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Thread: Link Belt use in adjustable speed lathe?

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    Question Link Belt use in adjustable speed lathe?

    Folks,
    After reasembling my Delta lathe (2 years *after* moving...he hides in shame ), I have noticed the upper v-belt isa a bit chewed up.

    The lathe I have is the Delta/Rockwell "infinetely" adjustable speed with two "one sided" pulleys that mesh together to change the effective diameter and thus, change speeds.

    Has anyone use a link belt in this situation?

    I'm concerned that a link belt would get caught in the "fingers" where the two pulleys mesh together...

    The lathe kinda looks like:
    http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=1682

    Thanks for any insight,
    -Mike

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    I do not think you can use a link belt with a Reeves drive.
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