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