Flat Belt Drive Pulley Camber

• #15 Reply
  Posted by Jim on 27 May, 2019 17:40
• Thanks Bruce.
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• #16 Reply
  Posted by Jim on 27 May, 2019 17:44
• This is something that I haven't seen on model steam belts, are they ever seen at the shows anyone attends?
  
  Photo credit OLD TIME STEAM POWERED MACHINE SHOP
  
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• #17 Reply
  Posted by Stoker on 27 May, 2019 21:50
• I don't know about at steam shows, but back in the day they were not uncommon in machine shops and the like, as they provided an easy and automatic adjustment for belt stretch, and made belt length measurements a bit less critical.
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• #18 Reply
  Posted by Hero on 28 May, 2019 08:21
• Quote from: Weedensteam on 26 May, 2019 22:53

  Back in the the day when I was a leatherworker I used a skiiving knife to taper the ends of leather strips.
  

  
  When I saw this, I immediately thought that a spokeshave might do the same job.
  
  Sure enough:
  
  https://youtu.be/xQG6MDZZKLA
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• #19 Reply
  Posted by Jim on 28 May, 2019 19:28
• I do have my grandfather spokeshave.
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• #20 Reply
  Posted by SeeSteam on 04 Jun, 2019 22:12
• Mmm... I have an old timey version of this
  
  https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200623954_200623954?
  
  
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• #21 Reply
  Posted by Nick on 04 Jun, 2019 22:24
• Quote from: CBWho on 04 Jun, 2019 22:12

  Mmm... I have an old timey version of this
  
  https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200623954_200623954?
  
  
  

  
  and I've put one of them to use on a little log cabin 
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