Parkside belt sander - sandpaper belt sliding off

[David]

Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
drive belt itself).

The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
soon as I turn it on.

Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?

Any idea how to cure this?

Cheers

Dave R

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[newshound]

Not explicitly, but my (bench) sander has a simple adjustment
(nut/stud/spring) to get the rollers parallel and that works fine.

[Roger Mills]

On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:

I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is branded
Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't check.

Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
central.

The belts have a arrow on them showing which way they need to rotate and
ISTR that the book of words has dire warnings about not fitting the belt
the wrong way round. I don't know whether it won't run straight the
wrong way round, or whether it's more prone to break at the joint - but
it might be worth checking the arrow on yours.
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[John Rumm]

On 21/02/2015 21:26, Roger Mills wrote:
> On 21/02/2015 20:04, David wrote:
>> Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
>> I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
>> drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
>> drive belt itself).
>>
>> The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
>> soon as I turn it on.
>>
>> Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
>> at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
>> about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.
>>
>> Anyone else have experience of the Parkside sanders?
>>
>> Any idea how to cure this?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Dave R
>>
>
> I've got a belt sander which I bought at Lidl - which I think is branded
> Parkside, but I'm not at home at the moment, and so can't check.
>
> Mine has got some sort of knob on the side which has to be turned to
> align the sanding belt. When you turn it with the sander running, the
> belt moves from side to side quite a lot - so you just adjust it to be
> central.

I once had a Ferm belt sander - big ugly noisy thing it was. It had an
adjustment knob as described, but after a few months of storage the
plastic frame had "crept" enough under the tension of the belt, that
there was no longer enough adjustment available to get the belt to run
properly - rendering it useless.


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[F Murtz]

Some belts have an arrow, a lot of modern ones go either way(depends on
the method used to join ends).

[meow...@care2.com]

You could probably make it work by packing the roller with epoxy or thread, though I might not spend much time on a cashew shaped Ferm sander.


NT

[David]

Belt direction matches the arrow in the plastic body - and it seems to
rotate in the correct direction.

There is no knob on the side - just a Posi screw with a damper spring.

I'll have another go at adjustment but it is not looking hopeful :-(

Aldidl kit is usually fairly reliable, as well.

[Roger Mills]

Maybe there's more than one model. Mine looks like this, and the belt
adjuster is the red knob (Item 6 on page 3 of the manual)

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lidl-service.com%2Fstatic%2F3019128%2F56599_FI.pdf&ei=SeLpVKXtOoL4aPm3gig&usg=AFQjCNF2vP3uUWX-3jznsFDbyn7bY9vXig&sig2=3ZHarPugawhbSoZ7ZN2hYw&bvm=bv.86475890,d.d2s

Is yours not like that?

[If that link doesn't work, Google for "Lidl belt sander manual"]

[David]

Try
www.manualslib.com/products/Parkside-Pbs-600-A1-1970510.html
for my model.

This shows the belt adjuster screw I was referring to.

When I looked at the paper manual this was lost in all the safety warnings
about not using the sander whilst having rough sex with an octopus at more
than three fathoms and the like.

I note it doesn't tell you which way to turn the screw to make the belt
move in or out.

[John Rumm]

I made it work far far better by slinging it in the bin and replacing it
with a Makita ;-)

[Roger Mills]

On 22/02/2015 17:24, David wrote:

> Try
> www.manualslib.com/products/Parkside-Pbs-600-A1-1970510.html
> for my model.
>
> This shows the belt adjuster screw I was referring to.
>
> When I looked at the paper manual this was lost in all the safety warnings
> about not using the sander whilst having rough sex with an octopus at more
> than three fathoms and the like.
>
> I note it doesn't tell you which way to turn the screw to make the belt
> move in or out.
>

Well, there are only two options. It doesn't take long to try both!

[Windmill]

I have a belt sander bought surplus long ago in the U.S.A. whose belts
tended to run partly off while sanding - but when I bought presumably
higher quality Bosch 'made in Switzerland' belts, this no longer
happened.
So I conclude that belt quality is also a factor.

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[David]

Update - I took it all apart and worked out that the tensioner lever
wasn't located correctly in the body.

Presumably I took the whole thing apart when it stopped working yea those
many years ago.

After fiddling the thing back together and checking, the belt stays on.

Adjusting screw seems to work as expected now as well.

Which is a considerable relief.

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[adamr...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 8:04:41 PM UTC, David wrote:

[michael adams]

<adamr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 8:04:41 PM UTC, David wrote:
>> Just got the new drive belt for my Parkside belt sander.
>> I haven't used the sander since 2013 (I know because when ordering a new
>> drive belt I found the previous order for a new drive belt - but not the
>> drive belt itself).
>>
>> The sander now runs again, but the sand paper just runs off the sander as
>> soon as I turn it on.

Because the front wheel isn't running parallel to the back wheel.

When you changed the belt you will have slackened off the tension. However
in addition to the tension adjuster there should also be an adjustment for the
angle of the front wheel.
Take the belt off and have a good hunt around for a screw or knob which
changes the angle of the wheel. There should be one there somewhere
only not very prominent maybe as this isn't something you should need
to adjust very often except maybe when changing belts.

>>
>> Google suggests that this may be due to adjustment, and there is a screw
>> at the front with a spring loading which seems to move the front roller
>> about, but I don't seem to be able to change the behaviour using this.

Try it again with the belt off. See what effect it has on the angle of the roller.
And mark down on a piece of paper what happens. Clockwise does what,
counter clockswise does what. etc.


michael adams

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[David]

Sorry, don't fancy you.....


On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:23:41 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

> date date...
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[David]

Noting first that the poster adamross561 didn't seem to add any content,
and secondly that the original post at the start of a thread was from
2015, this is all a bit of a waste of time.

However I will add my original response for clarity:

"Update - I took it all apart and worked out that the tensioner lever
wasn't located correctly in the body.

Presumably I took the whole thing apart when it stopped working yea those
many years ago.

After fiddling the thing back together and checking, the belt stays on.

Adjusting screw seems to work as expected now as well.

Which is a considerable relief. "

So the problem was solved on or before 21/03/2015.