V Belt for Delta Drill Press
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A common A 4/L belt should work fine. $6 or $7 on Amazon.
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A proper size automotive belt will definitely work. They are better quality than industrial belts.
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This is not exactly true. Like for like, there really is no difference.
A crap automotive belt is worse than a crap industrial belt. Comparing a serpentine auto belt (which has more contact area ) to an industrial v-belt isn't really fair - anymore than comparing a segmented/ notched industrial belt with an auto v-belt is.
If you can find one. Narrow link belts aren't available everywhere and I'm not even sure the narrowest one will fit a benhtop press's pulley.
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Don't mind me...30 year career in the belt business. Go ahead and listen to the clueless
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Maybe you should have led with that.
Others of us here only offer our own opinions based on our personal experience, you know, just trying to help.
No need to be a
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Now you see why I skip commenting on most posts.
But if think this is bad, trying a boat restoration group! Holy cow. Blind leading the blind.
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10mm belt is almost 17 bucks a foot and not in stock locally to me in a city of 6+ million people.
5/16" is special order and $10/ft.
We'll just have to differ on what constitutes "easy to find" and what's affordable.
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I just replaced a rockwell original belt from a 1966 DP model 15-655. I walked into a napa store with the old belt and walked out with a new belt for $ 10. it was still working but I'm reselling DP. It's a f ing light duty v belt so don't make a big deal out of a small thing. Excuse me while I go pee in my corner...
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Harbor Freight sells Link Belts....Tractor Supply Store sells V-belts ( designed for Farm use)..Napa, Auto Zone, and O'Reiley's , and Advance Auto sell automotive v-belts.
My Harbor Freight 5 speed bench top drill press needed a new belt after about 5 years of use....walked in to Auto Zone with the old belt, walked out with a new V belt, for about~$5, counting tax...
Again, it is just a v belt...
Question: how well does a Link belt fit down in the v grooves on a pulley? Or, do you have to buy the "proper" style pulleys, too.
Note: IF it will be a while between uses, relax the belt tension a bit, keeps the v belt from getting any "set"....and avoids the vibrations from a belt that has sat too long in one spot under tension.
My Harbor Freight 5 speed bench top drill press needed a new belt after about 5 years of use....walked in to Auto Zone with the old belt, walked out with a new V belt, for about~$5, counting tax...
Again, it is just a v belt...
Question: how well does a Link belt fit down in the v grooves on a pulley? Or, do you have to buy the "proper" style pulleys, too.
Note: IF it will be a while between uses, relax the belt tension a bit, keeps the v belt from getting any "set"....and avoids the vibrations from a belt that has sat too long in one spot under tension.
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+1
And the manufacturer of the machine didn't make it, they bought it from a belt supplier just like everyone else. I always laugh when I see the aftermarket parts places list stuff like belts (and bearings, and nuts/bolts, etc...) as discontinued or obsolete. They are standard off the shelf items that you can source from numerous locations, both locally and online.
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Brad
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I merely suggested that you could replace the original with a link belt and that they can be found fairly easily. What you do is up to you.
I personally have them on many machines in my shop and haven't had to replace any in years of use. I know IME, they outlast standard V belts.
Yes they are expensive but you get what you pay for.
I don't have any as small as the 5/16" or 10mm I linked to, I only posted for those who did not know of them.
What a touchy group
I personally have them on many machines in my shop and haven't had to replace any in years of use. I know IME, they outlast standard V belts.
Yes they are expensive but you get what you pay for.
I don't have any as small as the 5/16" or 10mm I linked to, I only posted for those who did not know of them.
What a touchy group
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Napa in Abilene,Texas carries fractional hp belts for a sheave drive made by Dayco. And automotive belts...FYI
Most hobbyists and small shops won't wear their tools or their belts out. YMMV
When I bought my drill press, it had a vibration. Didn't seem to affect drilling, just annoying. Using a link belt on the motor pulley (two belt type) helped a lot. I was kind of expecting the motor to have a short life, but here it is, 20 years later doing fine. They are pricey.
I'm kind of amazed at Rhodessam getting a belt from Napa for $10. I guess it's competition (western Maine). I've sworn off buying anything from Napa that I can source elsewhere. Oil filter: $25 Vbelt I don't remember the price, but the notoriously expensive hardware store across the street was cheaper.
I'm kind of amazed at Rhodessam getting a belt from Napa for $10. I guess it's competition (western Maine). I've sworn off buying anything from Napa that I can source elsewhere. Oil filter: $25 Vbelt I don't remember the price, but the notoriously expensive hardware store across the street was cheaper.
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I would agree with you on Napa stores being high price and average quality. I know the counter man from when I worked at a business that bought a lot of belts from them. He still gives me their price. The local Dayco dealer phased out belts and hoses so the Napa store picked up the Dayco non auto belts. Retail was almost $ 15...
Earlier I mentioned the Rockwell name on a belt only as a reference to how old the belt was being the original belt from 1966. Most OEM's rarely ever make all the components of their products, they pay to have their name on it so you think they are the only source.
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