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Thread: Wide Belt Sander problem
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9th December 2004, 04:08 PM #1
Wide Belt Sander problem
I have a Sherwood 16\32 widebelt sander which is the same as the carbatec model.
I am having trouble securing the belt on the drive end of the drum.
So I have resorted to taping the end on with 2" masking tape so I can maintain production, but there must be some way to fix the problem.
There is so little room there I can't get a good look at the belt holding mechanism.
Maybe I am doing something wrong or maybe there is a fault with the sander.
Are there any suggestions please
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Ring Timbecon - they claim their service is good but my experience is otherwise. Have not had to replace paper on mine yet.
Tom
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9th December 2004, 11:37 PM #3
Bob,
I've got basically the same machine, a TruPro 16/32 from Gregory Machinery and it had me stuffed for a while too . You can't see it but the motor end clamping mechanism is on a spring loaded tensioning slide or swivel (can't remember exactly and it doesn't matter anyway). You need to load the paper starting from the other end. If you reach a finger around the end of the drum you should be able to swivel (or slide) the clamping mechanism so that its opening lines up with the slot in the drum. Once you thread the paper in as tight as you can get it you release the clamp and the spring loading tensions the paper. It helps if you pre-fold or crease the paper where it goes through the drum, this helps to get it nice and flat and tight. Hope that makes sense, I remember being down in my shed late at night trying to get a job out and cursing the bloody thing :mad: , wish I knew about this BB then! PM me if you need a clearer explanation/instructions.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938