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 !
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
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
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.
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.
@@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..
Brilliant!! Must be stronger than super glue method? At least making own O rings for inner use would be more applicable as it has no 'constant tension as in pulley uses'. Im going to re house replacement ( d.i.y) ring to my car air con compressor. Might save me hundreds...
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.
Phenomenal video! Extremely well spoken and informational. Exactly what I was looking for, thanks :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
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!
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!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much sir and excellent video!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
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!
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!
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!
Great tutorial for diy, pully projects.
Thank you! Cheers!
Great tutorial, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
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!
Parabéns uma ótima ideia!
Cheers!
Thanks so much for the vid. Good process and very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Quite helpful! Much appreciated!
Cheers!
Thanks for that
You are welcome
Great job. Thank you
Thank you too!
Thanks! That was very helpful.
You're welcome!
Great tip 👍
Glad it was helpful!
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!
Yes yes yes thank you so much sir!
You are welcome!
splendid!
Thanks for watching!
thank you for this video.. would this work with synthetic rubber?
sorry I don't know
amazing.. found it useful..
Thanks
Thank you for watching
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!
Thanks.
Your welcome
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!
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.
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..
Brilliant!! Must be stronger than super glue method? At least making own O rings for inner use would be more applicable as it has no 'constant tension as in pulley uses'. Im going to re house replacement ( d.i.y) ring to my car air con compressor. Might save me hundreds...
I'm guessing it will depend on the material the o ring is made from, super glue is only "super " on some things! Cheers!
No torch. Can I use the stove w/o issue?
Not sure, if you can heat the knife to red hot it should work.
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
Wonder if this can also work using 'lap joining' instead of 'end to end' joining? Anyone tried?
A lap joint would , i think catch on the pully wheel. Let us know if it works for you. Cheers!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ciao dove lo posso trovare questo materiale
Google? Thanks for watching!
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!