Reply To: Lathe belting blues…

[tmac1956]

Arutha:

The leather belt sounds like good advice. I remember my mom inherited an old foot powered Singer sowing machine that had a leather belt that was stappled together (I think). That thing lasted until I was in my teens and my mom finally bought an electric one. The old foot powered thing must have been over one hundred years old back then and that was 45 years ago.

Here’s a question…

When I set up my belts I used the middle size pulleys to set the length. However when I go down to a smaller pulley combination the belt is sloppy, and when I go to the largest size comdination, the thing is way too tight. How do you handle that?

Thanks!
Tom