Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 3 47 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t Id e n tif icat ion S W P 013 P age Nu m b e r 7 of 1 2 Doc u m e n t 1 st Cr e at e d F e bru a r y 02 2010 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e o n Re vised Doc u m e n t Oc t 15 th 2017 310 CUTTI NG HOL ES IN A B EL T FOR S TRINGIN G One of the most c omm on jobs we do whe n inst a ll ing a b e lt is cutt ing a hole to ena ble a rope o r c a ble to be a tt a c h e d Al thoug h a tt a c hing a pull plate or c utt ing a hol e with a hole sa w or wing c utt e r would be pre f e rr e d som e ti mes using a knif e mi g ht be ou r onl y opti on T y pic a ll y w e c ut a round one or a tria n g l e a s show n The proble m i s that usua ll y y our e in a d iff icult pos it ion a nd y ou inevitabl y star t be nding y ou r knif e blad e or ha vin g too m uc h blad e e x tende d In futur e tr y c utt ing two pa ra ll e l c uts t hroug h the b e lt in t he dire c ti on of tra v e l Thi s wa y y o ur bla d e shoul d a l wa y s sta y stra ig ht 311 DE RI B B IN G OR SKI V ING A B EL T OR PU L L EY Th er e are t imes h owever w h en u sin g a lo n g b lad e an d b e n d i n g i t som ewha t are u n avoid a b le W h e n sk ivin g or de ri b b i n g k ee p t h ese t i p s in mi n d I f a t all poss ibl e use a n Osc il lating tool I f y ou mus t use a n e x tende d Olfa blade tr y th e blac k boss t y pe blad e s whic h of fe r more fle x Do not ski ve ba c k ha nd o r le ft ha nde d without a lef t han de d knife a s the bla d e s will bre a k more e a sil y