A couple of weeks ago I ordered a couple 4' link belts from my local Woodcraft (they were on sale). Picked them up on Saturday and on Tuesday I installed the spindle belt 1st (the longest one). Had to steal some length from the 2nd belt, but got it installed. Then of course when I went to install the shorter drive belt, I didn't have enough left . But even with only one belt installed I noticed a difference. Even though the drive belt was pretty loose, I still had more torque than with the 2 standard v-belts.

I mounted up a chunk of Elm that Doug Swanson sent me a month or so ago (Thanks again Doug!) and turned this bowl. It was very nice to be able to take a decent cut and not stall the lathe .
Doesn't show well in the pics, but it's almost a bronze color and I like it! Turned green so it's already started moving. It's 9" x 3 1/2" finished in walnut oil. Turned it fairly thick because, well because I wanted to and it will be more of a utility bowl.
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Wednesday after work I ran down to Woodcraft to pick up another belt, got it installed and it's even better with both link belts installed. For anyone thinking about upgrading to link belts, I would definitely recommend it. It's also nice to be able to change belts without having to take the spindle out.
After I installed the 2nd belt, I found a thin slab of chinese elm that I had buried under a pile of shavings after I had chainsawed a bunch of blanks. So I mounted it up and turned this platter/shallow bowl. I was a happy camper, no teeny tiny cuts, no bogging down, it was almost like turning on a new lathe.
The color of this chinese elm is more of a pinkish, orange. It's 11" x 1 3/4" finished in danish oil. Something kept telling me to leave this one fairly thick too, so I did. It's got a little bit of heft to it, but it feels good.
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This weekend I'm going to really put the belts to the test and try coring some mesquite bowls.

Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques welcome.