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Belt dressing - Anybody know where I can get it

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Ed Lotterman

04-04-2006 23:59:53




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Anybody know of a source for traditional old belt dressing to use on flat belts like the belts on a threshing machine (or on my 1940s Logan lathe)? The auto supply places sell a spray belt dressing but it is formulated for v belts running in grooved pulleys. I want the rosin-type that came in a stick that you could hold against a belt.




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Dave NE IA

04-06-2006 17:11:52




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 Re: Belt dressing - Anybody know where I can get i in reply to Ed Lotterman, 04-04-2006 23:59:53  
Molases, honey, black jack roof tar--I use a calk gun for real easy aplication of the black jack in a calk tube. A little is all you need. Dave NE IA



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ricedaddy

04-05-2006 21:35:39




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 Re: Belt dressing - Anybody know where I can get i in reply to Ed Lotterman, 04-04-2006 23:59:53  
www.ehow.com



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woodache

04-05-2006 07:52:38




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 Fix That Logan Re:Belt dressing - Anybody know whe in reply to Ed Lotterman, 04-04-2006 23:59:53  
On your Logan lathe fix it, get rid of that old leather belt. Find the length you need go get a gear tooth belt turn it inside out so the flat backside is on the inside to run against the flat pulleys. It will run smooth and quite with little or no slip. You will have to remove the headstock spindle to install but the difference will be like a new machine.
On those old flat belts for big machine the old timmers used to use a little molasses on them worked great. Old machine shops always kept a old pour type oil can full.

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Coloken

04-05-2006 08:10:11




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 Re: Fix That Logan Re:Belt dressing - Anybody know in reply to woodache, 04-05-2006 07:52:38  
Whooo, wait a minute here. I have an old lathe, about 1916, with a flat belt drive. It has no emergence stop bar. If it did not have a flat belt that can slip, I would not have a left arm. Working in the winter in an un-heated farm shop when it grabbed a jacket sleeve. It now has a forward-reverse-stop switch right where it can be reached with either hand.



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woodache

04-05-2006 08:41:08




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 The first ruleRe: Fix That Logan Re:Belt dressing in reply to Coloken, 04-05-2006 08:10:11  
The first safety rule of machine tool operation: Wear NO loose clothing ;((.!! A newer gear driven machine would have taken it!



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JT

04-05-2006 06:56:48




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 Re: Belt dressing - Anybody know where I can get i in reply to Ed Lotterman, 04-04-2006 23:59:53  
kano labs, the company that makes Kroil has belt dressing. at least they used to



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D boll

04-05-2006 05:01:56




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 Re: Belt dressing - Anybody know where I can get i in reply to Ed Lotterman, 04-04-2006 23:59:53  
OSHA would have a hay day with that! Farm supply stores around here have the stuff in squirt cans. Runnings, TSC ect.



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