This lathe uses sheave pulleys to vary the speed, do you suppose a
link belt would work?

Anyone tried it yet?

thanks!
-Dan V.

This lathe uses sheave pulleys to vary the speed, do you suppose a
link belt would work?

Anyone tried it yet?

thanks!
-Dan V.

Since sheave and pulley mean exactlly the same thing, I'm not sure what
you're asking, so...

....if you mean your lathe uses step pulley-type speed change, then yes,
link-belts will work.

....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...a
"normal" Vee-belts is roughly the same thickness as its width...a belt for a
Reeves drive may be 4 to 5 or more times wider than the thinkness.

Mike

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.

okay, thanks. Sounds like it will work out great. Sorry if I
mis-described the drive. it is a variable speed lathe, made so by the
action of the pulleys changing in width.

-Dan V.

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 03:39:42 GMT, "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 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

"Earl" wrote in message

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.

I've done the same with my Jet 1442. The link belt seems to have eliminated
at least one small source of vibration.

Max

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