[CAUT] McCall belt sander

[Daniel Gurnee]

Kent,

A ship chandlery or sail maker will have a very strong sail tape of cloth
and quite thin.  It keeps my sails together.

Dan Gurnee



on 12/4/08 2:08 PM, Kent Swafford at kswafford at gmail.com wrote:

Anyone else still using the McCall mini belt sander? The things are fragile
and finicky and wear out quickly and do a few jobs better than anything
else, IMO.

Years ago, I bought a gross of belts (and some sanders too, still have an
unused one) from Mrs. McCall. The belts eventually turned out to all be bad;
the seam breaks almost immediately; the ends of the belts were overlapped
and glued.

I've been able to get a few good belts from an alternate source, the seams
of which appear to be butted and simply taped. Does anyone know what the
tape might actually be? I just thought if I could find a suitable tape, I
might be able to salvage most of a gross of belts.



Thanks,


Kent




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