Miller,
Again thank you so much for your help and knowledge. Never even thought about stretching the belt prior to attaching it. Live and learn, ?I guess.?
Have a great rest of your day?
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Miller Fulks
<mmf38@...> wrote:
Hi Brenda;
Everything I have seen on belts is "They should be just tight enough to run the machine without slipping". When I install a new leather belt my general practise is to first lay one end on the floor & stand on it. I then pull the belt up behind me & over my shoulder & pull to stretch it as much as possible. I then run the belt around the grooves & through any guides present. I will pull the belt fairly snug & cut off the end without the staple flush with the other end. Then punch the hole for the staple & join (in place of course). This will generally be tight enough to run, but not overly tight. The staple holes are normally about ?" back from the end. After running a while the belt will stretch & begin to slip. When this occurs open one end of the staple, cut the belt off through the hole & repunch & rejoin. You may have to do this again later, but usually after two shortenings it will not stretch any m,ore for a long time.
Miller/TN
