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Re: [Ri3D] Help BOOM DONE. order stuff

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
We have been looking into this as well. How do you go about welding it? We haven't had much success in our limited attempts.
Cut it on a 45 (so the top down view is pointy), use a heat gun to get it nice and gooey, and then smush it together using a piece of angle to keep it straight. We spun it up irresponsibly fast (tachometer said 3000 RPM on 8" diameter wheels), and never had a failure. Urethane belting does make some really interesting shapes when centripetal acceleration starts pushing it away from the pulleys though.
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