On Jul 3, 8:56*pm, "Michael Koblic" wrote:
Jim Wilkins wrote:
...

I am not sure I understand. How is the 4L belt dimension relevant to the
Taig? Are you saying I should change the whole drive train to 4L? Isn't it a
bit big for the machine?

--
Michael Koblic

Why would you want to change the rest of the transmission to the Taig
style? An oversized motor and belts will cost you a little extra
electricity but you can easily make them slip to not overstress the
lathe.

1/2" pulleys and 3/4/5L vee belts are the only drive components
readily available from hardware stores on weekends, at least around
here. And they work well with small electric and gas motors. If you
build drives from surplus rather than carefully engineering them, it's
very helpful to have very few variations of shaft size and belt type,
so you can recycle the growing collection of spares when you move on
to air compressors and bandsaws.

jsw