[Steam-engine] Belting question?

[Dave Merchant]

Unroll it and measure it.

While you're doing that, inspect it carefully before buying it.

Don't ask me how I know this.

Dave Merchant


At 05:35 PM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
>I did not think of it that way.
>Without looking it up I am thinking you need the average diameter of the 
>roll times Pi times the number of layers.
>Something like.
>3.1415(OD+ID)L
>_________
>Andre' B.
>
>At 03:33 PM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
>>Are you trying to figure out how long a belt is while
>>it is still rolled up?  Sounds pretty iffy to me.
>>There are variables here.  Belt thickness, how tightly
>>its rolled, I.D. , O.D..... You probably better
>>stretch it out then measure.   Or, you could use the
>>WAG method.
>>
>>--- Mike Rohrer <wmrohrer at myactv.net> wrote:
>
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