In metal fabrication, choosing the correct abrasive belt is the difference between a flawless finish and costly rework. The right belt improves surface quality, speeds production, and reduces waste — while the wrong one burns, clogs, or wears out prematurely.
At OnlineSupply.ca, we offer a wide range of custom-made abrasive belts made in Canada, built from premium European and South Korean materials. Here’s how to pick the best belt for your job.
Understanding Abrasive Belt Basics
An abrasive belt consists of three key components:
Backing: Paper or cloth — each off..
25 Years Skookum Strong
For a quarter of a century, Skookum Tools Ltd. has been more than just a name — it’s been a promise. A promise of quality, durability, and Canadian craftsmanship that makers across the country can count on.
What started as a mobile tool store in 2000 quickly grew into a franchise and, by 2005, into a fully established e-commerce company with the launch of OnlineSupply.ca. From those early days, our mission has been simple: bring professional-grade tooling and abrasives to Canadian makers without compromise. Today, Skookum Tools is trusted nationwide for ban..
Things to Consider When Choosing Grinding Wheels for Metalworking
Choosing the right abrasive for your metalworking is an important step. Not only will it provide the best results, but it will also help to improve your productivity and cut costs. Making that choice can be difficult at times, due to the sheer number of abrasives available, so here are things to consider when choosing abrasives.
Which Type of Abrasive?
There are several types of abrasive, but some of the most popular ones include:
Ceramic is one of the more rugged abrasives and is used in heavy metal removal.
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Picking the correct sandpaper
If you have not worked much with wood and have not had much use for sandpaper in the past, you probably think that there isn’t much to it. You know that you would use it to smooth edges after a cut, and you may have been told to sand between coats of paint, but when you head out to buy some, you might be faced with more kinds than you could have imagined.
Which one do you need? What is the right kind for the job?
There’re a few things that you should know, such as the right size of sandpaper grit and the appropriate coarseness, so let’s take a look at the..
High-Gloss Polyurethane Finishes
Are you looking for the best possible sanding abrasive product for finishing high-gloss polyurethane finishes? Klingspor's PS73 sanding discs and sheets are specially formulated with a "double stearate" coating to perform exceptionally well in this application.
Technical data: Grain Annealed Aluminium Oxide Coating Semi-open Bonding agent Resin Backing C-paper (P40-120) B-paper (P150-1500) Coating with stearate
Application: Rough to fine sanding of flat and curved surfaces with hand sanders
Material: Paint, varnish, filler, plastics, composit..
The codes on the back of a sanding belt are the way abrasive manufacturures designate their different sanding belt materials
Here is a guide to the codes you will find on OnlineSupply and how to choose the best one for your application.
PS22F
This paper backed aluminum oxide belt is for hardwood sanding in wide belt sanders and stroke sanders. The ACT coating helps resist clogging
Aluminum Oxide – Close Coat – F Weight paper – ACT Coating
PS29F
Our most popular paper backed material. Excellent in both softwood and hardwood appplications on wide belt sanders and stroke sander..
How did OnlineSupply come to be?
After spending almost 15 years working in a local industrial supply store, Rob McDonald was ready for a change spurred by a strong entrepreneurial itch. His first choice was to attempt to purchase the company he was working for. This seemed to be progressing until the current owner of that store had a change of heart, wanting to maintain majority control over the company.
This put Rob in an awkward position as he had already made clear the desire to become an owner and to step back into the “same-old – same old” just did not feel right. Now, during the ti..
