[TheForge] Pulleys

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I bought an old lineshaft Drill press some years ago that had been 
driven by a v-belt looped around the original flat belt sheave.  It 
worked fine, but the belt wore a groove in the sheave.  I have no idea 
how long it was run in this configuration, but it was being used in a 
very active motorcycle speed shop.    The advantage of the toothed belt 
is that it wouldn't do this.   I ended up converting both sheaves to 
v-belt configuration, and saved the  flat belt sheave for some future 
project.  Mind you, this was just the primary power belt, the speed 
change sheaves on the drill press still run leather.  I was working to 
put together a complete leather belt shop out of perversity.  

Charles
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DragonsWatch wrote:

>Well, the way I figure it, I gotta have something, and as I have nothing,
>then why not?  It seems to work and that's what matters.  I know a simple V
>belt will work, but then so might a hemp rope, or a leather belt.
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>Larry
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>"Walter L. Mullett" wrote:
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>>Why?  You really don't need that.
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>>Walt
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: DragonsWatch <thedragons@dragonswatch.com>
>>Date: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:27 AM
>>Subject: [TheForge] Pulleys
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>>I think I asked this before, but can not find it or any replies.
>>Somewhere here I saw a picture where  a tooth belt was used to drive a
>>LG hammer.  Does anyone know of a source of these belts and pulleys?
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>>Thanks,
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>>Larry
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