Making a leather drive belt for an antique metal grinding machine.

[@cncdavenz]

Keep safe Steve and Don. Looks like we are about to come out of lockdown in NZ. I am glad i have lots of projects to get on with and the stock to get them done. Used some parts today that I collected about 30 years ago. I new it would come in handy one day. Cheers Dave.

[@10swatkins]

Good luck on the Lock Down... One of the boat channels I follow is Gone with the Wynns... they were let into NZ for boat repairs then the lock down caught them :(

[@76verdee]

Usually you never need it till shortly after you finally give up and throw it away or sell it.

[@garylarue6501]

.Hi Steve: If you don't have 5-6 important projects going all at one time, then you need to start another one! Keeps ones mind sharp! Scarfing the (2) belts and gluing them together is a clever idea. I was thinking that using a small belt sander, and 80 grit belt, might work to scarf the belts. I think I would have had the belts stitched together, then soften the joint with lanolin. Keith Rucker uses the metal lace and pin method. I am not to sure about the glue. It might make that joint to stiff, and going over pulleys, that belt has to flex. Best Wishes, and GOD Bless! Gary

[@10swatkins]

On a grinder the belt needs to be very smooth as to not impart vibration onto the finish... Belt sander is up in Part 2 :)

[@4GSR]

If I had to make that leather belt splice, that belt would never run straight ever again! The only leather belt I ever made a splice on was the one on the old swap belt Cincinnati planer I had many years ago. I did that with a Clippard belt splicer. Nice job there Steve. Ken

[@10swatkins]

I am using my wife's knife :)

[@4GSR]

@@10swatkins Would you like for me to go tattle tale on you?😁

[@dalmatiangirl61]

What I can never find is the safety glasses, probably have 10 pair, starting to think I just need to tie a pair to every machine so when I walk away it rips them off my head.

[@10swatkins]

I hear ya :)

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@10swatkins I've got one and it depends on what's going on if I hunt them up. They stay over by the weedeater. But they migrate if the chain saw comes out.

[@TBJK07Jeep]

I have just as many projects. My Sundstrand 10EE, new to me Bridgeport, transmission that needs rebuilding(sitting in my garage), corners for my jeep, collapsable aluminum cart, just to name a few. If I’d get off my ass & put AC in my garage, I might get more done, or not. LOL

[@10swatkins]

AC is your friend :)

[@TBJK07Jeep]

@@10swatkins yes it is, one of these days I’m going to mini-split an old window unit I have, since a proper mini-split hasn’t fallen in my lap.

[@bustednuckles2]

I'm pretty sure the only reason you have more projects than I do is because you have 5 times the shop space. Inch for inch I think I'd give you a run for your money though. This leather belt project is pretty interesting actually. When I saw you were going to make one at first I assumed you were going to use the metal lace and pin method. I have to say using those door frame shims was a pretty clever idea for getting an easy taper.

[@10swatkins]

OH I am filling it fast... I have three places to go tomorrow... One for a Metal Polisher, one for a 48" brake and one for another shop owner that has passed on... Put on 300 miles tomorrow... I can't use a metal lace as that will shoe up in the grind finish and it has to make a really sharp radius as it goes around the spindle pulley Only about a 1 inch pulley there... I really like the shims... Use them for everything, this seemed a natural..

[@danielabbey7726]

Got a old bench lathe and mill that I need to make leather belts for. I like your method, but I wonder if you could use a really sharp shell mill in a horizontal to do the same thing? (using the Gorilla tape on the leather to hold it down)

[@10swatkins]

I think it would catch and rip it off... Even a razor sharp floor scraper blade had a hard time.. Watch for part 2

[@johnlee8231]

Looking forward to seeing if this holds. I also thought that maybe a grinder would work for scarfing the joint? Don't know if youd already tiried that and dicarded the idea

[@10swatkins]

Grinder is not course enough I think.. Belt sander in next video.. Also I have heard of a better glue as the one I used will fail with heat... Test in next Video

[@lewiemcneely9143]

I remember well the 4-mike-uh and seems like that glue had a pretty good WHAM to it. Like getting hemmed up in a corner with some of the old KILZ primer; you best have an escape route planned out. Glad Don came back to see you. He needs to get out and make his presence slightly known. Smell or no smell. Keep on shaving that cow hide because all is well. GBWYall!

