Fenner Drive Link Belt

  How many machines in your shop are run by a V-belt? In mine, there is a planner, a joiner, a sander, a small drill press, not my table saw and my large drill press uses flat belts.  I am pretty sure that my band saws use belt drive, though I bought them assembled so I don't know for sure.   What that means is lots of belts in various lengths that are wearing out in the heat and the dust.

Fenner Drive link belt

   The photo above shows my solution to replacing drive belts.  The Fenner Drive link belt is an easy solution to replacement belt blues.  These belts run very smoothly, are super easy to adjust for length and should last a very long time.  I'll keep you posted on the service life of these belts, that means you'll have to keep reading the blog for years to come.

   The first thing I replaced was the v-belt in my small drill press.  I use the drill press as a sander now and the smell of cooking drive belt was getting to be a real concern.  It looked as though the belt was soon going to give out part way through a project, so I did some preventative maintenance.

home made  disc sander with dead belt.

back in action

The home made sander/grinder has been laid up for a couple of years.  The belt was totally worn out, I couldn't use the sander because of the little bits of black rubber that were being thrown in my face. (hot black rubber)  My problem was that the bearings and shaft that the belt turned are a sealed one piece unit.  My Grandfather is not around to explain to me how me built it, where the parts came from or how to replace the belt.  Solution; Fenner drive link belt.   I cut the old belt off and threaded the Fenner belt though and put it together.  Now I have my rough grinding stone and 8in. rough disc sander back in business.

   I know the belting is more expensive than standard belts, but I felt it was worth it for the ease of adjustment, smoothness and durability and in the case of the sander it was the only solution.