Thread: Belt replacement on Chinese lathe

I recently replaced some v belts with link belts on two older Hercus lathes. Like you, to remove all the shafts would have been a mammoth task. They work a treat.

Originally Posted by gromit

Brammer belting is what you are looking for.
Still available but no personal experience of using it.

Colin

Following on from Colin,

I used Brammer belting for years and found it very reliable stuff to use. I worked in Parks & Gardens in local government. Brammer belts were used as the drive belt between the dogged self-propelled drive heavy duty walk-behind slashers. A well adjusted belt could haul the mower up and the operator from the bottom of the Bremer River bank to the top - while slashing the vegetation down. These mowers had dual rear wheels with the drive dogs only having contact with the inside tyres.

They Brammer belts were very easy to adjust when some stretching occurred after prolonged use. Just remove one link set and reinstall the belt and away you went again. I used to be damn fit too at the time.

Here is a link to an Australian supplier - Brammer Belting - F & D O'Connor Pty Ltd

Prior to studying Horticulture I worked at a steam powered abattoir located in country Queensland and a lot the machinery utilised Brammer belts too.

Kind regards
Lionel

About 2 years back now I bought a new lathe to replace my old one, anyway I decided to see if I could fix my old one and I did but to cut a long story short I didn't want to have to remove the shafts n bearings as they are damn heavy, so I cut the belt and when I had made the changes in the old machine I bought a length of 'Brammer' belting from a store in Melbourne, it works a treat, easy as, I did try to get it through a local bearing service, where the cost per meter was more than the total cost of the length I needed + postage from Melbourne, cheers Dennis

Ok bought a one meter length of the link belt. It worked out to about 80mm left over.
Easy enough to fit and now its all go

lathe by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141809689@N05/]

pleased to see that it worked out - I'm sure you will confirm that it is better than the alternative

Absolutely

It took about 10 mins, and I am getting slow.
It would be a challenge for me to pull all those shafts and bearings out.

Originally Posted by 123rover50

Absolutely

It took about 10 mins, and I am getting slow.
It would be a challenge for me to pull all those shafts and bearings out.

I don't believe that . Nothing is a challenge for yo Keith.

Fortunately the one lathe I kept when I shut my machine shop is an all geared head, no belts other than the twin belts connecting the motor to the machine. A Liang Dei toolroom grade lathe made in Taiwan 1.2 m between centres and 350mm swing, gap bed, speeds 40 to 2000 rpm. Nice machine. I sold the three others, the big Russian universal mill, and a Bridgeport copy. I didn't have room at home. I gave away a shaper and a planer as I couldn't get one offer on them.