Jonathan Kaplan on mon 12 jun 00
Perhaps someone can enlighten me.
We have 10 Brent C wheels and 1 CXC wheel all belt driven. No squeeks, no
slipage no need to spray, rub, or anything other wise on the belts. No
problems.
Why do folks have belt problems with their Pacifica wheels? Bad design? No
auto tensioning devices on the motor? Whats up with these wheels?
Jonathan
Jonathan Kaplan
Ceramic Design Group LTd/Production Services
PO Box 775112
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
(970) 879-9139 voice and fax
http://www.sni.net/ceramicdesign
UPS: 1280 13th St. Unit13
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
Norman van der Sluys on mon 12 jun 00
The Pacifica does not use a conventional v-belt. Rather, it uses four bands that
are circular in cross section, elastic, and made of some kind of synthetic silicon
rubber or such. I t is a stretch fit, no mechanical tensioning provision as I
recall. (haven't had to get out and get under since I moved my studio, so my memory
is a little cloudy here.) They do tend to sing a little, but it is not like the
squeel of a conventional belt. Being lazy and a little hard of hearing, I haven't
used the spray in quite a while. The belts don't seem to slip noticeably and I have
a realhard time slowing ing the wheel when centering large lumps (loading the motor
down), something I can do easily with our Shimpo super RK-10's. I tried a friend's
Brent CXC but didn't like the way it jerked at low speed. The Pacifica just doesn't
do that, and has plenty of torque to boot.
Norman van der Sluys
In idyllic western Michigan, Where I've been playing hookey from computer repairing
all morning, throwing pots and checking Clayart. Now I have to go wrestle with Bill
Gates's bloated, error-full code!
Jonathan Kaplan wrote:
> Perhaps someone can enlighten me.
>
> We have 10 Brent C wheels and 1 CXC wheel all belt driven. No squeeks, no
> slipage no need to spray, rub, or anything other wise on the belts. No
> problems.
>
> Why do folks have belt problems with their Pacifica wheels? Bad design? No
> auto tensioning devices on the motor? Whats up with these wheels?
>
> Jonathan
>
> Jonathan Kaplan
> Ceramic Design Group LTd/Production Services
> PO Box 775112
> Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
> (970) 879-9139 voice and fax
> http://www.sni.net/ceramicdesign
>
> UPS: 1280 13th St. Unit13
> Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
>
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