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Ron, did you ever consider or tried a serpentine belt?
No, I never really saw a need to. I liked using my old (1.5") leather belt and was not bothered by a slight "clink" sound when running. (Which can be fixed with a small piece of tape or something) I've read quite a bit about the serpentines and have seen a lot of problems keeping them stitched together once cut to put on the lathe. I didn't want to mess with adhesives or "experimenting" to see what would hold so basically looked to the original design.
I went with the Al Bino belt due to my old leather one was slipping a little too much especially when I'm planning to put a higher HP motor on it. The "laced" belt is just so convenient and "poly-nitrile" feeds my need for "higher performance".
I've nothing against the serpentines but this just seemed the simplest (Occam's Razor) solution.
-Ron