Thread: Belt sander belts

The Sandpaper Man


These guys are very very good too deal with.


Cheers Matt.

I get mine made by Pferd.
They make to order but in this case yours is probably a standard size.
Excellent, fast service.
Minimum of 10 belts I think.
And price is excellent.

Belts are made to run in one direction.
Don't over tighten.
Assume you know that, but mention.

Had a few that had been in the shed a few years that went like that on the glue joint. I reckon its down to the last few years being so humid. A couple were from the green shed but one was a makita belt. Got a new pack and all was good.
Regards
John

Have you tried the red Diablo belts Bunnings sells? I think they are (or were) made in Switzerland.

Originally Posted by Avondale

I get mine made by Pferd.
They make to order but in this case yours is probably a standard size.
Excellent, fast service.
Minimum of 10 belts I think.
And price is excellent.

Belts are made to run in one direction.
Don't over tighten.
Assume you know that, but mention.

I personally don't have a belt sander but I am curious to know how does one determine which is the correct belt direction?

Cheers
Yvan

Wm460, your running the belts the wrong way. NF

Originally Posted by yvan

I personally don't have a belt sander but I am curious to know how does one determine which is the correct belt direction?

Cheers
Yvan

Yvan

There is a large arrow on the inside of the belt to indicate belt direction to coincide with rotation of the machine.

WM460

560mm x 100mm. Sounds like an AEG machine or similar derivative. They can be a little difficult to source. 610 x 100 is a more common size.

I had always thought the belts would only run satisfactorily in one direction (as indicated by the arrow), but I did hear one Forum member say that when the belt is worn, he reverses the direction as it exposes sharper grit running in the opposite direction. I have not yet tried this. I suppose that if the belt was worn and you were going to hoist it anyway, it is worth a try. Use it in the correct direction first.

Regards
Paul

PS: Just looked back at the original pic. Looks like an AEG. Very good machine.

I've bought/acquired/used 100's of 100mm wide belts from Bunnings for my big Makita sander.
Over the 20 years I've had it, the sander and assorted belts have been "borrowed" by numerous mates and relatives and the usual deal is they buy me a new set of belts when return the sander.
I've personally used dozens of coarse (40 grit ones) to roughly flatten timber slabs and don't usually worry about the directional, so I'm not exactly giving them an easy time.
In general I've usually only had them break after extended use and some well after they probably should have been discarded.
Some brand new ones have broken and these have almost always been followed by breaking more belts from the same pack so I suspect those breaks are a batch problem.

The Blue Zirconia belts work really well on metal and timber but at double the price of the brown AlO belts I don't think they're worth it for use on timber. I do use Blue Zirconias on my 1m long x 150mm wide linisher which gets uses more for metal than timber.

I thought I agreed with NF, but had a better look. I was taught to fit the belt with the step at the join facing the opposite direction to the belt rotation. As belts get used the arrows on the inside can be hard to see (and I have seen them printed incorrectly). Definitely try "The Sandpaper Man".

As Bushmiller said there's printed arrows and like others they wear off.
I know I've run mine wrong way at odd times with used belts

Only way I've known then is to compare splicing on new and old belts.

Originally Posted by wm460

Where can I get some good quality belts for my belt sander?

Last lot I bought from Bunnings they barely lasted a couple seconds.

They are 560 X 100 mm.


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How old are they. Anything over a year will blow out like that. Found out the hard way. Had stocked up on belts a couple years ago and about a year later when I needed them, they all let go at the glue joint. So now I only buy what I need at that time.

Originally Posted by wm460

Where can I get some good quality belts for my belt sander?

Last lot I bought from Bunnings they barely lasted a couple seconds.

They are 560 X 100 mm.


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its bunnings, while its a pain take it back and get another one. rinse and repeat till the job is done.