P.S. Maybe some epoxy/paint stripper might work to remove that stuff ... On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:34 PM, Kurt Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gene, can your Sheldon swing the pulley? > I had a similar situation recently with belt residue build up on my PB > motor pulley. > I tried all sorts of chemicals, acetone being the most effective, but that > was still not very promising, > so I resorted to mechanical means. I chucked the pulley up in the lathe > and ground/filed > a bit of acrylic to fit the v-belt groove and used that as a scraper, and > finished up with abrasive > wool soaked in acetone. It worked like a charm, and the pulley looks > almost new. > > I know you have a micro groove pulley, but I would think the same method > might work, > and the chance of damaging the pulley is very slim. I think you would have > to get it > really hot to burn it off, and it may just be a gooey mess at lover > temperatures. > > Cheers, > Kurt > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Wednesday 21 March 2018 19:03:28 N. Christopher Perry wrote: >> >> > I’d pull the pulley off and through it into an over set to 450F for a >> > couple of hours. >> > >> > N. Christopher Perry >> >> So as not to stink up the house, would a $20 toaster oven do? It goes up >> to about 425F. It would stink up the garage instead that way. >> >> But not till warmer weather as the saw is in an almost unheated shed and >> it will take a bit of time as the lower drive wheel will need to come >> off to gain good access to the motor pulley. The shed is not well >> insulated, so I keep the heat set to just above the dew point to >> discourage rust on the machinery in the winter. We're on the inside edge >> of the current four-easter, and its a bit chilly out, and still snowing. >> >> Thanks. >> > >> > > On Mar 21, 2018, at 6:45 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > Greetings all; >> > > >> > > I have a Rikon 10-325 bandsaw. Trying to cut a block of alu with a >> > > blade thats had one side of it dulled, the blade turned and bound in >> > > the cut, and burned the drive belt, a 240J into the motor pulley. >> > > Rather thoroughly welding the kevlar backing into the pulley. >> > > >> > > Does anyone have a recipe for some panther piss that will clean it >> > > out, or am I stuck buying another pulley from Rikon's parts dept? >> > > >> > > Thanks. >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett >> > > -- >> > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >> > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >> > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) >> > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> >> > > >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >---------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's >> > > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Emc-users mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's >> > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Emc-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, Gene Heskett >> -- >> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author) >> Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
