[SEL] Belt Dressing

[Curt]

J. Dave,
Somewhere on Rob's rustyiron website is a great article on the HP that 
can be transmitted with any given combination of belt width, driven 
pulley diameter, driver pulley diameter, and speed. I believe it would 
be a safe statement that reliance on belt dressing is necessary only 
when exceeding the permissible HP the calculations/charts show. That 
statement will likely stir up some debate, but I've found that by 
following these belt HP transmission guidelines, I've never had to use 
belt dressing.
Perhaps Rob can post the link.
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

Dave Mayfield wrote:

>You are right Rob, but you did not consider that the pulley on a JD B, is
>much smaller than the puller on the grinder, so the belt is the proper size.
>
>J. Dave Mayfield
>www.w9wrl.com
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