My First Belt Lacing

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feasant

Plastic

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Jul 25, 2014

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MT

• Dec 1, 2014

• #1

i needed a belt for my SB13. so i went to the local feed store and bought a piece of leather harness and some waxed thread. watched a guy on youtube to learn how to lace.

result turned out good i thought.

 

egpace

Hot Rolled

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Aug 5, 2004

Location

Westwood, NJ

• Dec 1, 2014

• #2

feasant said:

i needed a belt for my SB13. so i went to the local feed store and bought a piece of leather harness and some waxed thread. watched a guy on youtube to learn how to lace.

result turned out good i thought.
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Nice job! Was the youtube vid by tubalcain? He's pretty good with his series of tutorials. What thread did you use for stitching, brand diameter?

Ed

 

Spyderedge

Titanium

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Aug 28, 2013

Location

NY

• Dec 1, 2014

• #3

Very nice!

I plan to make a new one soon for my 13" but I need to find a good material. Believe it or not, I am temped to try fine metal screen.

You won't get the click click click though, which I fell in love with as soon as I fired up my south bend.

 

egpace

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Westwood, NJ

• Dec 1, 2014

• #4

Spyderedge said:

You won't get the click click click though, which I fell in love with as soon as I fired up my south bend.

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Try some of these. ;-)

http://www.discountpartysupplies.co...P15a9OLIUnA7_up7JdAS0wa67Uk6o9jKWkaAuDg8P8HAQ

 

Spyderedge

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• Dec 1, 2014

• #5

egpace said:

Try some of these. ;-)

Bug Party Supplies, Bug Clickers, Bug Party Favors, Noisemakers

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Haha!

I really do love that clicking, must be annoying in a line shaft driven shop with clipper lacing though!

 

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feasant

Plastic

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Location

MT

• Dec 1, 2014

• #6

wasn't tubalcain, was by ghostses. also looked at the original SB manual on wewilliams.net
http://www.wewilliams.net/docs/Belt%20Splicing%20Instructions%20-%20Bulletin%20No%20600.pdf
i'll check the thread tomorrow

 

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arc

Aluminum

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Location

Illinois

• Dec 2, 2014

• #7

Nice job, looks good. I used the description in my "How to run a Lathe" book, to lace mine. It is a really silent set-up. I'm going to try lacing a serpentine belt on the other lathe, using small brass eyelets to reinforce the holes.

 

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iwananew10K

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moscow,ohio

• Dec 2, 2014

• #8

there you go! now you`ll never be beltless again.
nice job.

 

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Ohio Mike

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Central Ohio, USA

• Dec 2, 2014

• #9

I bought a clipper lacer but I've never used it. It so much easier to have John Knox make them for me. Custom Leather Drive Belts

 

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feasant

Plastic

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MT

• Dec 2, 2014

• #10

i used C A Myers 1/4 pound waxed thread. it was all i could find.
C. A. Myers Co. Awl for All: 1/4 Pound Thread Tube-Brown

 

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rds6709

Aluminum

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Sep 20, 2013

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Orland IN

• Dec 2, 2014

• #11

Must not be much pressure on lathe belts. If I'd use anything other than a laminated belt on the old brownies

they would stretch fairly quickly and slip. Always had to use plastic laminated in leather and then would last for years. RD

 

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feasant

Plastic

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Jul 25, 2014

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MT

• Dec 2, 2014

• #12

i'll probably have to redo mine in a while. i got it a little long to begin with and am almost to the limit on the belt tension adjustment. but better to be long than short.