Belsaw Circle saw power

jimparamedic · February 12, 2015, 11:41:40 AM

Detroit engines can be set up to run in reverse.

Joe Hillmann · February 12, 2015, 01:04:12 PM

Quote from: crash on February 11, 2015, 06:38:52 PM
Quote from: beenthere on February 11, 2015, 01:22:39 PM
Quotehe just put a twist in the belts to get the correct rotation at the mandrel. .... I'm no expert but that doesn't seem like the best idea.

Back in the day, we ran a lot of farm equipment with a twist in the belt. No harm in doing that, and may think it is better (less flopping around ?? ) than running a straight belt with no twist.

Silage blower, one example of such equipment.
This guy twisted his V belts, seems like it would be hard on them but I don't know. Twisting flat belts is/was common and I believe harmless.

I have a twisted v belt on my lathe (it is only one hp so hard to compare it to a sawmill) for the first 30 seconds or so rubber was flying everywhere, once the corners got worn off it appears to no longer wear. It was probably 5 years ago that I set it up and it doesn't look and worse now than it did after the first minute of running it. At one time I put a piece of aluminum between the halfs of the belt where it rubbed but since it has a variable pulley on it it got in the way so I removed it.

bandmiller2 · February 12, 2015, 08:31:26 PM

My old ford baler uses a twisted "V" belt to drive the pickup. The more distance between the pulleys the better if your running a "V" twisted. Frank C.

Joe Lallande · February 16, 2015, 07:03:04 AM

When I set my Belsaw up and changed it from a flat belt to pulleys and V belts, I had to use a cross shaft to achieve the correct rotation. I found the cross shaft and large pulley from a local sawmill. I was then able to use the cross shaft for my blower power. I used a standard tractor PTO drive shaft and was able to find the splined ends from our local farm supply store. Stay away from automotive drive shafts unless you have a junk yard close to you. Check out my gallery.