[@10swatkins]

Back in 79 I was locked into a office with no ventilation and 5 sheets of brushed metal Formica. High as a KITE! And the Boss shit when he found out the customer supplied material was 1200.00 a sheet! I think we did all the work for about 750.00 Labor.....

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@10swatkins A neighbor wants around 300 feet of fence, coated wire to TRY and keep bears out. Bare (pun) material is over 6 grand and a bear'll walk through it. As long as goffers feed deer and bears, there will be bears and deer romping about. After we cut down the orchard (3 trees) they quit visiting although I have pictures of where they poop other places than the woods.

[@leeroyholloway4277]

I got Tandy leather to make a belt for my 10K. Yep... I have re-laced it 3 or 4 times and probably cut a foot of stretch out of it. Now I know.

[@10swatkins]

They do stretch a lot... over a foot on each of those pieces after it was all said and done.

[@larryshaw6517]

I wonder if that would work on a round belt,for my little drill press?

[@10swatkins]

I don't see why not... I am doing a test on that glue.. Someone replied that it not very good and will fail after it heats up... Experiments in Part 2 :)

[@silverbullet7434]

Your belt sander would be good for sciving the leather. For grinders you want no thumps from the belt

[@10swatkins]

That's the next plan :) Yep thumps are bad that's why no metal lace...

[@leeroyholloway4277]

"Never saw a project I didn't.... start"

[@10swatkins]

I have a lot of them I'm still thinking about :)

[@markfoster6110]

Hope you are not going to take the strap to Don ....

[@donmadere4237]

He’d get shot if he did!!! Lol

[@markfoster6110]

Think you would be to fast for him to catch you ! Thin and fast ...not round and slow !!

[@10swatkins]

With my new found leather skills I might just have to make a whip!

[@markfoster6110]

@@10swatkins don't think Don will help you with that job ..

[@jerrylonneville3017]

make a fixture and grind on the surface grinder!

[@10swatkins]

I think the belt sander will work much better.... Going to try that tomorrow :)

[@flyback_driver]

Hahaha I thought it was just me a third into rebuilding my lathe but that required a modification to the drill press and to do that I needed to take the slop out of my vice. Before I know it my desk has twenty of those magnetic dishes full of hardware only finishing like once a month then starting again

[@10swatkins]

It's a vicious circle :)

[@williamhuang5329]

Hanzhen harmonic drive gear , over 30 years experience ,, robot arm gear , gear reducer,

[@BobOBob]

Don't get nuts with the jump effects in your video edits. The one at about 7:30 made me quit watching. I'm half ready to unsubscribe.

[@10swatkins]

Sorry... Just trying to make it so that there is not a lot of down time....I am learning :)

[@jdmccorful]

Did Don ever tell you that you have a hoarder mentality? You actually need all those razor knifes? Get a folding card knife that you can carry like a pocket knife in your pants pocket. I still have the same one I bought back in the 90's and carry it every day. One other thing ,don't loan it to Don or anyone else so that you always have it. Only thing you need in shop for it is 50 packs of spare blades and dull sharps container. Problem solved. Thanks for the look on the belt build.

[@donmadere4237]

John I tell him all the time he’s a hoarder!!! Lol

[@10swatkins]

Yep I need them all.. Cheaper than always searching for the one I left somewhere! I have a hoarder mentality? Guess I never showed you Don's filled to the brim 40 high cube container parked beside the shop! Also Don is a little crazy so don't take everything as gospel from him... Just nod your head as you slowly back away from him and you will probably be ok...