James, the machine came with flat belts, I will say again that the large drive wheel that is on the counter shaft that lines up or goes on the Motor side pulley is a flat belt, it would stand to reason that there would be a flat drive on the motor, all I was trying to find out if anyone had one or knowledge of the size of the flat drive that goes on the motor, guess I will make several to see which one would be the best, thanks, Joe
On Wed, 29 Jan, 2025 at 6:56 AM, James Thornton via groups.io <exupjim@...> wrote:
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It was very normal to have a vee belt pulley on the motor, driving a vee belt, that then ran on a flat pulley on the countershaft This was true even on original lathes from the 1920's.
They work much more efficiently, especially around a small pulley, and over a short span.
Why would you want to go to a flat belt? You would have to tension it like mad to stop it slipping, probably distort the countershaft which won't be designed fornthe load.
