[TheForge] maneuvering motor to get Little Giant belt to track correctly

Mon Jul 7 06:48:01 2003

Cathrine,  You can use threaded adjuster blocks with long fully threaded
bolts to adjust a motor base to the desired angle for fine tuning belt
tracking.  Take a piece of 3/4 x 1 flat about 2" long, drill and tap a 1/2"
hole, weld adjuster block to motor base, then insert bolts and adjust to
desired tracking.

Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Jo Morgan" <[email protected]>
To: "Blacksmithing mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: [TheForge] maneuvering motor to get Little Giant belt to track
correctly

> Thanks to leads from here and other blacksmithing forums, I got my
> Little Giant flat belt replacement. Now I'm finding it's trickier than I
> expected, to bolt the motor into place so the belt tracks well. I'm
> using long rods to get some leverage, and may have to use a bar clamp to
> pull one end of the motor mount toward the body of the Little Giant so
> the belt will track straight. Any hints as to making this easier? Maybe
> getting the tracking right is more important than having a lot of
> tension on the belt?
>
> When I first got the power hammer back in '86, the belt slipped a lot. I
> kept applying belt dressing and in recent years the belt has been
> fine...till it started to tear. I haven't put any belt dressing on at
> this point - is it better to start without it?
>
> Guess you can tell I know very little about getting machinery running
> well. I'll appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Catherine Jo Morgan
> Morgan Sculpture
> Iron and mixed media vessels
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