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Re: How can you make a belt out of tubing?

In 2012 our team used the round frc orange pollycord to make belts. We used a butane torch to get the two ends hit to the point where they melted but a soldering iron with a wood burning tip would work too. When both ends of the cord stared to melt we would slide them together and hold them tightly until they hardened. At the joint the cord would mushroom out making it hard to use but we used a disk sander to sand it down. We made a pulley on a wood lathe and coated it in some unknown epoxy so the cord would not slip. Hope this helps