Thanks for posting this video. I have tried everything to get the belt to track with no success. I trashed a Maveric belt in the process. I will give your technique a try.
After chewing up 2 new belts from Klingspor, I called Supermax and asked for guidance. They told me it would work right with an OEM belt. So, another $50 and another try. The day started at 8 a.m. and it is now 5:50 pm. Not one other thing has been done today other than trying to make this Performax track. It is a 16/32 from 1988 or 89. It has NEVER tracked correctly. So, I/m at the end of my day and at the end of my wits. Your solution offers a glimmer of hope. I will try it in the morning. Thanks for being so methodical about finding a solution. If it doesn't work, I'll go sit out on the lake on a chunk of ice and wait for Mother Nature to take me. Seriously, though, there are literally thousands of bf to sand for the interior of this house, and then glue-ups to sand after all the face frames are constructed. Wanting to get this house finished before I die of old age, if no success tomorrow, I will vacuum the deep recesses of my wallet and buy a Powermatic 16/32 belt sander. Again, thanks so much for putting your mind to this. Jim
I had the exact same feelings as you, but i have used mine with this fix for few months now and have been able to finally control the tracking. I really hope this helps you out, its kind of a boat anchor if it can’t track.
@@friedgizzard Well, I tried. The darned thing just has a mind of its own. Delivery of the Powermatic 16/32 wide belt is set for the week of April 15. Thanks again for making your solution available.
I have a similar but older sander.....same problem. I also have looked at many people on CZcams and seen chewed up belts. Overall I think the engineering on these sanders it's poor. I will try to tape trick..thank you for posting.
I don’t know if this trick will help you, but for my machine, the outfeed roller is essentially a cone shape since one end is smaller. And i do know, if a wide belt rides on a cone, it will always track to the larger diameter side. I do hope it helps you.
I have been doing alot of traveling, i retire this year and hopefully next season i will be back at the mink, weasels, rats and anything else i can put a trap on.
I have the same sander that I bought used and am having a heck of a time getting a uniform cut with it. I just put a straight edge across the bed and I have a 1/16 dip in the middle of the bed, which has to be why I’m getting crazy uneven sanding. Is your conveyer bed dead flat or am I going crazy?
I had to level the drum when i got the sander but i get even sanding across my pieces. Make sure that your table lift that is used for wide boards with 2 passes is level and not up.
@@friedgizzard I leveled the bed using the process outlined in the manual, and was still getting really wonky cuts. Eventually I took the belt off and measured the flatness of the conveyor bed with a straight edge and it was anything but flat. I went ahead and ordered a new bed from Laguna this weekend.
@@friedgizzard Thought that belt looked familiar! I'm in the process of trying to get a Maverick belt tracking on my PowerMax 22/44 from Jet that I bought 20 years ago. Chewed up the first belt within a year, then the next one lasted 18 years with no problems. Third lasted about a week. On my fourth now, using Maverick w/ fingers crossed. Their other belts are really high quality, so I'm optimistic.
Thanks for posting this video. I have tried everything to get the belt to track with no success. I trashed a Maveric belt in the process. I will give your technique a try.
Please let me know if it works. I am pretty sure that the roller being a cone shape is the problem.
After chewing up 2 new belts from Klingspor, I called Supermax and asked for guidance. They told me it would work right with an OEM belt. So, another $50 and another try. The day started at 8 a.m. and it is now 5:50 pm. Not one other thing has been done today other than trying to make this Performax track. It is a 16/32 from 1988 or 89. It has NEVER tracked correctly. So, I/m at the end of my day and at the end of my wits. Your solution offers a glimmer of hope. I will try it in the morning. Thanks for being so methodical about finding a solution. If it doesn't work, I'll go sit out on the lake on a chunk of ice and wait for Mother Nature to take me.
Seriously, though, there are literally thousands of bf to sand for the interior of this house, and then glue-ups to sand after all the face frames are constructed. Wanting to get this house finished before I die of old age, if no success tomorrow, I will vacuum the deep recesses of my wallet and buy a Powermatic 16/32 belt sander. Again, thanks so much for putting your mind to this.
Jim
I had the exact same feelings as you, but i have used mine with this fix for few months now and have been able to finally control the tracking. I really hope this helps you out, its kind of a boat anchor if it can’t track.
@@friedgizzard Well, I tried. The darned thing just has a mind of its own. Delivery of the Powermatic 16/32 wide belt is set for the week of April 15. Thanks again for making your solution available.
Been watching for ya.Still trapping! Glad to see you back on here.
I have a similar but older sander.....same problem. I also have looked at many people on CZcams and seen chewed up belts. Overall I think the engineering on these sanders it's poor. I will try to tape trick..thank you for posting.
I don’t know if this trick will help you, but for my machine, the outfeed roller is essentially a cone shape since one end is smaller. And i do know, if a wide belt rides on a cone, it will always track to the larger diameter side. I do hope it helps you.
I have been doing alot of traveling, i retire this year and hopefully next season i will be back at the mink, weasels, rats and anything else i can put a trap on.
I have the same sander that I bought used and am having a heck of a time getting a uniform cut with it. I just put a straight edge across the bed and I have a 1/16 dip in the middle of the bed, which has to be why I’m getting crazy uneven sanding. Is your conveyer bed dead flat or am I going crazy?
I had to level the drum when i got the sander but i get even sanding across my pieces. Make sure that your table lift that is used for wide boards with 2 passes is level and not up.
@@friedgizzard I leveled the bed using the process outlined in the manual, and was still getting really wonky cuts. Eventually I took the belt off and measured the flatness of the conveyor bed with a straight edge and it was anything but flat. I went ahead and ordered a new bed from Laguna this weekend.
where did you get the new belt?
Maverick Abrasives Drum Sander... www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4KRTJ8F?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
@@friedgizzard Thought that belt looked familiar!
I'm in the process of trying to get a Maverick belt tracking on my PowerMax 22/44 from Jet that I bought 20 years ago. Chewed up the first belt within a year, then the next one lasted 18 years with no problems. Third lasted about a week. On my fourth now, using Maverick w/ fingers crossed. Their other belts are really high quality, so I'm optimistic.