Installing Leather Treadle Belt

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11-18-2015, 01:47 PM

#21

purplefiend

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Originally Posted by SteveH

I have use silicone tubing and just stitched the ends together.

Stitching works well for leather belts as well. Strongest thread you can find)

Heat shrink tubing is ok, but works loose (in my experience) but it is good OVER a stitched connection.

I use cheap waxed dental floss and a tapestry needle to sew my treadle belts together.
Sharon in Texas

11-18-2015, 04:49 PM

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sewbeadit

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I bought some of this slicone tubing hoping I can get it to work on mine. We shall see. Would be nice if it does

11-18-2015, 05:16 PM

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SteveH

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Originally Posted by sewbeadit

I bought some of this slicone tubing hoping I can get it to work on mine. We shall see. Would be nice if it does

I use that for temp belting, works great

11-19-2015, 04:55 AM

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PATTIESPEARL

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I burn a hole in the leather with a hot needle and pliers. Then I sew the ends together with blue Jean thread and slide my shrink tubing down and heat it

11-19-2015, 05:32 AM

#25

Manalto

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Originally Posted by sewbeadit

...the poster didn't like the click the staple was making so she still used the staple but then used the heat shrink tube over it to quiet down that clicking noise. On my White treadle it makes a lot of noise so I was happy to hear about the shrink tubing.

Will those confounded birds singing in the trees ever shut up? I like the click - it's part of the treadle experience.

11-19-2015, 06:16 AM

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ThayerRags

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Originally Posted by Manalto

....I like the click - it's part of the treadle experience.

Me too. I use 2-piece leather belts on two of my treadles that I use regularly, so that I can change heads in them by simply changing the shortest of the two pieces of belting for a different length belt requirement. I crimp one end of the metal clips so that they stay with the longer piece of belting, but I leave the other ends open for easy off and on removal of the short belting piece.

Still, I can’t get even one click out of my belts for some reason. Maybe the pulleys on my machines are deep enough to allow a space under the belt while the belt grips on both sides of the pulley? I finally had to back-off one of my cone bearings on my treadle pedal to get a pleasant clank in place of a belt click so that I wouldn’t feel left out not having a click.

CD in Oklahoma

11-19-2015, 08:55 AM

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SteveH

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..... So that i wouldn’t feel left out not having a click. Cd in oklahoma

lololololol

11-20-2015, 08:50 AM

#28

DonnaMiller

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Installing Treadle Belt

You can find complete insructions on the Sew-Classic.com website. She has several tutorals, like installing an electronic foot controller etc. I used it and it worked fine. No affiliation, just a vey satisfied customer.
Donna Miller