On 2013-05-22, Ed Huntress wrote:
On 22 May 2013 03:17:53 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2013-05-21, John B slocomb wrote:
On Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:30 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote:



Right now, I'm not machining anything. I have to replace the belt on
my machine. Jim Rozen gave me some belt material but now I have to
decide how to join it. Do you have any glue recommendations? I can
make a clean scarf with no problem.

Wasn't there a recent thread about joining flat belts?

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And -- you can also lace them with leather and a bunch of holes.
The leather on the pulley side runs parallel to the belt edges, and that
on the other side runs diagonally between rows of holes. An old South
Bend _How to Run a Lathe_ manual used to cover that.

[ ... ]

Yeah, that's my other option. You have to cut relief grooves in the
belt with a woodcarver's gouge, but it looks doable.

I did it for a 1" belt (and not much power through it -- a small
benchtop machine) using gimp -- the fabric core plastic lacing. It is
flat enough so you do not need grooves. You might need more parallel
laces, depending on the torque to be transmitted.

Skiving, though, is easier for me. So I'm going to try gluing.

O.K. Good Luck with it. (Probably already done, I've been busy
the past few days. :-)
DoN.

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