Keneddy hacksaw

[malcolm evansParticipant @malcolmevans23899]

Hi all, anybody any experience of the flat drive belt fitted to the Keneddy hacksaw? the one fitted is starting to look a bit tatty and I would like to get hold of a replacement before it breaks !! it appears to be fabric on the outer and a kind of nylon/plastic on the inner surface, it must be oil proof with all the crud it gets on it and it hasn`t gone soggy like a rubber might do, any ideas for a replacement?? thanks, MALC.  

[malcolm evansParticipant @malcolmevans23899]

drive belt

[mgjParticipant @mgj]

You could try the link at the top of the page?

 

http://www.v-belt.eu

 

They seem to produce lots of belts with no minimum order.

[Gep EnglerParticipant @gepengler40547]

Dear all,

 

I am also a happy owner of such a small Kennedy power hacksaw.

But my machine has a V-belt.

See picture on my homepage: http://home.kpn.nl/gep2/Sub-pagina’s/Machines.htm

(klick on picture for larger photo.)

And elsewhere on the Web, I found another specimen that uses a toothed (timer?) belt. See: http://www.lathes.co.uk/advertphoto/090822kennedy/

That page also contains, unfortunately bad quality, copies of a brochure plus the first page of the (maintenance) instructions. So probably, there has been a manual.

Unfortunately, I do not have any maintenance/operating instructions.

Although the operation and maintenance are straight forward, it would be nice to have my machine “complete”.

Therefore my question:
Does anybody have the complete operating/maintenance instructions and can provide a scan?

Thanks in advance !

 

Furthermore, I added an automatic switch-off to my machine. Very convenient!

As this is at the back of the machine; you can not see it on the picture.

But, if anybody is interested, I can add an extra picture.

 

Best regards from The Netherlands,

 

 Gep

e-mail: gep2<at>hetnet.nl

home page: http://home.kpn.nl/gep2/

 

[Gep EnglerParticipant @gepengler40547]

Dear all,

 

I am also a happy owner of such a small Kennedy power hacksaw.

But my machine has a V-belt.

See picture on my homepage: http://home.kpn.nl/gep2/Sub-pagina’s/Machines.htm

(klick on picture for larger photo.)

And elsewhere on the Web, I found another specimen that uses a toothed (timer?) belt. See: http://www.lathes.co.uk/advertphoto/090822kennedy/

That page also contains, unfortunately bad quality, copies of a brochure plus the first page of the (maintenance) instructions. So probably, there has been a manual.

Unfortunately, I do not have any maintenance/operating instructions.

Although the operation and maintenance are straight forward, it would be nice to have my machine “complete”.

Therefore my question:
Does anybody have the complete operating/maintenance instructions and can provide a scan?

Thanks in advance !

 

Furthermore, I added an automatic switch-off to my machine. Very convenient!

As this is at the back of the machine; you can not see it on the picture.

But, if anybody is interested, I can add an extra picture.

 

Best regards from The Netherlands,

 

 Gep

e-mail: gep2<at>hetnet.nl

home page: http://home.kpn.nl/gep2/

 

[Chris BParticipant @chrisb73862]

I got a replacement flat belt made up by Tony Griffiths at Lathes.co.uk

[Clive FosterParticipant @clivefoster55965]

An effective alternative to old school flat bets is the multi-groove “serpentine” V-belts used for car engine accessory drives et al run Vee side down.

 

Following advice from USA I used one on my Heavy 10 lathe with excellent results although the necessary split and lace up procedure was a pain.  For the Kennedy you only need to find one of a suitable length.

 

Clive 

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

It is possible to obtain heat joinable flat belting in a wide range of widths and thicknesses.Old poly V belts or toothed timing belts win hands down for price,what you get for free is always the winner. Ian S C

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

 

Yes the saw in MEWS was a form of Kennedy saw. It used a Klaxon Motor with it’s built in gear box as a direct drive to the pitman. The rest of the thing was also made up of Hex and square barbar. As the blade was a standard 12” hand saw blade it would be easy to scale up from the photo.

It needed no belts

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