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   dgreen | Dec 12, 2008 06:45am | #1

   Hair dryer or heat gun to soften the adhesive and a plastic putty knife to lift the old pad. Clean up any remaining adhesive with mineral spirits.

    

    

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   Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
   ~ Denis Diderot

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   alanplanesaw | Dec 13, 2008 03:40am | #2

   Thanks.  I'll give it a shot tonight.

   Alan - planesaw

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   alanplanesaw | Dec 13, 2008 04:48pm | #3

   Doug,

   Your suggestions were excellent.  Thanks!  Here is what I found.  In my case, the heat gun didn't help get the pad up.  I found that once I used a putty knife to pull up a corner of the pad that I could pull it off rather easily. 

   That left all the adhesive on there.  Started with the heat gun and that was taking a long time.  So, I simply began to soak the adhesive with paint thinner.  It was then easy to wipe it off, get it clean, and apply the new one.

   I am back in business.  Thanks again!

   Alan - planesaw

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   dgreen | Dec 14, 2008 12:01am | #4

   Glad you are back up and running.

    

   Don 

    

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   Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.~ Denis Diderot

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   alanplanesaw | Dec 14, 2008 02:01am | #5

   Thanks.

   Now, new issue.  I put a new sanding belt on.   6 x 48.  How long does it take before it runs in the center?  I know how to adjust side to side, etc., but it won't stay in one place.  Tried another one, same thing.  Do they have to run for a while before they wear in, so to speak?

   Alan - planesaw

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   dgreen | Dec 14, 2008 02:41am | #6

   I usually have to adjust mine a half a dozen times before a new belt settles in (smaller adjustment each time).  The new graphite pad may be a little taller on one side and aggravate tracking but it should even out pretty quickly with use. Is it mistracking to one side or both? If both try adding a little more tension. 

    

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   Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.~ Denis Diderot

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   alanplanesaw | Dec 14, 2008 04:10am | #7

   It goes from side to the other.  I make minute increments, but it gradually moves over too far.

   When you say adjust the tension -- where, how?

   Alan - planesaw

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   [email protected] | Dec 15, 2008 04:38am | #8

   Do you have the orientation correct?  They are designed to run in one direction. 

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   alanplanesaw | Dec 15, 2008 05:01am | #9

   Jigs --

   One of my "older" sanding belts has arrows.  The newer ones do not.  Is there a way to tell which way they are to run?

   Alan - planesaw

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   dgreen | Dec 15, 2008 06:05am | #10

   The orientation of the splice is how I tell when there is no arrow. I looked at the manual for your machine and there does not appear to be an adjustment for tension. 

    

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   Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.~ Denis Diderot

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   alanplanesaw | Dec 15, 2008 06:31am | #11

   Thanks for sticking with me on this issue.  "For the funny of it" I turned the belt around.  Tomorrow night I'll see how it tracks. 

   The splices on these belts appear to eliminate the direction issue.  Instead of overlapping, they have a splice holding the two ends together on the same plane (make sense?).

   I may call Jet and see what sort of an answer I get from them -- assuming they have some sort of customer service.

   Alan - planesaw