Abrasive Belts SAVING YOU MONEY!
Using abrasive belts on your tools over discs can reduce work time! Can save you money in work time and abrasives cost savings! Belts are often cheaper then discs of the same grit and quality. When you are using belts you do not have the swirl marks you have when you use discs. You are setting the grain for the finishing process. Changing belts is easy on and off with expander wheels and you can reuse the belts till they are burned up like discs. Plus using your tools another way to Save you Money! Use these tools, expander wheels, and abrasive bands to grind welds on stainless steel, polish stainless steel, and provide a #4 finish (32RA or below).
Some Examples of Tools that you can uses for this application
Coated Abrasive Belts and Even Run Bands 1" X 11" Avalible in all Grits and many Sizes.
Surface Conditioning Belts 1" X 11"
example:
Dotco Sander
.9 HP 9000 RPM Max
example:
ATP Die Grinder .5 HP 23,000 RPM Max
Expander Wheel 3 1/2" X 1" 5/8-11 Works with 1" X 11"
Industrial Supply Store
1-800-577-8825
Monday-Friday 8am-4pm Central Time
Metal Processing Equipment "Cutting, Bending, Grinding, Sanding, Buffing and Polishing" "Added-Value" Name Brand Industrial Supplies. Your Metal Finishing Specialist. "Specializing in Stainless Steel Finishing"
Can you use these in context with metal fabrication? What exactly do you need an abrasive belt for? I'm just looking around from some home DIY projects, and I'm not sure from your article what help these provide.
ReplyDeleteJenn | http://www.metalsteelfabricator.com
These small belts are perfect for ID deburring as well as weld removal. We offer a ceramic for fast cut as well as increase life. I hope this helps
Deletego to you tube and go under polishing. or go to waters industrial supply.com It has movies or call Cathy P at 262 786 1610 office
DeleteI never realized that using an abrasive belt over a disk would save you so much money. I have always been really interested in metal fabrication, and in working with metals. This is some really great advice that will help me in the future. http://www.metalsteelfabricator.com
ReplyDeleteWhere would be the best place to buy an abrasive belt? I am welding an iron stand for my outdoor plants, and I'm unsure of the purpose of an abrasive belt. My plant stands are going to be four feet tall and two feet wide. I hope to display my Geraniums on them.
ReplyDeleteJenny Noble | http://www.mmbco.com/shop-fabrication/
call waters industrial supply at 262 786 1610 and ask for Cathy P she will be more then happly to help you out
DeleteIs it common to use abrasive belts instead of discs? It looks like it saves a lot of trash. From what I can tell, the belts wore through pretty fast. I am guessing that depends on the brand as well though.
ReplyDeleteElisa Jed | http://www.singhfab.com.au
the reason that you use belts is the grain pattern is going in one direction. the disc leave a swirle mark on it that will require another step to clean it up.
Deletethe life will depend on the mineral as well as the tool to get the best performance.
I have recently gotten heavily involved in the 3-D printing as a hobby. Whenever I have a design that I want to make a little more durable, I send the CAD file over to a sheet metal manufacturing firm. They am always satisfied, but the pieces come back unpolished. I wonder if something like this would help clean them up.
ReplyDeleteEugene Dean | http://www.metalfab.com
Eugene
Deletethanks for righting on the blog. there is a lot of ways to come up with the desired finish on most steel. based on your web site that you have many products that are in many sizes and shapes. We can achieve almost any finish from a belt and then to a buff and compound. get me the starting point and the steel that you are using. I will be happy to give you some ideas as well as sample products that will work
Bob Waters
Well that makes sense with the different types of steel fabrication. I had always wondered why some pieces had those swirls and other didn't. It would make sense that a belt was doing the finishing. Thanks for the good info and answer to my question! http://www.bwsfabrication.com/services.html
ReplyDeleteThe reason you have swirls is because they used a sanding disc. We get that out by going with a abrasive belts and then a buff. there is a step operation that you have to use to get the desired finish.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing a wonderful money saving tip! This will be a very useful part of my DIY projects. I hope that I'll find the things that I need from local steel suppliers in the Philippines.
ReplyDeleteJames
Deletelet me know what you would like I can quote it to you as well as the price on freight
Bob waters
Is that a sword in the first picture?! I am considering picking up metalworking and I would love to make something like that. It might take some practice and experience to be able to make it though.
ReplyDeleteGerald Vonberger | http://www.nisteel.com/fabrication.htm
Gerald
ReplyDeleteits not a sword the items we are grinding on comes from the dairy manufactures in our state we are showing columns and mixing blades on some of the pictures. when the grinding is done they put it together.
I feel like manufacturing and fabricating steel is a really manly thing. I would like to learn how to do it for this reason. Plus I am curious to see how it comes about. http://www.corsettisteel.com
ReplyDeleteYou are very right Jim, fabricating metal is a pretty manly thing to do. I have been looking into it recently, and it is actually a little bit more complicated than you would think. It's really nice being retired. I have so much time to pursue hobbies and interests that I never had to for before. http://www.aefabrication.com
ReplyDeleteIt seems like steel fabrication would be difficult. I'm glad I just need to buy it. If I had to fabricate it too I'd be worried about the quality. http://www.singhfab.com.au
ReplyDeletewhen you work with it is all makes since its a step process from grinding to a buffing operation. That is where we come in we offer the right tools or machines to do the job from start to finish as well as the proper abrasive and grits to make you very profitable
DeleteI have a stainless steel kitchen table. I am wondering if I can apply these methods to make it look more new. I have already sanded it a few times, but I need finisher I think to make it look normal again.
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If you have a stainless steel table with out to many deep scratches then I would recommend buffing it. use a 4" X 4" X 5/8=11 string buff. put it on a slow but high torque tool. but if you have deep scratches then you have to use a abrasive belt and then blend it in with a 4 X 40PLY X 3/8 SS the arbor would depend on what tool you have or we can sell you this as well. for more help call Cathy P at 262 786 1610
DeleteAbrasive belts need to be efficient to help reduce your work time and to work with the steel effectively. I know my brother works with abrasive belts, but I am not entirely sure what kind he uses. I should ask him to learn more about them.
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Thank you so much for sharing this article! For stainless steel fabrication visit: http://tkl.com.ph/.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of tools that go into metal fabrication. I never thought that they would grind down the sides and make the metal smooth and workable. I will have to see what else goes into metal fabrication. I think it would be nice to learn about what they do to get the metal as strong as it is.
ReplyDeleteZach | http://genzinksteel.com/
its all in the process of grinding to finishing. you need the right tools and speed plus the right mineral per each application. for more info go to our videos on www.industriaal-supply-store.com. and look at the upper tab for movies or videos
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