[SEL] round belting for water pump

[Ed Stoller]

Just an idea, but I think I have seen round belting  on old Singer sewing 
machines.

Ed Stoller
New Fairfield,  CT,   USA
www.enginesandmagnets.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill boyce" <bboyce at swat.coop>
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 3:46 PM
Subject: [SEL] round belting for water pump


> i;m looking for some round belting info,,,, there is a 7 inch dia. by 1/2 
> inch round belt grove cast into the inside hub of one of the flywheels on 
> my stover 22, from which i plan to drive a water pump . i;ve never used 
> round belting, so i need some guidance here..... what is the best material 
> for this application ? how do you splice it ?  where can i buy it by the 
> foot ? i plan on using a gear pump that has 3/4 inch pipe thread inlet and 
> outlet, with a 5/8 inch shaft,,, how small of a pulley can be used with 
> the 1/2 inch belt ? will the 7 inch drive turn the 2 or 3 inch driven 
> pulley fast enough to move enough water to cool the engine? its a 
> throttler that gets pretty warm, but only runs at about 80 or 90 rpm , so 
> thats going to turn the pump only about 200 or so rpm,,,i dont have any 
> stats on the pump output,,,,,,,,,
> any ideas will be appreciated,,
> bill boyce
> lost prairie, arkansas
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