2015 21:26, Roger Mills wrote:
On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is branded
Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
central.

I once had a Ferm belt sander - big ugly noisy thing it was. It had an
adjustment knob as described, but after a few months of storage the
plastic frame had "crept" enough under the tension of the belt, that
there was no longer enough adjustment available to get the belt to run
properly - rendering it useless.

You could probably make it work by packing the roller with epoxy or thread, though I might not spend much time on a cashew shaped Ferm sander.


NT

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:26:56 +0000, Roger Mills wrote:

On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a
new drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but
not the drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander
as soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a
screw at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front
roller about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using
this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is branded
Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
central.

The belts have a arrow on them showing which way they need to rotate and
ISTR that the book of words has dire warnings about not fitting the belt
the wrong way round. I don't know whether it won't run straight the
wrong way round, or whether it's more prone to break at the joint - but
it might be worth checking the arrow on yours.

Belt direction matches the arrow in the plastic body - and it seems to
rotate in the correct direction.

There is no knob on the side - just a Posi screw with a damper spring.

I'll have another go at adjustment but it is not looking hopeful :-(

Aldidl kit is usually fairly reliable, as well.

Cheers

Dave R

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On 22/02/2015 12:06, David wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:26:56 +0000, Roger Mills wrote:

On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a
new drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but
not the drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander
as soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a
screw at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front
roller about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using
this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is branded
Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
central.

The belts have a arrow on them showing which way they need to rotate and
ISTR that the book of words has dire warnings about not fitting the belt
the wrong way round. I don't know whether it won't run straight the
wrong way round, or whether it's more prone to break at the joint - but
it might be worth checking the arrow on yours.

Belt direction matches the arrow in the plastic body - and it seems to
rotate in the correct direction.

There is no knob on the side - just a Posi screw with a damper spring.

I'll have another go at adjustment but it is not looking hopeful :-(

Aldidl kit is usually fairly reliable, as well.

Cheers

Dave R



Maybe there's more than one model. Mine looks like this, and the belt
adjuster is the red knob (Item 6 on page 3 of the manual)

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...86475890,d.d2s

Is yours not like that?

[If that link doesn't work, Google for "Lidl belt sander manual"]
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:16:45 +0000, Roger Mills wrote:

On 22/02/2015 12:06, David wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:26:56 +0000, Roger Mills wrote:

On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a
new drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but
not the drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the
sander as soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a
screw at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the
front roller about, but I don't seem to be able to change the
behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is
branded Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't
check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
central.

The belts have a arrow on them showing which way they need to rotate
and ISTR that the book of words has dire warnings about not fitting
the belt the wrong way round. I don't know whether it won't run
straight the wrong way round, or whether it's more prone to break at
the joint - but it might be worth checking the arrow on yours.

Belt direction matches the arrow in the plastic body - and it seems to
rotate in the correct direction.

There is no knob on the side - just a Posi screw with a damper spring.

I'll have another go at adjustment but it is not looking hopeful :-(

Aldidl kit is usually fairly reliable, as well.

Cheers

Dave R



Maybe there's more than one model. Mine looks like this, and the belt
adjuster is the red knob (Item 6 on page 3 of the manual)

http://www.google.co.uk/url?
sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCMQFjAA &url=http%3A%2F%
2Fwww.lidl-service.com%2Fstatic%2F3019128%
2F56599_FI.pdf&ei=SeLpVKXtOoL4aPm3gig&usg=AFQjCNF2 vP3uUWX-3jznsFDbyn7bY9vXig&sig2=3ZHarPugawhbSoZ7ZN2hYw&bvm =bv.86475890,d.d2s

Is yours not like that?

[If that link doesn't work, Google for "Lidl belt sander manual"]

Try
http://www.manualslib.com/products/P...1-1970510.html
for my model.

This shows the belt adjuster screw I was referring to.

When I looked at the paper manual this was lost in all the safety warnings
about not using the sander whilst having rough sex with an octopus at more
than three fathoms and the like.

I note it doesn't tell you which way to turn the screw to make the belt
move in or out.

