[CAUT] McCall belt sander

[Kent Swafford]

Thanks very much for the suggestion. I appreciate it.
Kent


On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Daniel Gurnee <dgurnee at humboldt1.com>wrote:

>  Kent,
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> A ship chandlery or sail maker will have a very strong sail tape of cloth
> and quite thin.  It keeps my sails together.
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> Dan Gurnee
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> on 12/4/08 2:08 PM, Kent Swafford at kswafford at gmail.com wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
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> Kent
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