[SEL] O.T. Gluing a Timing Belt

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Paul,

    When I was young, about 11, I had a favorite Tonka toy that was a 
conveyor.  The belt broke and it was then useless.  My dad and I decided 
to fix it.  We took an old tractor inner tube and cut about an inch and 
a half section across it (this was the width of the conveyor belt 
originally).  We then cut some 1/4 inch wide strips out of the tube the 
length of the width of the belt we cut.  We marked the belt about every 
inch and used rubber cement to glue the strips on.  It worked perfect.  
It probably took us a couple of hours to do it all but things like this 
are what you remember from your youth.  The toy was still in my dad's 
basement until the tornado hit in '98 and to the best of my knowledge, 
the belt was still on it.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY



>Can you cut a timing belt into and then use super glue to glue it back together? I need to make some small belts to use for a model conveyor I am making and I want to use a timing belt inverted for the conveyor belt but will need to be able to cut it to size and then put it back together. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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