How To Connect Two Ends Of A Timing Belt In 58 Seconds

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A very simple and useful way to connect two ends of a timing belt. Whether its for a 3D printer, Laser or home made invention. This video will show you how for only a couple of pennies you can connect two ends of a timing belt just as strong as a professional product.

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[mattshaile]

What's the lighter for? Having a cigarette afterwards to celebrate?

[contomo]

no... just no... first off, why not cut diagonally? much more surface area that way to glue... also less bump on the transistion

[RedShift]

I'm so mad. i was wracking my brain trying to figure out how to join this belt and BAM your vid pops up today after a week.

[frankt]

This is showing how NOT to do it! You make cuts along the belt so the ends look like a fork. Doing it on both ends so they interlatch. And then you vulcanize the rubber. For a static gasket, superglue is okayish, but not for a moving belt.

[thornleymarshalldesigns]

Thank you for this video, I have to ask, superglue becomes brittle once dry and isn’t flexible. What issues have you found with this and would a ferrule be better used to fix it permanently?

[Zack-xzph]

perfect, and I'm doing it for the same reason, Z axis control on all 4 corners. bet there's tons of other cool mechanisms you could use this for

[joseguevara]

Excelente amigo, nice ma frend!!! Good job my friend, thanks.

[idemanddonuts]

Thank you very much.

I ordered too long of a belt for the drive belt for my RC car. And this is gonna be perfect for me.

[tbagsnh]

Just built a bed for my K40 and need to make a custom loop. Thank you!

[daliasprints]

This is going to have really poor positioning accuracy if the joint crosses your drive pulley, and if not, you don't need closed loop and can just use a clamp or fix it to your carriage. Tension limit is also going to be way below spec for the belt (which means it will have high backlash and vibration).

[SwapPartLLC]

I wonder if contact cement would be better. Or maybe rubber cement and a patch for bike tires.

[Scott_G]

Is there any issue with the belt being stiff where the glueup is? Like, it'll still work in the gears without binding?

[NeverSuspects]

maybe carefully glue only the edge and then stitch im sure this will work for a bit as super glue is pretty reliable as ive used it to fix bike tire flats with a dot of glue and a piece of paper glued only to the dot on the hole on the outside of a bike tube and that holds perfectly fine. gluing the ribbon with super glue probably isn't a good idea tho as superglue hardens and isn't flexible creating a flat spot on the wheel the belt is on. maybe use a flexible epoxy or glue for the ribbon and super glue only the edge.

[xander]

What is "ribbon" and where does one find it?

[ShootingBlanks]

I just did this. Waiting for the glue to dry. How long should I wait?

[J.DiPietro]

you would trust super glue on any form of CNC machine?

[felinehermetica]

Oh….I don’t think this would work for my industrial sewing machine…but I might try it anyway…

[tubeetogoo]

Broke after 1h. Used metal needles inside+super glue 2k for flexible plastic and fiberglass on the back.

[flightgamer]

My ribbon gets very hot and stiff. How do I fix it

[MikhaelHausgeist]

There is a problem. Very... VERY LOW strength of such connection. Unfortunately for me it is too weak joint. Basically I need to shortened and reconnect automotive timing belt which I've planned to use for my bicycle because it is too long and found and buy new one not an option with my wage around 400$...
Anyway, where You don't have such load and small timing belt it is viable solution.