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Need help with finding a v-belt pulley.
Totally confusing. McMaster Carr has hundreds. I don't need this to be difficult.
What I need is a fairly large diameter pulley with a 1/2" bore to reduce the speed of a bandsaw. I've checked eBay and I guess I don't know the nomenclature. And all of the belt profiles are really just too much. What belts are typically used on power tools like a table saw? AX or something like that? I don't know what an AX is. Someone please help me find a stupid pulley for not a stupid cost. Anything over 8" diameter will be OK. I can get the ratios I need from there by selecting my drive pulley diameter. TIA! PS, will buy used if you have such an animal. |
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Off the subject, but I thought there was a 15 minute delay before posts were recorded. This thread has gone almost an hour and no one has even looked?
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How wide of a belt are you using?
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No idea on the pulley, but can you use an electronic speed control? Something like a rheostat from HD to control the speed infintely?
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Wouldn't you need two pulleys?
Electric motors make equal torque from 1RPM to max RPM so you could just slow the motor down electronically without loss of torque. |
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Yep, those will work. AFA electronic control, I think that will cost more than a pulley. Also, I read sometime ago that induction motors don't like that kind of control. I'm pretty sure my motor is an induction type. I don't see a capacitor start either.
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