I am getting extremely frustrated with finding a flat belt for my Logan 816 that will work. Everything I've tried that others have reported success with has been a failure for me. It appeared the automotive serpentine was the choice of many. I really don't want to take the headstock apart for an endless belt, so I tried skiving and plastic glue, and it broke almost immediately. I tried lacing with Kevlar fishing line, which began cutting through the belt material, elongating the holes. The belt squeaked like an old car, so I used some belt dressing, but it apparently ate the line, which frayed and broke. So then I tried thin stainless steel wire, but it cut through the belt material worse than the fishing line and the holes near the joint almost broke through. I made new holes and tried picture hanger wire fastened with a bit of solder. The wire broke, twice, within a few minutes of use, where the wire bent through one of the holes. And yes, the line and wire was run in the belt grooves that were against the pulley. I had the belt tensioned loosely, per the Logan Lathe instructions.
So I bought a clipped flat belt from an internet vendor. It was made of some very slippery material, and will only run the lathe if tensioned so tightly I think it would eventually cause bearing trouble, and even then it slipped when taking cuts the other belt handled with ease. When it didn't run off the pulley on startup, which was most of the time.
So yes, I could use some cheese with my whine.....
I'm done trying to rig something at home. I see Scott Logan has belts at Logan Actuator. They are twice the cost of the one I bought (yeah, buy cheap buy twice...) but if it's a quality product I don't care. Does anyone have experience with those or with any others that are good quality and proven to work well? Thanks!!
So I bought a clipped flat belt from an internet vendor. It was made of some very slippery material, and will only run the lathe if tensioned so tightly I think it would eventually cause bearing trouble, and even then it slipped when taking cuts the other belt handled with ease. When it didn't run off the pulley on startup, which was most of the time.
So yes, I could use some cheese with my whine.....
I'm done trying to rig something at home. I see Scott Logan has belts at Logan Actuator. They are twice the cost of the one I bought (yeah, buy cheap buy twice...) but if it's a quality product I don't care. Does anyone have experience with those or with any others that are good quality and proven to work well? Thanks!!