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On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 10:01:37 -0500
Jack wrote:

Realist!


here is a real one

one machine that is not used often has belts and the belts tend
to get a memory of the pulley

when that rare occasion comes up that i use the machine the belts
are insisting on retaining their memory of the pulley

seems that link belts do well to eliminate this exact problem


the link belt design may not adapt to use as a bandsaw tire but
then again it might

but apparently no one has tried