Originally Posted by
vintagemotif
My favorite treadle belt is the aquarium tubing. Using a small 1" piece for the adapter works well and is quick for assembling.
The belts for the three machines that I’ve gotten ready for the MUTT so far all have a different length belt requirement. Right now, I’m leaning towards using a leather belt on all of them. My thought is to cut a “too-short” main belt, and then cut an additional section of leather belt for each machine that can accompany that machine. The belt runs just fine without completely crimping the metal clip, so I can use them sort of as a chain link to hook and unhook as needed. The leather belt will have two splices in it rather than one. I’m going to try it and see how it works.
CD in Oklahoma