I've had a bit more experience with this and I would add: wipe the ends with alcohol right before you try to melt the ends together. Seems like traces of oil or something can interfere with a good join.
@@senorjp21 Good point, I'll make sure to clean the ends for next time. The only trouble I had was to line them up properly, the ends tend to sort of glide against one another. But once hardened, boy, does it work! Cool thing to discover for me.
Very interesting. Do you think this round polyurethane belts material will be a good solution for the following task: I need to make a linear slow movement 2 meters long. I also need to attach some plastic or magnet to it, in order to detect with sensor the starting point and endpoint of the movement.
Hi!! We're a robotics team and we are trying to use these same round polyurethane belts and we're trying to place the belts in a captive part of our robot without taking our robot apart. How did you accomplish this? And what method are you using to melt the belts?We're kind of struggling doing it... Greetings, CodeBusters
I wipe the ends I am trying to fuse with alcohol, then use a butane lighter to gently melt the ends using mostly the sides of the flame. When little melted bumps form I touch the ends together and hold them very still for about 30 seconds. There are specialized tools for this job as well. Good luck
This is a low-power machine - the total power to the motor is a few watts. I didn't notice any heating after operating the machine for 15 minutes. The round belt wedges into the V-groove and doesn't slip. No slip, no friction.
thanks man, I got the 60deg angle that I need from this vid for my art setup. It is now almost silent, gears made more noise.
Glad I could help
Thanks man. This was helpful. We should build together one day!
Thanks for the video, I was looking to try and source round belts for my 1970's Sony open reel tape deck. Now with this, I can make them. Yeah!
I've had a bit more experience with this and I would add: wipe the ends with alcohol right before you try to melt the ends together. Seems like traces of oil or something can interfere with a good join.
@@senorjp21 Good point, I'll make sure to clean the ends for next time. The only trouble I had was to line them up properly, the ends tend to sort of glide against one another. But once hardened, boy, does it work! Cool thing to discover for me.
Intrested to see the visco machine running
Here's a teaser ruclips.net/video/EKHszj4jTb0/видео.html
Very interesting. Do you think this round polyurethane belts material will be a good solution for the following task: I need to make a linear slow movement 2 meters long. I also need to attach some plastic or magnet to it, in order to detect with sensor the starting point and endpoint of the movement.
Thanks a lot for making this video! I was wondering what diameter urethane belting to get and you helped me settle on 2mm to get started!
No problem 👍
Hi!! We're a robotics team and we are trying to use these same round polyurethane belts and we're trying to place the belts in a captive part of our robot without taking our robot apart.
How did you accomplish this? And what method are you using to melt the belts?We're kind of struggling doing it...
Greetings, CodeBusters
I wipe the ends I am trying to fuse with alcohol, then use a butane lighter to gently melt the ends using mostly the sides of the flame. When little melted bumps form I touch the ends together and hold them very still for about 30 seconds. There are specialized tools for this job as well. Good luck
I've seen heat guns with flat tips used as well.
Thanks, great video. Did you have any issues with friction heat deforming the pulleys?
This is a low-power machine - the total power to the motor is a few watts. I didn't notice any heating after operating the machine for 15 minutes. The round belt wedges into the V-groove and doesn't slip. No slip, no friction.
@@senorjp21 Thank you!