tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post7879221144117061114..comments2024-03-26T12:10:51.054-07:00Comments on the lazy farmer: Forget Lego Trains I need a flatbeltbuddeshepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-46881032220674580732010-01-18T20:08:51.548-08:002010-01-18T20:08:51.548-08:00Steel laced belt connections were pretty much the ...Steel laced belt connections were pretty much the norm for running the buzz saw cutting fire wood. Straight belt of course. Any time it needed work there was a repair kit available with new lacing. Not sure if speed might be a factor too as the hammer mill might have to run faster than the saw.Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-55085966525848311492010-01-17T15:04:01.819-08:002010-01-17T15:04:01.819-08:00RLG, thanks for joining.
I don't always run th...RLG, thanks for joining.<br />I don't always run the crossed belt. It depends on what side of the hammer mill I set up the tractor.<br />So, I could run a belt with a metal lacing and it would be ok if I didn't run it crossed?<br />This would expand my options!buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-43692412077302017762010-01-17T13:52:41.059-08:002010-01-17T13:52:41.059-08:00Can't tell from your picture but most hammer m...Can't tell from your picture but most hammer mills I know of have to run a crossed belt so that the mill runs the right direction. This means the belt has to be "endless", no metal repair strips as they would soon self destruct in crossing. I have one and am hoping it lasts as long as I need to grind oats for cattle and chicken feed.Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-3428382822811413202010-01-17T12:24:11.287-08:002010-01-17T12:24:11.287-08:00Thanks for looking! The problem is that the pulley...Thanks for looking! The problem is that the pulley on the hammermill is a small diameter flatbelt pulley. I don't think I can use a belt that has been laced. We do have a belt lacing kit here. The old belt just fell apart kind of like the Parson's Shay, I can't cut a section out as it has pretty much shredded itself.<br />I'll keep checking ebay. It looks like I'm out $200 andbuddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-90369537780250563732010-01-17T12:00:09.409-08:002010-01-17T12:00:09.409-08:00Bummer. Came up empty. Some of those got cut up y...Bummer. Came up empty. Some of those got cut up years ago to make strips to hang over the doors of A-frame farrowing huts, thought I'd seen another lurking somewhere but no such luck. Seems like Gorges is on a track worth going down. Maybe linen cord or even fourteen gauge baling wire? Are there any Amish farming around you? Some of them still use that stuff and can fix anything. <br /><collieguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298533259335227324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-33023125394913461752010-01-16T18:37:25.549-08:002010-01-16T18:37:25.549-08:00It's not repairable with alligator clamps or l...It's not repairable with alligator clamps or leather lacing?Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-68190107250238202322010-01-16T18:35:31.631-08:002010-01-16T18:35:31.631-08:00I'll check the sheds when the sun comes up. D...I'll check the sheds when the sun comes up. Dad used to grind for the Guernseys with a hammermill. Long shot at best. Sometimes stuff like that has come home in odd lots from farm retirement auctions when all you really wanted was the fence stretcher...collieguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298533259335227324noreply@blogger.com