Posted by Rob Frink on April 03, 1999 at 08:22:35:

In Reply to: Topic: joining sanding belts posted by Ron Bell on March 20, 1999 at 14:22:12:

Ron,

I recently read a thread on a woodworking forum about this. I've not done it but I'll repeat what I read.......Jed's thought about "scarfing" is great. A woodworker wrote that he scrapes the abrasive off the top of one end for about and inch or so....at and angle. Then overlaps the ends and glues them. He uses a polyurethane glue which is flexible ("Gorilla glue" is one brand {check local hardware} ). He said that he's never had one come apart.

If you're interested, I have a site :Building a Shop Made Beltsander

I hope it helps!

-Rob

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