jet sanding belts

[woodwoodjohn]

any ideas where i can some drum sanding belts for my jet 22/44 drum sander axminster charge about £ 27 a roll are there any cheaper suppliers

 

[Blister]

Just buy a cloth backed roll and cut the tapers yourself

Lots cheaper :wink:

 

[9fingers]

I seem to recall a thread saying that the width of the roll was important otherwise the end of the paper does not align with the clamp.

Bob

 

[Blister]

I seem to recall a thread saying that the width of the roll was important otherwise the end of the paper does not align with the clamp.

Agreed

 

[Mcluma]

'm also interested in a cheaper source for the 22-44

 

[Blister]

I git this for my 16-32 from Axminster

76 mm wide 4 meters long cloth backed roll , same width as the jet roll

 

[RogerS]

I've tried various widths and with a bit of fiddling they work. Sometimes you have to live with a bit of a gap between adjacent 'winds' but that doesn't seem to affect the end result. Woodwoodjohn, if you do decide to go down this route I do have some unused rolls from Axminster we might come to some arrangement on!

 

[mailee]

This is where I got mine from recently: http://www.decorating-supplies.co.uk/ep ... /Abrasives I had to cut them down as they were 115mm wide. worth the effort though considering the price of Axminster's rolls! :roll:

 

[Scrums]

I buy Mirka Avomax 115mm wide rolls/50m from Rest express about £20 a go - they'll make about 20 loadings, so that's about £1 each + long lengths of 40mm strip left over which is ideal for rough sanding on the lathe.

Chris.

 

[Mcluma]

When you have those long rolls

do you use the old one as a template to trim down the width and length?

what grit are you guys using most of the time, as changing the paper is just a hassle