I would just like to say

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... that I appear to have "fixed" my erstwhile Chinesium P.O.S. lathe. :D
The drive belt that came with it was a flimsy glass reinforced nylon affair and it ran for < 3 hours before chewing itself to pieces and shedding teeth and the tension was so great it was causing the spindle to make a nasty "thrumming" racket.
In my view the "as supplied" drive-belt was undersized in terms of length at 445mm and they had wound the adjustment stops in as far as they would go and it was still over-tight.
The amount of adjustment was miniscule in any event insofar as the motor was mounted on 2 x M6 studs through 2 x 10mm holes, so it was only ever going to be able to move 2mm in any direction.
I filed the 10mm holes out to elongated "slots" of about 15mm to provide both UP & DOWN directions of adjustment.
I searched the web for nearest sized alternative belts of the same tooth pitch. One that arrived this morning was 475mm long, and while it fitted easily, it was far too slack.
So I took a 125mm length of 12mm box section and cut one side off of it to turn it into a C-Section.
I set this on top of the motor to provide a "packing" element and then wound the adjustment studs down onto it to level the motor and make it firm and the belt nicely tensioned but not unduly tight and snugged all the fastenings up.
Powered the darned thing up and blow me down it runs lovely. :D
No more shrieking and thrumming from a drive belt and no need to introduce a separate tensioning pulley. Result! As a bonus these belts are good quality, UK sourced and very affordable at < £5 in P&P a pop.
Now my Lathe adventures can begin.
 
Ok shall we have bridge thread lol

I have a Clachan bridge too, next to my patch of land where im trying to get planning for a garage. :)


Clachan is more of a slang word over here! It means stone, but if you threaten to kick someone in the clachans it means a kick in the bollyhocks :eek:

Or bruichladdich distillery used to use ‘clachan na Choin’ on their advertising meaning the dogs bollyhocks ;)
 
You really should share - PM me the stuff ya don’t need. We all needs new toys, even second and ones :D:D

Mmm what have you got your eyes on lol

Haha I was wondering who might ask,:) I spent the last few hours going through everything & the
oldest tool is 2018,:cool: got boxes of nails for the nail gun mountains of screws, loads of new saw blades
grinding discs ect ect should keep me going for a while.
 
Morning all (nearly lunch time ffs)

Thawing out here tis all damp n yukky :( Im off doon the unit the misses is away doing her 10k
daily walk.

When I went to pick up the tools the other night I went over the Atlantic bridge :D
Clachan Bridge - Wikipedia

Hope everyone tis ok
My Grandson lives on Seil, (I think) Wifey has the address.:rolleyes:
 
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