Anybody know the specs of the variable speed belts used on Hardinge
HLV-H toolroom lathes? They're probably made according to some age-old
imperial standard? Any hints on where to get them, preferably in
Europe? Nobody's been importing Hardinge to Finland for ages, so local
availability seems really bad. If I could find out the specs, I could
ask around at industrial component importers.

Thanks,
Mise
Helsinki, Finland

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Anybody know the specs of the variable speed belts used on Hardinge
HLV-H toolroom lathes? They're probably made according to some age-old
imperial standard? Any hints on where to get them, preferably in
Europe? Nobody's been importing Hardinge to Finland for ages, so local
availability seems really bad. If I could find out the specs, I could
ask around at industrial component importers.


I can't tell you for certain what Hardinge uses, but the
belts on my Feeler HLV-H copy are a 1626V604 on the top,
and a 1626V384 on the bottom. The Feeler is a very close
copy, other than using metric fasteners, so I'd expect the
belts to be the same on a real HLV-H.

The 1626V series belts are 1 inch wide across the top.
Outside circumference is 39.2" for the 384, 61.2" for the
604. Expect old belts to have stretched some.

Optibelt lists the belts, at least in the US print catalog
I have here.

http://www.optibelt.com/engl/index.html
http://www.optibelt.fi/

Ned Simmons