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Earl
 
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Default link belt on Delta 1440 VS

The Davenports wrote: (clip) ...if you mean that your lathe uses split
sheave, Reeves-type drive, then no, link-belt will NOT work. A Reeves drive
needs a wide belt to work(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I, too, have the Reeves drive on my Delta. I replaced the regular belt
with a link belt and got a much quieter and smoother running lathe. It
had a normal belt, no a wide one, originally.

Earl