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Jim Wilkins Jim Wilkins is offline
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Default roller chain vs. timing belt

On Feb 25, 6:11*pm, David Billington
wrote:
Jordan wrote:
On 2/25/2011 9:59 AM, Pete C. wrote:
...

If you have the time then maybe you can re-engineer the sewing machine
to use a belt that is available. It's not unknown for manufacturers to
have custom components made, such as belts, so you have to buy the
spares from them at an increased mark-up, A mate used to work for a farm
machinery manufacturer that did that for some V belts. At the end of the
day you can work around it but it depends what you time is worth.


Was it the type of belt where the cogs are stiff wire wound and
crimped around a plain flat belt?

jsw