Originally Posted by
ShirlinAZ
You don't have to remove the belt completely.
In fact, if you removed the belt completely, putting your machine away would be a 15 minute operation rather than a 10 second one, and you'd ruin the belt in a very short time (as well as stabbing yourself with the join staple every time you put it back on). The belt just sits loose when the head is down.
Not all cabinets have the spring loaded belt derailer, but it's easy to do this in a matter of seconds.