Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:28:01 -0700
From: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron

The sanding belts in cabnet shops are over 4 ft wide used to sand hole
sheets of hardwood plywood. I have goten them to cut into smaller pieces.
They tare length wise to any width you like. I do not know if they are
treated to resist static charges. If not they are very strong and thin.
   Robert    H
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> From: "High Voltage list" <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:13:22 -0700 (MST)
> To: <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)
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> Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:08:34 -0700
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> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 02:36:15 -0800 (PST)
> From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)
>
> All the hardwood floor sanders I've used were rotating
> drums. The sandpaper wasn't a "belt" and attached
> directly to the drum. I suppose a belt model could
> exist, though I've never seen one.
>
> Adam
>
> --- High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
>>
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>> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:19:44 -0800
>> From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: Van de Graaff /Pelletron (fwd)
>>
>>> I've been doing some searching around online
>> looking for possible VDG
>>> parts.  While looking at conveyor systems on ebay
>> this morning (in
>>> the few minutes of calm while our 22 month old
>> triplets were eating
>>> breakfast!), it occurred to be that a ready made
>> drive system for an
>>> actively charged VDG could probably be scavenged
>> from a belt sander.
>>> One of the big floor standing models might be
>> perfect...just chop it
>>> up.  I might have to try this.  Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Zap!
>>>
>>> Charles Brush
>>
>> Terrible waste for such a neat tool and, unless
>> you're trying to
>> compete with Round Hill or the MOS, overkill.  Start
>> with something
>> smaller and simpler and doable in a short time and
>> then work your way up
>> to bigger and better!
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
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