Belts

I'm trying to find a drive belt for my Turncrafter Pro. I was disappointed to find PSI didn't sell them. Anyone have any sources?

Drifter

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Drifter
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Did you contact their customer service, either by email or calling?

-Kevin

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LEGEND65

Yes... no response yet

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Drifter

most belts are standard lengths and configurations - just go to the catalog and get a part number - GATES is a good place to start

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Bill Noble

You can try mcmaster.com, I think it uses a timing belt.

Mine came with an extra one in the box so you might have one hiding in the shop somewhere.

-Kevin

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LEGEND65

I'm not 100% positive, but pretty sure that the Jet belts fit this machine. If you belong to a club or have a Woodcraft nearby, you can take your belt off and compare it to a Jet mini, and just get a belt from Jet if it matches.

Robert

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nailshooter41

Or take the broken one to a decent autoparts or farm store, assuming it's a typical V belt (not being specifically acquainted with what a turncrafter pro is, and whether it has a weird drive belt). [Google ensues] Penn state says 5 pulley steps, so I'm guessing it is a V belt. Gack - yet another rip-off of (and paint color for) that bass-ackwards tailstock mini-lathe design - whoever came up with that benighted piece of crap first should be flattered (they are more probably deep in debt to their laywers, but the blatant copies just keep coming...)

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Ecnerwal

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Even if it is a strange one, most medium and larger size towns will have a place that specializes in belts. I've never found a belt the store here couldn't match.

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Larry Blanchard

I'm not sure if the pro and the pro VS use the same belt, mine has a 3 step pulley, but it's one of those multi-groove belts rather than a standard v belt.

mcmaster has them under "ultra-flex ribbed" under v-belts, though I don't know if they have the right size.

-Kevin

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LEGEND65

no one seems to have pointed it out yet - belts have numbers on them, and a manufacturer - those can be a hint.

IF none, measure width of groove(s) in sheave, and total length and just look it up - honest, it's not hard. The belt may be unobtainium when you finally figure out what it is, but first find out what it is.

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Bill Noble

Hey guys ... would a link belt be a good choice in this case ? I'm not familiar with this lathe? I'm curious as to how they work on a lathe. Anyone have any experience with them?

Lenny

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lenhow

I have a link belt on my wood lathe and a link belt on my metal lathe. Both different sizes - but they, once worked in (short time), are great. No tearing apart 100 year babbitt or bearings.

The learning with them is put it on as tight as you can - the strong belt will bend and match your cones/pulley. Once it does, it is time to take out a link or two. The belt being compressed into the V need a shorter length.

As I recall, I use 1/2" on the 60 some year old wood lathe with a 1/2 HP motor on it - (in a 4 or 5 HP body :-) ) and a 3/4" on my metal lathe.

They have been used for 8-10 years now. The belts were designed for conveyor belts so power is their business.

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Martin H. Eastburn

If the original belt is a poly-V (a.k.a. ultra-flex rib, per above), no. Those are like a flat belt with little ridges - similar to (but unfortunately differing rib spacing than) the serpentine belts found in many modern cars.

Link belts (eg, PowerTwist (tm) ) are a replacement for standard V belts. On a lathe that uses standard V belts, they work just fine, and you don't have to yank the spindle when you break a belt. I don't know that they live up their own hype about less vibration, but I also don't care - the good ones are at least as good as, if not actually better than, a regular V belt, and they do let you skip the spindle-yank procedure, as well as being adjustable-length. That's good enough for me, though a standard belt is cheaper.

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Ecnerwal

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