RE: ShopTalk: 42" Scotchbrite belts???

[Royce Engler]

 OK....before TFlan flames me...I went on to google and found a place that has 2"x42" scotchbrite belts.  Looks like minimum order is 10, and they are $13.73 each.  They also have 1"x42" for $8.99, again 10 minimum.  Here's the contact info...  Anybody wanna go in on some of the 2" belts?  I get up to Ft. Worth from time to time...and I know where this location is.  Never been there, but I drive right past it to get to my parents' house.  Royce   Hillas Packaging 2754 SE Loop 820 Fort Worth, Texas 76140 800.952.7424 817.293.1079  817.568.2527 (Fax) 817.572.4864 (Metro) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Royce Engler Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: 42" Scotchbrite belts??? I also have a Craftsman...I'm using a Scotchbrite belt I got at Golfsmith a few years ago before they stopped carrying them...I don't remember exactly how I did it, but I "modified" the upper wheel mount to make room for the belt to pass.  It's tight, but works fine.   When I got the Craftsman lots of folks (including the instructors at the GS school) told me that it wouldn't work.  The machines you get from GS, GW, and DC are all 1725 rpm, and the Craftsman is 3450 rpm, so they said it was too fast.  Turns out that the driver wheel on the other models is just about twice the size of the driver wheel on the Craftsman, so that the belt speed is pretty close to the same.  I like to use long (3/4" or 1") ferrules, and it is a whole lot easier to turn them down with a 2"x42" linen belt than a 1"x42" belt because I can cover the entire ferrule at once.  I'd like to be able to find a 2"x42" Scotchbrite belt in addition to the 1"x42"...Checked Wholesale Tool and Grainger, and no luck so far.  I know mine is going to break at some point, not sure what I'll do then.   Royce  -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: 42" Scotchbrite belts??? In a message dated 10/30/2002 3:01:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have a source for 1” X 42” Scotchbrite sanding belts?  I’ve use the 30” ones in the past but since getting a 42” belt sander last Spring, I haven’t found anything that I like quite as well for certain types of jobs and can’t seem to locate any in 42”.  In particular, I like the Scotchbrite belts for taking the paint off of graphite shafts and putting the finishing touches on bore thrus.  Jeff, I Have one that won't fit on my machine, it's too thick.  I have a sears/craftsman.                                                 Frank