. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER THE PROPER CARE OF BELTS By J. Crow Taylor. The main care the average belt gets in the small wood-working institution is to have new laces put in when the old ones wear, and to have a piece cut out and the belt made tighter when it fails to pull its load. Moreover, belts running on a moderate load don't need a great deal of attention, still a little attention is worth while, as one not only gets better service out of the belt, but incre
. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER THE PROPER CARE OF BELTS By J. Crow Taylor. The main care the average belt gets in the small wood-working institution is to have new laces put in when the old ones wear, and to have a piece cut out and the belt made tighter when it fails to pull its load. Moreover, belts running on a moderate load don't need a great deal of attention, still a little attention is worth while, as one not only gets better service out of the belt, but increases its life of usefulness. One should really strive in the first place to keep the belts as slack as pos- sible, that is, have a belt just tight enough to do its work with a fair factor of safety and no more. There are more belts ruined by being made unnecessarily tight than are worn out in actual service. Keep the surface of the belt in good shape and it won't have to be as tight as when left unattended. If you are running a leather belt and it gets dirty from an accumulation of dust, oil, etc., take the time and trouble to clean it. To cut the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
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