[SEL] What glue to use??

[R & M Ingold]

I like the idea of a holding screw each side of the join. Better safe than 
sorry!!
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Evans" <lfevans at pacbell.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] What glue to use??


> At 06:18 PM 7/23/2005, you wrote:
>>Not sure how glue would hold up under the belt.
>>How about gluing them in and then drilling some small holes across the
>>belts and sheaves in line with the pulley bore and installing some pins
>>through the grooves and belts to lock them in place.
>>
>>Steve Williams
>>Near Cooperstown, New York
>
> Steve,
>
> I suspect that the glue will do a pretty good job of holding but if the 
> ends start to come loose I had already thought of drilling through the 
> belt down into the bottom of the groove and then tap the hole in the metal 
> and use a flathead machine screw slightly countersunk to hold the ends 
> down.  I also am planning on staggering the ends of the belting by 120 
> degrees so that if I did have to drill holes they would not be 
> concentrated in one area and cause a potential weak spot.  I hadn't 
> considered your idea of pins through the sides of the sheaves but will 
> definitely keep it in mind.
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry Evans
> Arcadia, Southern California, USA
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