Link Belting

[don-tucker]

When I bought my lathe it had link belting to the spindle pully,it's a Myford Super 7, it is in new condition but slips like mad,I have degreased the pulleys,anyone else had this,I have increased the tension.Should I change to an ordinary belt.
Don

 

[rake60]

My experience with link belting was as a quick emergency fix to get the machine
running again until the proper replacement belt could be acquired.
They are great for that and very handy to keep around the shop.

They are direction sensitive. If it is installed backwards it will not grip at all.
You would still be better off with a regular belt.

Rick

 

[don-tucker]

Thank you ,I will turn it around and give it a try,but still get a proper one.
Don

 

[arnoldb]

Don, like Rick said, turn it around and give it a try.

I've been running one of the link belts on my ML7 for a couple of years and have absolutely no problems with it. It just runs slightly noisier than a normal belt.

Regards, Arnold

 

[don-tucker]

Yes ,certainly seems better,I now have the the big bit of the link leading,thank you both
Don