[Steam-engine] Belting question?

[Andre' Blanchard]

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
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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:
>