Cheers

Dave R

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On 22/02/2015 04:40, wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:02:38 PM UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 21/02/2015 21:26, Roger Mills wrote:
On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander. I
haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when
ordering a new drive belt I found the previous order for a new
drive belt - but not the drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the
sander as soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there
is a screw at the front with a spring loading which seems to
move the front roller about, but I don't seem to be able to
change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R


I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is
branded Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't
check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned
to align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander
running, the belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you
just adjust it to be central.

I once had a Ferm belt sander - big ugly noisy thing it was. It had
an adjustment knob as described, but after a few months of storage
the plastic frame had "crept" enough under the tension of the belt,
that there was no longer enough adjustment available to get the
belt to run properly - rendering it useless.

You could probably make it work by packing the roller with epoxy or
thread, though I might not spend much time on a cashew shaped Ferm
sander.

I made it work far far better by slinging it in the bin and replacing it
with a Makita ;-)


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On 22/02/2015 17:24, David wrote:

Try
http://www.manualslib.com/products/P...1-1970510.html
for my model.

This shows the belt adjuster screw I was referring to.

When I looked at the paper manual this was lost in all the safety warnings
about not using the sander whilst having rough sex with an octopus at more
than three fathoms and the like.

I note it doesn't tell you which way to turn the screw to make the belt
move in or out.


Well, there are only two options. It doesn't take long to try both!
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David writes:

Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

I have a belt sander bought surplus long ago in the U.S.A. whose belts
tended to run partly off while sanding - but when I bought presumably
higher quality Bosch 'made in Switzerland' belts, this no longer
happened.
So I conclude that belt quality is also a factor.

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:04:38 +0000, David wrote:

Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander
as soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Update - I took it all apart and worked out that the tensioner lever
wasn't located correctly in the body.

Presumably I took the whole thing apart when it stopped working yea those
many years ago.

After fiddling the thing back together and checking, the belt stays on.

Adjusting screw seems to work as expected now as well.

Which is a considerable relief.

Cheers

Dave R


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On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 8:04:41 PM UTC, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R

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On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 8:04:41 PM UTC, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R

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wrote in message
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On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 8:04:41 PM UTC, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Because the front wheel isn't running parallel to the back wheel.

When you changed the belt you will have slackened off the tension. However
in addition to the tension adjuster there should also be an adjustment for the
angle of the front wheel.
Take the belt off and have a good hunt around for a screw or knob which
changes the angle of the wheel. There should be one there somewhere
only not very prominent maybe as this isn't something you should need
to adjust very often except maybe when changing belts.


Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Try it again with the belt off. See what effect it has on the angle of the roller.
And mark down on a piece of paper what happens. Clockwise does what,
counter clockswise does what. etc.


michael adams

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date date...
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On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 8:04:41 PM UTC, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R

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On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:23:41 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

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On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:56:51 +0100, michael adams wrote:

wrote in message
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On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 8:04:41 PM UTC, David wrote:
Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a
new drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but
not the drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander
as soon as I turn it on.

Because the front wheel isn't running parallel to the back wheel.

When you changed the belt you will have slackened off the tension.
However in addition to the tension adjuster there should also be an
adjustment for the angle of the front wheel.
Take the belt off and have a good hunt around for a screw or knob which
changes the angle of the wheel. There should be one there somewhere only
not very prominent maybe as this isn't something you should need to
adjust very often except maybe when changing belts.


Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a
screw at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front
roller about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour
using this.

Try it again with the belt off. See what effect it has on the angle of
the roller.
And mark down on a piece of paper what happens. Clockwise does what,
counter clockswise does what. etc.


michael adams

...

Noting first that the poster adamross561 didn't seem to add any content,
and secondly that the original post at the start of a thread was from
2015, this is all a bit of a waste of time.

However I will add my original response for clarity:

"Update - I took it all apart and worked out that the tensioner lever
wasn't located correctly in the body.

Presumably I took the whole thing apart when it stopped working yea those
many years ago.

After fiddling the thing back together and checking, the belt stays on.

Adjusting screw seems to work as expected now as well.

Which is a considerable relief. "

So the problem was solved on or before 21/03/2015.

Cheers


Dave R



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