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ugh, that guy again?
I got a basement to dig out
I got a few treadmills
I'm making a conveyor out of the bits to carry the dirt up out the window
Problem I'm running into is that the belts are very hard to join together. Each treadmill is only like 6', means I'd need 4 of them to get the 15 feet what with the overlaps vertical and horizontal, whereas I can cut two belts off and into pieces half-width to get a single 15 foot long conveyor. Less motors, no overlaps to set up.
Problem I'm running into is that the belts aren't as simple to join as I'd hoped.
Sewing machine doesn't got the tension on the thread to do it, it'll punch through and all but the thread just ties up in knots on the underside.
I tried PVC glue and a truck battery to smash it together, sorta kinda almost worked, very weak
tried rubber cement, didn't stick at all, acted like a thermoplastic when I ground the parts flat, tipping me off further that indeed this is PVC I'm working with
Tried the clothes iron, it didn't seem to get hot enough, so tried the underside of a cast iron pan, that was 100% too hot and without nearly enough pressure. I think the clothes iron is getting hot enough but I just can't put enough pressure on it.
tried a hail-mary of PVC glue plus the iron and it seems almost like it might work
brake cleanered, purple primered, glued it together wet, then ironed it out a while, then left it to cool and dry with a truck battery on it overnight, the edges are still a little peel-y though
there's a place local with the proper tools to join these belts, but they want $40 per joint, and I've got a minimum of 3 that would need to be done
they also quoted me $200 for a new belt all together, I forgot to ask if they had anything on the shelf unsold because it is an odd size or the customer didn't pick up
I'd imagine there to be some sort of glue that'll melt it together just like pipe glue does to pipes
Anyone got some magical recipe for joining PVC sheet together?
Anyone got some belting material source I haven't thought of?
Anyone got some stupid penis/asshole jokes?
I got a few treadmills
I'm making a conveyor out of the bits to carry the dirt up out the window
Problem I'm running into is that the belts are very hard to join together. Each treadmill is only like 6', means I'd need 4 of them to get the 15 feet what with the overlaps vertical and horizontal, whereas I can cut two belts off and into pieces half-width to get a single 15 foot long conveyor. Less motors, no overlaps to set up.
Problem I'm running into is that the belts aren't as simple to join as I'd hoped.
Sewing machine doesn't got the tension on the thread to do it, it'll punch through and all but the thread just ties up in knots on the underside.
I tried PVC glue and a truck battery to smash it together, sorta kinda almost worked, very weak
tried rubber cement, didn't stick at all, acted like a thermoplastic when I ground the parts flat, tipping me off further that indeed this is PVC I'm working with
Tried the clothes iron, it didn't seem to get hot enough, so tried the underside of a cast iron pan, that was 100% too hot and without nearly enough pressure. I think the clothes iron is getting hot enough but I just can't put enough pressure on it.
tried a hail-mary of PVC glue plus the iron and it seems almost like it might work
brake cleanered, purple primered, glued it together wet, then ironed it out a while, then left it to cool and dry with a truck battery on it overnight, the edges are still a little peel-y though
there's a place local with the proper tools to join these belts, but they want $40 per joint, and I've got a minimum of 3 that would need to be done
they also quoted me $200 for a new belt all together, I forgot to ask if they had anything on the shelf unsold because it is an odd size or the customer didn't pick up
I'd imagine there to be some sort of glue that'll melt it together just like pipe glue does to pipes
Anyone got some magical recipe for joining PVC sheet together?
Anyone got some belting material source I haven't thought of?
Anyone got some stupid penis/asshole jokes?