Just wanted to put a quite update up. I have been waiting for a new lathe belt for over a week now, and it was suppose to be shipped 4 days ago but nothing yet. Being a little impatient, I found some 3M Scotch-Weld CA4 glue which has been used by others for bonding lathe belts. I had two belts left over from moving and another lathe so I figured I would give a shot at bonding them together to get a belt long enough to use. I was able to use one of the original ends which I was able to peel apart after applying a little acetone to the glued joint. I then set my belt up in the milling machine to cut the two new tapered joints. This worked out really well and I'll have to make a video on it in the near future. I bonded the two belts and left it sit overnight. The tensile strength on this glue is 2,300 lbs so hopefully it will bond to the material.
Today I set up the second joint and set it up in my lathe and bonded everything back together. It is now currently clamped together and waiting until tomorrow for it to cure. Full cure time on this glue is 24 hours, so I'll pull it tomorrow evening and give it a test run. I was careful to try and get the length as close as I could, although I can still adjust the length lather on the machine.
On a side note I am moving my shop around in my basement. I am putting up a new room to keep all my shop stuff in. The floor space I am currently using is about 10x12'. The new room will be about 10x14'. I'll end up with a little more room, but it should be plenty of room for what I currently have. I'll get some photos of all this stuff up soon.
This is about my projects in both gunsmithing and machining. I get into quite a bit of automotive stuff too!
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