clipper Belt lacing. what it is and how it works

look at joining a canvas /butyl belt with clipper fasteners, and installing it on my mill. antique technology can still be the best.

[@juanrivero8]

Thanks! I have watched Mr Pete, Keith Rucker, and Keith Fenner and now this one. If a flat belt should enter my life, I think I might be able to lace it up. Nice to see the mill running, too.

[@MalcOfLincoln]

Now Emma, I've only done this once or twice.....when I was about 9? years old lol. Using Dad's lathe the belt broke. He showed me how to lace it, then later I did one (or two) myself. Think? we had some sort of tackle to do it, remember putting the pin through, but it wasn't like yours. Also hammered the lacing into the belt to make it flatter.

[@kappullen]

Hi Emma, It was great to meet you at the bash. This is a good video on belt clipping. McMaster Carr over has the lacing and tools for this. They also have hammer on sheet metal clips. I picked up a tool like yours 6" wide at a steam traction show some years ago. Belt clipping was a chore we learned as apprentices when I served my time. Most machines had electric motors then but there were a few Flat belts left. An old machinist told me years earlier the main drive belt from the steam engine to the main overhead shaft would come off the shaft pulley, wind around the shaft, and shake the whole building. He also told of the danger of loose Or broken clips catching your cloths or body. Keep up the good work and be careful out there.. Kap

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

G'day Emma. I have never laced a belt but have watched several people do it. It worked out fine I see. I would probably have to do it twice as I would get the offset on the wrong side of the second belt. Thanks for the video.

[@sharkrivermachine]

Nice demonstration, Emma. When I had my automotive machine shop we had a South Bend lathe that used those belts. I am sure that we used a regular vice and a hammer to repair the belts. I never did it but I remember seeing the material in a box of odds and ends that was behind the lathe.

[@garyc5483]

Nice job Emma. When I was a kid on the farm my Dad used a lot of the flat belts on the various machines we had. On some of the workshop machinery he used to tap the clips at the claw end with a hammer on a block until they were flush. Apparently its the metal above the surface of the belt that makes the clicking sound, knocking it flat helps with noise reduction. Looking forward to some milling action. regards from the UK Gary

[@skiptracer8703]

Nice demo on putting in the clips, thanks Emma jim

[@DCT_Aaron_Engineering]

Very cool. I always wondered how they made those belts. Thanks for sharing. Regards Aaron 👍

[@EmmaRitson]

thanks for watching!

[@BundyBearsShed]

G day Emma, Done a few of these and also some on big round hay balers. I wonder if a small bit of heat shrink over the join would quieten it down at all.

[@ChrisB257]

I used to use that method but sold my remaining stuff as I have no belt drive any more. Works real well.

[@pgs8597]

Be good to see some milling action soon. Regards Peter

[@MrPragmaticLee]

Interesting - I believe that's the first crimper I've seen that was used with a vise.

[@moonpup6262]

very good video

[@samhenderson2947]

Very interesting old school.

[@machiningbasics1729]

Very nice . On the 8 inch belt on our steam engine it's a 4 mm welding rod for a spacer

[@EmmaRitson]

as long as it works. usually the joining rod has to be bought sepperately, and its a pain to find. thanks for watching!

[@joandar1]

Hello Emma, I have many of these belt joining clips. I did not know about the tool required to set them. I understand the principle as I used Keith's video from Turn Wright Machine Works as instructions to join the new synthetic belt I had to put on my Brown & Sharp Universal Miller when the Leather said it needed to retire. If you or another need some of this type of clip/pin in Australia then I am happy to donate if postage is paid. Cheers from John.

[@shopdogsam]

good job,, very good,,,,, thumbs up,,

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!

[@gwood64]

I've got a clipper laced belt on my South Bend lathe. The little bit of clicking it does doesn't bother me a bit.

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

nice video emma, thanks for sharing that. I saw your other belt lacing one and was in my lathe projects ideas playlist, but mainly just used it on the shaper when I was rebuilding it. Nice to see the mill up and running. Which types of belts do you prefer, canvas or leather and why? Ive always heard mixed opinions on each.

[@EmmaRitson]

leather is good. but good leather is expensive. this has x ways fiber in it, so it doesnt fray as easy i think.its also really grippy. this really wants a wider belt on, and that might happen one day. thanks for watching! oh and how do you need a LIST of project ideas? hahahah

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

I dont, thats what gets me in trouble, lol... I have a special video for the subscribers that Im not releasing as public, Ill send it to you in a private message, and since it has a link, it may pick it up by spam filter.

[@ChirpysTinkerings]

also, I blame you for giving me the ideas in the first place, lol. :P

[@pierresgarage2687]

Does it also run the alternator and the water pump of your lathe... lol Nicely fixed... ;)

[@OldIronShops]

Vfd what is the fun in that

[@roleic7246]

I hate those clipper joints making that click-click-click noise. If you have another belt tensioning mechanism than cutting half an inch out of the belt each time it became loose and re-clipper-join it then you can cut a tapered joint and glue the belt with shoemaker's glue (both sided contact glue). Those are wonderfully silent without clicking. If you have to use clippers I heard that you can silence the clicking by putting a robust (textile?) sticky tape over the joint to prevent metal to metal contact. www_youtube_com/watch?v=Lekw1ke9trc The third (also silent) method of belt splicing is lacing. www_farmcollector_com/equipment/how-to-lace-a-flat-belt

[@EmmaRitson]

thanks for that. hope it doesnt trigger you too much, I always appreciate your comments.