So i finally broke the black belt that drives the spindle from the motor. I was going to get a replacement from the Graves website- but shipping is 3x the price of the belt ( @$15). Any other suggestions?
The belt will be a stock item, take your broken belt to your local engineering supplier and ask for two the same (one as a spare so you can keep running the next time you break a belt). Also, superglue the ends of the broken belt together to keep you running whilst the replacement comes, I have done this with one of my machines and the repaired belt has lasted longer than the belt did before breakage!
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As Alan suggests, get an o-ring. Glue yours back together.
Moons ago I got fed up with the original slipping or jumping off, got a length of o-ring from a hydraulics shop and super glued it together. Problem solved.
Consider a urethane o-ring/belt. The material is sold in straight lengths which is welded together by flaming the two ends and then pushing them together until cool. The result will be a bulged joint which can then be smoothed with a stone bur or sanding drum in a Dremel. If the belt ever breaks, repairs are done the same way.
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