I would bet you were a bloody, foo-king, manufacturing engineer in your day. Just excellent. Outrageously clever ! Love it. I'm fixin' to gitt me some of that "poly" cord. Need to make 2 belts for a 1972 reel-to-reel tape recorder refurbishment. THANKS !
Very nice. I suggest using a nail clipper to smoothen the melted bump - the material is very strong and difficult to cut with a box cutter. For sewing machines, this material is very slippery and will not turn the handwheel. It seems the tube width must fit *tight* inside the motor pulley, otherwise it will slip
I've used a cheap soldering pencil to do the melting. I use the 1/2 diameter "stem" of the soldering pencil. Works great. When I first tried fusing poly belts I used a lighter but found the flame either chars the poly, or introduces soot, or both, which weakens the bond.
Very helpful, but I am making my pulleys out of wood and putting in a U shape grove for this type of belt. I built a stone tumbler some years ago now I am making a new one from scratch, and I will be putting it all up on UA-cam very soon. Thanks you. David
absolutely amazing! I always thought it was impossible to home make a belt without industrial equipment! im going to make my own little belts for the rest of my life now! haha
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Tyvm. Rubber indeed won't fuse. I did try. It chars and becomes brittle... Someone said the only way is "rubber cement" or superglue which does not stay as much and breaks..
I finally hooked up my projector in the basement, set up bike rollers for training rides, and hopped on for the second night in a row. I start hearing a strange noise, look down, and POP, the belt falls off. I'll give this a try since it will be two weeks for a replacement by mail.
You definitely need to hold the joint until it sets fully! Rather than a gas-heated blade, I might try an flat adaptor taking the place of an 'el-cheapo' 12V soldering iron.
I would bet you were a bloody, foo-king, manufacturing engineer in your day. Just excellent. Outrageously clever !
Love it. I'm fixin' to gitt me some of that "poly" cord. Need to make 2 belts for a 1972 reel-to-reel tape recorder refurbishment.
THANKS !
I have been a stone and marble mason all my life, we are a practical lot us masons! Cheers!
Butter knife and a torch. Well done thanks, another smart guy from the homeland, I believe. Steve from the US.
Thanks for the kind comments, cheers!
Phenomenal video! Extremely well spoken and informational. Exactly what I was looking for, thanks :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much sir and excellent video!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Very nice. I suggest using a nail clipper to smoothen the melted bump - the material is very strong and difficult to cut with a box cutter. For sewing machines, this material is very slippery and will not turn the handwheel. It seems the tube width must fit *tight* inside the motor pulley, otherwise it will slip
Thanks for the tip!
I've used a cheap soldering pencil to do the melting. I use the 1/2 diameter "stem" of the soldering pencil. Works great.
When I first tried fusing poly belts I used a lighter but found the flame either chars the poly, or introduces soot, or both, which weakens the bond.
Great tip! For someone who has not got a blowtorch this is a great idea thank you!
Very helpful, but I am making my pulleys out of wood and putting in a U shape grove for this type of belt.
I built a stone tumbler some years ago now I am making a new one from scratch, and I will be putting it all up on UA-cam very soon.
Thanks you.
David
Sounds great! I will try to keep an eye out for your video, if you are uk based you will already know how dire the tumblers are here!
Excellent tutorial Steve. I had been looking for this since your last video, wasn't until I added 10mtrs to the search I found it. Thanks
Glad it helped!
absolutely amazing! I always thought it was impossible to home make a belt without industrial equipment! im going to make my own little belts for the rest of my life now! haha
Glad I could help!
Thank you for the great lesson
I use this belt on my watchmaking lathe! Now I know how to join it properly
Glad it was helpful!
Ty sir for the great idea!
May I ask if this will work with rubber belts? (Like the ones inside cassettes and VCRs?
I don't think rubber fuses like this, but I am nor sure. Let me know if you try it! Cheers!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Tyvm. Rubber indeed won't fuse. I did try. It chars and becomes brittle...
Someone said the only way is "rubber cement" or superglue which does not stay as much and breaks..
thank you for this video.. would this work with synthetic rubber?
sorry I don't know
Hi , thank you for this nice video.. but do these products give really satisfactory results?
Yes they do
I've had a poly belt on a Tumblers Model B that runs 4-step cycles several times a year. The belt is 2 years old.
I finally hooked up my projector in the basement, set up bike rollers for training rides, and hopped on for the second night in a row. I start hearing a strange noise, look down, and POP, the belt falls off. I'll give this a try since it will be two weeks for a replacement by mail.
Best of luck!
This is a GREAT video!! Factory poly belts cost LOTS and now I don't have to buy them...! What could be better?
Great point!
Great tutorial for diy, pully projects.
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks so much for the vid. Good process and very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Steve, can you do a vid on the water feed system you use please, great videos btw
Hi, I have already made two: ua-cam.com/video/haPaX3ptaiI/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/PF7L0Cg3e0w/v-deo.html Hope one of these helps.
No torch. Can I use the stove w/o issue?
Not sure, if you can heat the knife to red hot it should work.
You definitely need to hold the joint until it sets fully! Rather than a gas-heated blade, I might try an flat adaptor taking the place of an 'el-cheapo' 12V soldering iron.
Thanks for sharing.
Great tutorial, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Can you use a soldering iron to do this?
I don;t think so, using a hot knife creates two flat surfaces to melt together, a soldering iron would produce two concave surfaces. Cheers
It may fuse but it doesn't last in a dryer fan pulley situation. It popped soon after. Maybe 1/2 hour later.
Poly belts are not good for powerful machines, I am guessing you really need a proper drive v-belt. Good luck.
Yes yes yes thank you so much sir!
You are welcome!
Great job. Thank you
Thank you too!
Thank you! Quite helpful! Much appreciated!
Cheers!
Dear Sir, Do you have any technic for the joints of belt sander?
Hi Akbar, sorry I don't use a belt sander so cannot give you any useful advice on this. Good luck.
Thanks! That was very helpful.
You're welcome!
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
Ciao dove lo posso trovare questo materiale
Google? Thanks for watching!
Great tip 👍
Glad it was helpful!
splendid!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for that
You are welcome
amazing.. found it useful..
Thanks
Thank you for watching
Thanks.
Your welcome
excellent but always cut away from fingers :)
True, safety first. Thank you!
is that a gasoline torch? i need a gasoline torch, screw buying cylinders, why don't they sell those anymore.
Gas, probably do not sell petrol torches as they have a tendency to explode?
A bit rough. Why not cut a V in the block so you can align the belt to join properly square ?
Ok , thanks for the idea!