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Posted by Andrew Mawson on June 29, 2008, 10:30 am
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> Andrew Mawson wrote:
> >>> David Littlewood wrote:
> >>>> In article
> >>>
> >>>> john@stevenson-engineers.co.uk writes
> >>>>>> Yes, the calculator looks good - if it suits. However, if I
> > have
> >>>>>> understood it correctly, it seems to restrict the belt tooth
> > pitch to a
> >>>>>> set of stock sizes, which as it happens does not include my
> > 4.5mm pitch!
> >>>>>> Glad it worked for you though.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> David
> >>>>>> -- David Littlewood
> >>>>> That's because a 4.5mm belt isn't a standard size.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Pity no-one told the makers of my sander (Elu) then. Wonder
where
> >>>> they got it from.
> >>>> David
> >>> David,
> >>> You said " measured over 10 teeth" ie 9 gaps/pitches
> >>> Is it possible you measured over 9 tooth pitches and divided by
10?
> >>> Just a thought
> >>> I can't imagine why Elu would not use standard parts.
> >>> Bob
> >> Well, that's a very sensible question, Bob, but no, I measured
over
> > 10
> >> teeth and 10 gaps. Just to make sure (I didn't think I had made
such
> > an
> >> error, but it never hurts to check*) and it is definitely 4.5 mm
> > pitch.
> >> Machine is at least 20 years old, maybe a sign that times were
> > different
> >> then, or the fact that the maker was (IIRC) Swiss (later I think
> > bought
> >> out by Black & Decker).
> >>
> >> *Well, I say it never hurts, but this time one of the brushes
popped
> >> out, took several minutes of fiddling to get it back....
> >>
> >> David
> >> --
> >> David Littlewood
> >
> > I've fallen foul of non standard length belts before now but not
odd
> > pitches. My coin counter uses an inverted toothed belt as
transport
> > for coins, and is a 'special' only available from the makers in
> > Japan - 51 tooth iirc with no length adjustment.
> >
> > AWEM
> >
> If I did not know why you might count enough coins to wear out a
coin
> counter belt, I might be tempted to visualise you as a miser! LOL
> (instead of the generous chap you really are!)
> Bob
Yes I never thought that counting money could be boring, but believe
me it is. Particularly when you know that the majority is destined for
the gas man, the electric company and the landlord !
AWEM
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