C Craft
Well-Known Member
So I have this question on releasing the tension/pressure on belt grinder at the end of the day! So to speak.
The reason I ask this I saw something on another thread talking about releasing the tension off of the belt at the end of the day makes the belts last longer!!
I use to do it when I first started with my KMG clone but, now thinking back I don't do it very often anymore. I know it is supposed to make the belt last longer but,...........does it!
Most of my belts run until they quit cutting or I bust a belt. Most of my busted belts are do to operator error! Or you might say use/abuse!
That clone has became my go to machine most of the time. It is like, how did I not have 0ne of these years ago. My shop time is usually where I can steal it out of the day.
When metal fabricating I use it all the time as well!! I have begun to learn what (not to do) when using the machine and that keeps belts lasting longer. Grinding a weld, if you put too much pressure on when first starting, it is almost guaranteed to bust a belt. The hardness of the weld and the rough often pointed areas will cut a belt faster than you can say. $41t, I knew better than that!!! However nowdays I rarely release the pressure, unless I am pretty sure I am not going to be in the shop for a while!
So the question is do you release the pressure at the end of the day and do you feel it makes the belts last longer??
The reason I ask this I saw something on another thread talking about releasing the tension off of the belt at the end of the day makes the belts last longer!!
I use to do it when I first started with my KMG clone but, now thinking back I don't do it very often anymore. I know it is supposed to make the belt last longer but,...........does it!
Most of my belts run until they quit cutting or I bust a belt. Most of my busted belts are do to operator error! Or you might say use/abuse!
That clone has became my go to machine most of the time. It is like, how did I not have 0ne of these years ago. My shop time is usually where I can steal it out of the day.
When metal fabricating I use it all the time as well!! I have begun to learn what (not to do) when using the machine and that keeps belts lasting longer. Grinding a weld, if you put too much pressure on when first starting, it is almost guaranteed to bust a belt. The hardness of the weld and the rough often pointed areas will cut a belt faster than you can say. $41t, I knew better than that!!! However nowdays I rarely release the pressure, unless I am pretty sure I am not going to be in the shop for a while!
So the question is do you release the pressure at the end of the day and do you feel it makes the belts last longer??