Leo Lichtman wrote:

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)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This does not agree with my experience. I used a Jet 1236 (with Reeves
drive) for several years after replacing the original belt with a link belt,
and I believe it was actually better. For one thing, you can adjust the
belt length by trial and error in 1/2" increments to get the best
combination of lower and upper speed limits. You can replace a few bad
links in case of a break, without having to change the whole belt. I
believe the belt had fewer problems with breakage than a normal V-belt.

As far as I can recall, the original belt was a NORMAL V-belt--not a wide
belt such as you describe.

The normal belt on a Jet 1236 is a 10mm (3/8") v-belt, however, the Reeves
drive on it will work with a 1/2" link belt with a little loss of speed range.

ARM