Colchester Student Roundnose Flat Drive Belt

[JOHN BRIDGE 1Participant @johnbridge1]

[JOHN BRIDGE 1Participant @johnbridge1]

I have just obtained the above machine and I need a drve belt for it, it is a flat belt 1 1/2 inches wide approx and 6 foot long approx,any ideas where to source one from.

TIA

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

I get that sort of stuff from agricultural suppliers, most still keep stuff but you may have to ask. could make your own fro leather belts ( heavy duty trouser type ) fastened together with comb joints. possible also are toothed belts and polyV, run on the back, but yours are a bit big.

[JOHN BRIDGE 1Participant @johnbridge1]

Thanks for your reply Gorden, I can get lengths of suitable belt off Ebay and the clips to join but I would like a continuous belt with no joints as in the original if possible.

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

leather belt can be scarf -jointed easily, would think getting the exact length ready made will be difficult nowadays PS I like the steady click- click from a belt joint.

[JOHN BRIDGE 1Participant @johnbridge1]

The belt does not have to be exact there is a fair degree of adjustment available but needs must. I may have to make one up.

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Tony at lathes.co.uk can make up flat belts to your specification

[John McNamaraParticipant @johnmcnamara74883]

Hi John Bridge

What you want is leather faced plastic belt

For a while I had a Cincinnati 2m milling machine similar to this one but with an external but integrated 5HP electric motor drive via a flat belt. The one in the picture has the motor in the base.

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It was a heavy machine and when I got it had a leather belt with a comb clip joint. I really hated the clatter of that clip as it went over the pulleys.

I asked a local industrial transmission company and they recommended a leather faced polyester (or was it Mylar?) belt, that would be fused to the exact size needed. They offered to do it on site if needed but that was not necessary for my machine it did not need to be dismantled to slip the belt on.

I ran that machine for about 5 years and never heard the belt again, it was silent; and it never needed tensioning. and it never slipped and it tracked perfectly. The leather face has a fine suede finish. you do not dress it as with old hard leather belts.

Highly recommended.

Regards
John

A few references here:

https://www.google.com.au/#q=leather+faced+plastic+transmission+belt

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Edited By John McNamara on 11/04/2014 14:07:27

[JOHN BRIDGE 1Participant @johnbridge1]

Thanks for all your help.

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