Thanks best idea yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:57 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] drill press belts
does the mrs, have a cloth measuring tape? Are the belts greased? Tape the start of the measuring tape to the belt and send it around, when the head touches back, it could be read for you. Sorry if that doesn't work. On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Bob Kennedy wrote: > Take your belt to an automotive store. Most of them have a little tool, > well not so little, it's about 4 feet long. Anyway it has a stationary > rounded end and a sliding rounded end. You just set the belt over the 2 > ends and pull the ends away from each other. When all the slack is gone a > pointer tells how long the belt is. Mine was from Gates but I'm sure there > are others out there. > > Or, if you can get someone to look at the belt there is usually some writing > on the side somewhere. Pay attention to the brand and the group of numbers. > You can probably find a cross reference chart for the numbers online. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Blind Handyman" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 10:11 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] drill press belts > > >> Well, I decided to upgrade the two belts on my drill press. Strange but >> Grizzly can not tell me what length power twist belts to purchase. They >> think a 5' 3l belt will be enough to replace both belts. They suggested >> that >> I first measure it. >> What I thought about doing to measure the belts would to tape a string to >> the belt and rotate it until it comes around. then tie it together and cut >> next to the knot. Then I can measure the length of the string. I would do >> this for both belts but I suspect that they are the same length. Is there >> a >> better way to measure the belts? >> I want to make sure that I purchase a twist belt long enough they are too >> expensive to make a mistake. A 5' 3l from Grizzly will be a little over >> $40 >> with shipping and tax. >> I found a website that sells it by the foot but I can't read it. Twice it >> crashed my system when I attempted to locate the price. >> Lenny, Please visit my home page http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ >> It's motivating, humorous and has a lot of resources. >> >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ >> >> Visit the archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following >> address for more information: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
