[AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing

Wed Aug 18 17:35:52 PDT 2010

This topic has reminded me of how PROUD I was as a youngster to get the M 
backed up & aligned close enough that the hammer mill did what it was 
supposed to do!!

Gene
Elgin, Illinois USA
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From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:51 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing

> Larry I just spent about 15 minutes searching just out of curiosity.  All 
> I
> found were aerosols, some of them going out of production, and folks 
> looking
> for the stick type.  Someone else might have more luck.  I don't need any
> but if I knew what was in it I think I'd try to cook up a batch.
>
> Someone suggested trying places like motion industries.  I searched 
> Granger
> Industrial Supply and McMaster-Carr and didn't find anything.
>
> Charlie
>
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> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:37 PM
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
>
>> Google or Yahoo for Belt Dressing Stick and you'll probably get several
>> pages of sources.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
>> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 13:24
>> Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>
>>> I find the flat belts are very subject to slipping and the
>>> slightest
>>> mis-alignment of pulleys. The other day I hitched the Cockshutt
>>> 50 up to the
>>> hammer mill with the long (30 feet) flat belt and got it right
>>> first time.
>>> It ran for the entire 150 bushels of oats with no problems of
>>> slippage or
>>> running off the end of the pulley. More good luck than good
>>> judgement I'd
>>> say. Some times I can try numerous attempts to correct the
>>> alignemnt by
>>> moving the tractor fractionally one way or the other with no
>>> success. .
>>> I did not know Princess Auto store was not available to you but
>>> if memory
>>> serves me this belt dressing might have been a Wynns product.
>>> I'll try and
>>> remember to check next time I am near it.
>>>
>>> Ralph in Sask.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Gunnells, Bradley R" <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:11 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
>>>
>>>
>>> > Thanks Mike. I guess I should have mentioned it's a flat belt.
>>> When
>>> > cutting the blade slows considerably and that is when it tries
>>> to walk off
>>> > the pulley. If I could get it to not slip then I can fiddle
>>> with the
>>> > alignment.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks everyone
>>> > Brad
>>> > On Aug 18, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Bread - It has been my experience that a belt coming off the
>>> pulley is
>>> >> usually the result of conditions not related to the need for "belt
>>> >> dressing".
>>> >>
>>> >> One cause is an old belt that has softened or been damaged
>>> and no longer
>>> >> maintains its profile. Another problem is a decent belt but
>>> one with the
>>> >> wrong "V" profile, causing it to ride incorrectly in the
>>> sheaves. While
>>> >> most older machinery used "A" or "B" profile belts, some folks
>>> >> substitute "fractional horsepower" belts that look similar
>>> but have
>>> >> different profiles and work poorly, if at all.
>>> >>
>>> >> If it is a flat belt, then I would check to make sure that
>>> the pulleys
>>> >> are in precise alignment - even being slightly off could
>>> result in the
>>> >> belt coming off under load. (Ralph - Princess Auto closed all
>>> their US
>>> >> operations several years ago, and I miss them.)
>>> >>
>>> >> Mike
>>> >>
>>> >> On 8/18/2010 11:24 AM, Ralph Goff wrote:
>>> >>> Brad I don't know if you can still get the solid stick type
>>> belt
>>> >>> dressing as
>>> >>> its been years since I got one. The latest I use is in a
>>> spray can and
>>> >>> it
>>> >>> seems to work well too. Not sure if the last can was from
>>> Princess auto
>>> >>> or
>>> >>> Peavey Mart but it should be available where you are.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Ralph in Sask.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >>> From: "Gunnells, Bradley R"<brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
>>> >>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion
>>> >>> group"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:30 AM
>>> >>> Subject: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Seeing this video and Ralph cutting wood with a buzz saw
>>> reminded me of
>>> >>>> a
>>> >>>> question I was going to ask the list.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Does anyone know a source for belt dressing? A brand name
>>> or place
>>> >>>> (such
>>> >>>> as TSC) where one might find it? I got the old buzz saw out
>>> a while
>>> >>>> back
>>> >>>> and was cutting some small stuff and the belt was slipping
>>> and sliding
>>> >>>> off
>>> >>>> the pulley. Once it recovered the belt would return to the
>>> proper
>>> >>>> place. I
>>> >>>> assumed some dressing on the belt would help with the power
>>> loss and
>>> >>>> it's
>>> >>>> tendency to slip off.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Thanks
>>> >>>> Brad
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