HO scale belt driven machines

[Hurley53]

Not only looking for suggestions for belt driven machines but more importantly looking for suggestions for what to use for the belt material itself.  Thanks for any help   Scott Hurley  (first post)     

[lab-dad]

I think Brett at Sierra West uses a product called Tyvek?
Best to call him and ask.
He also sells a lot of HO machines.
-Marty

[mabloodhound]

Tyvek is the house wrap material you see on new homes.   Typar is another brand.   Probably would work OK for HO.   
Many use masking tape but that may be too thick for HO scale.

[TRAINS1941]

Scott

I believe Marty is right.  It works really great easy to put on and easy to paint gives a brown leather look.  Call Brett he'll help you along.

Jerry

[David Emery]

Chuck Doan told me he uses "mylar."  I got a couple of sheets of drafting film from my brother-the-architect. 

dave

[Junior]

Scott,

The material Brett is using is a waterproof very strong envelope from Tyvek/Dupont and can be found in any stationary shop. Not only is it strong it also has a nice texture just like leather as mentinoned by Jerry. You can see the material in the attached pic. from my machine shop in 1/87 scale. All machinery is from Rio Grande Models.

Anders


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[Ray Dunakin]

You can sometimes get Tyvek envelopes for free, from mailing centers. They have them for priority mail, FedEx, etc.

[Krusty]

When I subscribed to the Gazette it used to come in Tyvek envelopes. I assume that's no longer the case?

[TRAINS1941]

Anders

Not to change the subject but that is one beautiful machine shop.

Jerry

[Ray Dunakin]

The Gazette comes in clear plastic covers now, at least here in the States. I don't know if they package it differently for overseas shipping.

[darrylhuffman]

I use brown paper bags for belts.

I glue one end under the pulley and wrap the strip of paper over the top pulley and then under the lower one again.

I use ACC and then coat the belt with ACC all over.

Be sure to make the belt tight as nothing looks worse that a loose belt.

[David Emery]

A lot of the machine shops I've seen (including the one I saw running in Denton NC) had belts that were not quite tight.  There was some noticeable sag in the belts, even when they were running. 

dave