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sounds like it wasn't tight enough, you have a tight spindle, you have so much HP or RPM that your spindle can't keep up on startup, or you have a very small cone pulley and it is just getting loose on startup, OR all /any of the above.Not sure why my post didn't take...anyway I had put a glued serpentine belt on my 816 and it was good, and would not slip. But it squealed terribly when the lathe started up, sounded like when your fanbelt is slipping and needs replaced. Belt dressing would help for a bit, but not much. The glue (some two-part super glue) finally failed and I went with an Al Bino belt. It will only slip if I do something dumb, like start it when the back gear lever is pulled out to lock the spindle for die threading or similar, so maybe that's good - keeps things from breaking.
Anyway, you resolved it.