What do you do with old belts?

[Bühlmann]

Just curious if everyone just throws them away, or if anyone has some clever repurposed use for spent 2x belts.

 

[Signalprick]

Garbage'

 

[SS369]

Shoe shine handles.

 

[Hengelo_77]

Toilet paper

Sorry
I've read about one good but limited use; anti slip strips on stairs

 

[J. Keeton]

I wonder if you could make a micarta with them? (J-Flex belts)

 

[Bühlmann]

I wonder if you could make a micarta with them? (J-Flex belts)

That crossed my mind as well! Oughtta be tougher than woodpecker lips if done right. Probably be hard on drill bits, but it'd still be really cool.

 

[fitzo]

Fowler used to keep a chaotic wad of used belts under his buffer to act as a trap when sharp pointy things got grabbed out of hands.

 

[SBuzek]

Just trash, if I don't throw them away I get tempted to try and reuse them

 

[bjansen]

Keep them for 2 years thinking I’ll do something with them, then just throw them away after they get too much in the way.

 

[AVigil]

I throw them away except I will keep one of each grit in 50, 100, 220 and 400 and cut the belt in half. Then I hang them next to my bench and cut strips, when I need to do some small handi work with.

 

[Joseph Bandeko]

You should get years of keeping pants up use out of a good belt! But I mean if it’s broken then there’s other things you could use the leather for Unless it’s a fabric one.
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LOL! Sorry.
I usually trash em, unless a newish belt breaks, then I’ll keep it for sanding strips.
I also have kept a used ceramic belt that I push up against belts to break the abrasive off and expose new sharp grit, which works OK.

 

[David Mary]

Worn coarse ceramic belts are good for profile hogging, so when they no longer cut bevels efficiently enough, they hog for a while. When they don't do that efficiently, they hog G10 and Boltaron another good long while before being trashed.

Medium ceramic belts: when they no longer cut bevels efficiently, they are repurposed for either machine or hand work on handles, where they generally have a more short lived stay of execution before also being trashed than the coarse belts.

 

[Seedy Lot]

I saw a youtube video of how to weave old belts into a basket. Not much of a basket weaver myself so trash for me once the belts loose all usefulness.

 

[HSC ///]

Depending on the belt and the backing and grit, you can splice a worn belt in half and grind with a 1” wide belt. Try it. You can be surprised at the additional grinding you can get with a 1” wide belt.

 

[Horsewright]

You should get years of keeping pants up use out of a good belt! But I mean if it’s broken then there’s other things you could use the leather for Unless it’s a fabric one.
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LOL! Sorry.
I usually trash em, unless a newish belt breaks, then I’ll keep it for sanding strips.
I also have kept a used ceramic belt that I push up against belts to break the abrasive off and expose new sharp grit, which works OK.

Work for elk dragging too!

Otherwise I toss em! I do keep the one least worn of old belts in each grit case something comes up that I don't want to waste a good belt on. Most of the time that never happens but just in case.

 

[FunkCoaster]

My idea would be to cut the loop and then split the belts to 1" (or thinner). Weave and splice them to make a 'tapestry'.

The textures and colors could have an interesting industrial look to them. Just need to find someone bored enough to take it on as a project.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Decent belts get demoted to the horizontal grinder, after that trash them. Use them like they were free!

 

[SirSpice]

Basket weaving

 

[David Mary]

Awesome idea and fun video with enjoyable music!

Not gonna do it though... haha

 

[Bühlmann]

Basket weaving

I struggle to make time enough to hack out a few hobby knives.......I can only imagine having the time to piss away on something (as cool as, admittedly) like that!