Your torn belt can be repaired using a knee iron on patch like mom used to put on our jeans as a kid. I aquired 4 in belts a half mile long and cut then at a 45 degree angle and iron the patch across the seam. works great and if you get a deal on an odd size no problem. Paper back doesnt work well but cloth does
heads up mate, if you keep your worn out scothbrite belts they are sure handy for odd things like blending crowned spines and deburring things. Honestly I find I get more use out of worn scotchbrite belts than new ones.
Good advice... I shamefully will admit that with all wet&dry abrasives I only throw them out as a last resort... I keep chopping them up and washing them and using them for lesser and lesser tasks ...
Old video has know but I think Euro belts grit gradings are different to US belts, if they have too adjust accordingly to each market I'm not to sure.b
Does anyone else find that 120 grit belts wear super quickly? I use everything between 36-zircona to A30 gator grit, and they all wear relatively slowly, but my 120 grit belts (I've tried ceramic and zirconia) always need 2 belts per blade or so.
I know this is an old video but wanted to say thanks for posting. Was on my way out the door to check out tru-grit, you helped me make my shopping list.
Dangit! I just ordered a bunch of belts and would have loved to have gotten this info and your review earlier. With that said, I love the 36 grit and 60 grit for both my blade profiles and tapered tangs. I use the used ones on my wood scales then toss. You do get a lot of use out of them. Will DEFINITELY try out the Ceramic, Surface Conditioning belt and most definitely that Scalloped belt. Thanks, and as always a good video.
Great video Jeremy you have been busy trying a lot of belts. Those scalloped belts looks really cool and the felt belt too...I've never seen one of those. Thanks for the "free" info! Looking forward to the new belt grinder build too. Atb my friend! -Nathan
Im in the process of making the same thing haha. Its so annoying shaping the handles and finger slots. Although I didnt spend as much money as you are so mine is more budget oriented
great info you are right on about the ceramic belts! as a manufacturing engineer i have performed 100's of hours comparing abrasive materials. i would recommend Arc Abrasive as a company to look at there ceramic belts are very high quality and are normally more cost effective. i was able to save my company over 100,000 dollars a year by switching from 3M to Arc Abrasive. great job. thanks for the video
Great video brother! Very helpful... Definitely show your new grinder build if you can. I'm still using the Grizzly 2x72 and I would love to have a better, more versatile grinder.
I understand the grit size is equal to the number of holes per sq. inch in the sieve that 'grades' the grit. I guess that with the new ceramics that part of the process gets skipped.
Yeah man now this is the video I wanted, almost finished my grinder build, and am going to need some belts soon, I had heard really good things about that blaze belt and its now definitely on my shopping list. Also I had wondered about those j-flax belts, might get some of those too. Mind telling me what ceramic you go to after the blaze?
Really helpful video, I'm contemplating building my own belt grinder and now I have pretty good idea on which belts to purchase and use. Keep it simple
I ordered a 26 gritt alluminium oxide 50 x 686 for my 50x680 belt sander bench grinder because i didnt find then easily in italy but then i found a website that makes cheap custom belts. Do you tbink the 50x686 will work on my 50x680bench grinder belt sander?
More beastly than anything I have tried. I've switched my 4x90 Kalamazoo belt grinders in my welding lab from Pferd 36 grit to Cubitron II 36 grit belts and went from 2 belts a day to 2 a week. They cost about the same as Blaze so try a few out and see what you think.