These are my current ones, not one of them has snapped.
Good evening,
I've just been halted by my powerfile throwing it's belt. It wouldn't be too bad but it's done it because the roller bearing at
the end of the arm has decided it no longer wants to be a separate part from the rest of the arm. So it's time to buy a new arm.
Thankfully they are considered consumable and really easy to find on the internet. However, I can also see a cranked arm available that I'm
tempted to buy as well. Does anyone know if the cranked arm fits a standard powerfile, and if so does it use the same length belts?
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Originally posted by Slimy38
Good evening,
I've just been halted by my powerfile throwing it's belt. It wouldn't be too bad but it's done it because the roller bearing at the end of the arm has decided it no longer wants to be a separate part from the rest of the arm. So it's time to buy a new arm.
Thankfully they are considered consumable and really easy to find on the internet. However, I can also see a cranked arm available that I'm tempted to buy as well. Does anyone know if the cranked arm fits a standard powerfile, and if so does it use the same length belts?
Interested in knowing a good supplier of belts as i was just about to buy a pack on ebay.
eBay Item
These are my current ones, not one of them has snapped.
We get our belts from Advanced Welding in Kent (run by a chap called Paul Astins) https://advancedweldingkent.co.uk/ - belts are SIA.
We go through hundreds of them but I'm sure price is competitive. Tell him I sent you I you contact him 
As for B&D powerfiles/arms we used to get though loads but would save them all up and get both the electric bits and arms replaces under warranty
but they stopped that a few years back. There are plenty of better powerfiles out there for far less money. I like this that we get from here:
https://www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/Power_Files.html (and they do belts but no idea on quality). It's lower power but is quite small so whole thing
fits inside some of our work if required and belt can be angles up or down etc.
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Originally posted by Simon
As for B&D powerfiles/arms we used to get though loads but would save them all up and get both the electric bits and arms replaces under warranty but they stopped that a few years back. There are plenty of better powerfiles out there for far less money. I like this that we get from here: https://www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/Power_Files.html (and they do belts but no idea on quality). It's lower power but is quite small so whole thing fits inside some of our work if required and belt can be angles up or down etc.
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Originally posted by Slimy38
eBay Item
These are my current ones, not one of them has snapped.
Just to close up the thread, I contacted the Ebay seller and the cranked arms fit the powerfile fine, and the belts are the same. So all good, I order both straight and cranked.