Adjustable link v-belts

[Duuuuuuuude]

I've been looking at new belts for my mill and hear good things about the link belts...either the Power Twists or the Accu-link. Anyone have any experience with them?

[bob1961]

they are to run without any vibration compared to plain V belts, and people I know who have them on just there table saws swear by them as doing just that ....

[CREEPERBOB]

I have'nt had to remplace a belt on my machine yet, but,,,,,,,,, when I do it will be a link belt.
Over 20 years in maintenance has made me swear by them.
Light weight, forgiving under tourqe load and quiet.

[bob1961]

my one bud starts up his table saw and nothing no vibration at all, just a whirl as the blade comes to speed....I have a 1935 sears craftsman wood lathe almost done restoring that will have this belt on ....

[big1717]

Standard V-Belts vs. Fenner PowerTwist Plus Adjust-A-Link Belts Showdown! Harbor Freight 8x12 and Sieg X2 Mini Mill, DRO, CNC Conversion Plans, Machining/Metalworking How-tos and Resources

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by big1717

Standard V-Belts vs. Fenner PowerTwist Plus Adjust-A-Link Belts Showdown! Harbor Freight 8x12 and Sieg X2 Mini Mill, DRO, CNC Conversion Plans, Machining/Metalworking How-tos and Resources

I saw that. Interestingly enough their "before" results look just like what my machine does. I'm hoping the "after" results will be similar.

Ordered 8' of Accu-link last night.

[bob1961]

I had a link where to buy, lost it a search where to buy yielded nothing ....

[Ohioskills]

try

motionindustry.com

they sell everything industry to automotive

[Duuuuuuuude]

Got a 8' length of belt in my mailbox today.


Easy peasy to install, and made a noticeable difference in noise and vibration. A quick pass with a fly cutter and 1/2" endmill on some scrap aluminum showed a much improved finish.

Side milling still gives a wavy finish though, so I guess I can attribute that to runout. Can't do much about that...

[ToyotaKing88]

Are you Cline cutting or conventional? That can mad a big difference in your finish. Also the number of flutes your end mill has. But if your mill has a lot of play in it then there is not much you can do about the finish. Maybe try a few different depths of cut and see how it looks.

[crawlhog]

used more than I can count and never has a problem

[Crawling Calvin]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Got a 8' length of belt in my mailbox today.


Easy peasy to install, and made a noticeable difference in noise and vibration. A quick pass with a fly cutter and 1/2" endmill on some scrap aluminum showed a much improved finish.

Side milling still gives a wavy finish though, so I guess I can attribute that to runout. Can't do much about that...

Check your spindle for runout. I know from drill presses usually the spindle shafts are within .001> runout its just the chucks they give you suck cheap collets will make the runout worse but there is ultimately so much you can do. Reducing it to the smallest amount possible makes a huge difference as well as sharp tooling

[bob1961]

I have two mid 50's delta drill presses that need the chucks taper napped like valves in heads are done....