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Hi all,
studiously avoiding work here, so the mind turns to that other existential question (2nd to "when's dessert"):
which is less likely to suffer from belt induced vibrations - poly-V, V or link belts? Are poly-V belts prone to the kind of QC issues that can affect V belts?
It's not an entirely idle Q as I've been chasing vibration on my Atlas 618 for a while and I'm just about (hah, just!) to replace the treadmill motor -> countershaft 1/2in link belt with a poly-V belt, which will leave the countershaft -> spindle with a 3/8in link belt. That belt suffers from a degree of slip unless the belt tension is really high. So, one thought that I've been entertaining instead of working is to replace the spindle and countershaft pulleys with poly-V belt pulleys.
ta very much!
studiously avoiding work here, so the mind turns to that other existential question (2nd to "when's dessert"):
which is less likely to suffer from belt induced vibrations - poly-V, V or link belts? Are poly-V belts prone to the kind of QC issues that can affect V belts?
It's not an entirely idle Q as I've been chasing vibration on my Atlas 618 for a while and I'm just about (hah, just!) to replace the treadmill motor -> countershaft 1/2in link belt with a poly-V belt, which will leave the countershaft -> spindle with a 3/8in link belt. That belt suffers from a degree of slip unless the belt tension is really high. So, one thought that I've been entertaining instead of working is to replace the spindle and countershaft pulleys with poly-V belt pulleys.
ta very much!