http://heleta.com/abrasives/sanding-belts/9825

 

I'd never heard of this website before, anyone have any experience with them?

I took a look and those prices seem a little too good.  Chinese imports?  

Looks like your best bet is to order a couple to test and let us know 

Reason I was asking is because I haven't even built my grinder yet... Just getting my ducks into rows so to speak

Well, I personally swear by Klingspor abrasives but the prices in your site look pretty tempting for some things.  If I weren't such a lazy bum I'd do a side by side comparison to see.

 

I second the comment about Klingspor though pherd is possibly much better :)  Klingspor however has a lousy business ethics that use/encourages lateral collusion to keep prices high so I try to avoid their products wherever possible just out of principle!

In the US, I have bought custom sized belts from Industrial Abrasives in PA and been very pleased.  Can someone explain the Klingspor issue?

we have a listing of suppliers in the knife making reference section.   http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/31605-supplier-list/

 

 

On 11/5/2015, 5:37:47, phabib said:

In the US, I have bought custom sized belts from Industrial Abrasives in PA and been very pleased.  Can someone explain the Klingspor issue?

I buy cases and cases of 2x72's from them.. doesn't hurt that it's only a little over half an hour drive either to just pick them up. They assemble all the belts on site and can do custom belts as well. I also grab a box every few years of their scraps by the pound.. all assorted grits (although they ask me what range I'm looking for) - I get something like 15lbs of paper for $15.. the other nice part about just going in person is the stuff they don't advertise, my last trip I got 50 sheets of 1200 grit for $5. The owner is awesome and will gladly search her sources for hard to find abrasives that they don't make as well,.

J