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Offline Northland

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Repairing a dryer belt....
« on: April 20, 2014, 06:29:02 PM »
I had a member request for a photo of a repair I made to my dryer belt (using teflon thread).
I cut an 11' conveyor down to 8' and had to shorten the belt by 6'.
I overlapped the belt about 12" and stitched the leading and trailing edges (plus darned a small hole closed).
Here's what the repair looks like... nothing extraordinary... but works fine.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/northlandsp/7339300994/in/set-72157630053064448/
« Last Edit: April 20, 2014, 06:33:03 PM by Northland »


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Re: Repairing a dryer belt....
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2014, 07:01:40 PM »
I had a member request for a photo of a repair I made to my dryer belt (using teflon thread).
I cut an 11' conveyor down to 8' and had to shorten the belt by 6'.
I overlapped the belt about 12" and stitched the leading and trailing edges (plus darned a small hole closed).
Here's what the repair looks like... nothing extraordinary... but works fine.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/northlandsp/7339300994/in/set-72157630053064448/
nice repair.
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Re: Repairing a dryer belt....
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2014, 06:37:14 PM »
Nicely done!

We bought a belt that was just a little too long, and took the opposite approach:

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Re: Repairing a dryer belt....
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2014, 07:57:05 PM »
Yes very nicely done, the way it should be done  8)
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Re: Repairing a dryer belt....
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2014, 10:10:56 PM »
That's impressive Northland, tight work. 

We used dental floss on ours and it looked like cave people did it....but that sucker is holding.

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Re: Repairing a dryer belt....
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2014, 10:56:17 PM »
I first used dental floss about 9 years ago and it is still today holding that belt even though we only use that dryer for a back up now.
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