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Re: Belts and pulleys
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Ruth Barton <[log in to unmask]>
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"Let us not speak foul in folly!" - ][<en Phollit
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Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:54:14 -0800
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I thought they just wore that way.  We powered our sawmill with the PTO
from the Oliver 77 for many years when I was a teen.  Ruth



At 5:22 PM -0500 3/4/03, Bruce Marcham wrote:

>One interesting thing I've seen is that the drive sheaves (as on a tractor
>with a belt PTO) are often slightly convex in shape, not flat or concave as
>I would expect.  Apparently that shape actually helps to keep the belt
>centered on the sheave?
>
>Bruce
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