I would have thought it would have to be an adhesive that stays soft. Lots
of bending going on. The superglue gets hard (I thought) and may only be
good for ..repair use for a few hours, breaks the next time.

I should look at my box full of belts. They are quite old now. I moved and
still haven't even found my sander...thinking I have one...maybe?...LOL


"Jack Stein" wrote in message
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Josepi wrote:
Are those belts not glued together by a long angular joint that
encompasses
the whole belt circumference?

My belts have a long angular joint across the width of the belt.

This would make the belt pretty hard to tape together. Some sort of
adhesive
would be in order.

The joint is a half lap joint. As long as the break is clean, it is
simple to line it up perfectly, it's really automatic since it's a half
lap joint. Tape, hot melt glue would not work. Super glue gel works
great, and is simple since the glue dries in seconds, and is thin enough
that the seam is not raised, and is just as flat as it was at the factory.

I just did this two weeks ago, and after several uses it's holding up
fine. Can't say it will hold up forever or not, but I can say, for
certain, it will hold up for two weeks and about an hour of sanding...

Saved me an emergency trip to Granger and it took almost zero effort to fix.

It could be very hard to get the belts to track properly after repair.

Tracking was not an issue, since the joints line up perfectly with
little fuss. A bump at the seam is no problem since super glue is thin,
even the gel type. Hot melt and tape I would think would fail to work
at all.

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Jack
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Josepi wrote:
I would have thought it would have to be an adhesive that stays soft. Lots
of bending going on. The superglue gets hard (I thought) and may only be
good for ..repair use for a few hours, breaks the next time.

You would think so, but so far, so good. I did the repair over 2 weeks
ago and I've been sanding with it ever since. Yesterday I sanded a box
I made with box joints. I always make them a little proud and sand the
**** out of them. This is one of the harder tasks for my sander and if
the joint is going to break, this will do it. Held up perfectly.

I should look at my box full of belts. They are quite old now. I moved and
still haven't even found my sander...thinking I have one...maybe?...LOL

My belts are all 20 years old. They are working fine and are just now
beginning to break prematurely, thus, the reason I tried the super glue.
I can't say they will hold up forever since forever hasn't arrived, but
I can tell you for sure the super glue has far exceeded my expectations
and it has held up for over 2 weeks.

"Jack Stein" wrote in message
...
Josepi wrote:
Are those belts not glued together by a long angular joint that
encompasses
the whole belt circumference?

My belts have a long angular joint across the width of the belt.

This would make the belt pretty hard to tape together. Some sort of
adhesive
would be in order.

The joint is a half lap joint. As long as the break is clean, it is
simple to line it up perfectly, it's really automatic since it's a half
lap joint. Tape, hot melt glue would not work. Super glue gel works
great, and is simple since the glue dries in seconds, and is thin enough
that the seam is not raised, and is just as flat as it was at the factory.

I just did this two weeks ago, and after several uses it's holding up
fine. Can't say it will hold up forever or not, but I can say, for
certain, it will hold up for two weeks and about an hour of sanding...

Saved me an emergency trip to Granger and it took almost zero effort to fix.

It could be very hard to get the belts to track properly after repair.

Tracking was not an issue, since the joints line up perfectly with
little fuss. A bump at the seam is no problem since super glue is thin,
even the gel type. Hot melt and tape I would think would fail to work
at all.



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Jack
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