Capt Ken,
As to your question one, I would with a lot of belt driven things in my shop and lateral moves, pitch, etc, etc can cause a belt to run in an awkward way. You may have something not centered, or bent or a rough spot or even out of round. There are so many minor things that can cause the problem.
You may want to inspect everything on this beast, to make sure it's properly working. The normal case is something is just noisy, in the extreme case, the belt wears un evenly and it breaks.
Jerry
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Q1.
I have just refitted the power belt as I knew it was running off
centre - out and away from the lathe. I used Frank Hoose Jr's advice
on setting the motor, but no matter what adjustments I make it stll
wants to run right next to the edge. I notice he says this
adjustment 'should' cure the problem. Do I detect a little idea that
it could be something else? Something bent?
There is what looks to me like a slight 'flap' in the straight part
between the upper and lower gears, but maybe I am looking for it?
It's not hitting anything - I would just like to see it running dead
centre.
