[TheForge] Custom Belts

[Bruce .]

That's why I wondered whether an analogous approach using tubing might be
better.  That way a short length of something flexible could be inserted at
each end of the tube, along with glue, to bond the tube into a belt.  Don't
know.  Haven't tried it.

Bruce
NJ

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Ron Childers <ron at munlaw.net> wrote:

> But will it stand a lineal load? O-rings have a static load; virtually no
> load at all. Ron
>
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> Mark A. Pesetsky
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> That's an interesting solution. Thanks Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Bruce .
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> Mark,
> Looks like any not-very-slick rubber will work, and I see no advantage to
> tubing unless you use the bore in the splicing.
>
> Have you considered a do-it-yourself O-ring kit?
> https://www.grainger.com/category/o-ring-splicing-kits/
> o-rings-and-o-ring-kits/hardware/ecatalog/N-ms9
>
> You'd probably have to use an angle splice to get maximum surface contact
> for the glue.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Mark A. Pesetsky <pesetsky at princeton.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > 3/16ths tubing to make a main belt for a set of bicycle training rollers:
> >
> >
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