Repair & Maintenance of Drill Pres Belt

Posted by Tool Man on March 2nd, 2016

I have a Powermatic drill press which I have owned for many years along with a newer JET drill press that I do my heavy duty work on. Experience has taught me a few things about repairing and maintaining this important part of your shop. In the event that the belt is old, worn, split, or dry; you ought to supplant it. In the event that it's not doing so great, you may have the capacity to escape with cleaning and reemerging it with some dissolvable and elastic hold restorer, or some belt dressing that is accessible at car parts stores.

In the event that you clean/reemerge/dress the belt, you ought to evacuate the belt to begin with, make a point to treat the whole surface of it, and uproot any item from it before re-introducing it.

It's additionally a smart thought to clean the pulleys while the belt is off, so that the belt has a decent surface to take hold of. Once more, make a point to uproot any item (liquor, dissolvable, and so forth.) from the pulleys, and ensure that the belt and pulleys are totally dry before re-gathering.

Likewise, the set screw typically just holds the gathering set up after you physically move it, applying weight against the belt. Fixing the set screw while there is no pressure on the belt is futile (unless your drill press has a screw that really changes the belt strain (in which case, it's really an alteration screw - not a set screw)). There ought to be simply enough pressure to make the belt embrace the sides of the pulleys, and rectify between the pulleys. It ought not to be sufficiently tight to extend the belt.

Get out any dust, earth, shavings, flotsam and jetsam, and so on from the lodging where the engine and pulleys are; and ensure the instrument moves unreservedly enough to apply strain on the belt. Utilize a very light layer of oil or dry lube on the metal parts only. Be mindful so as not to get any on the pulleys or belt, and wipe off any overabundance with the goal that it doesn't run or take off onto the pulleys or belt.

Stepwise Instructions:

First Step: Extricate set screw and evacuate belt.

Second Step: Clean and daintily lube metal parts inside the lodging, making a point not to lube the pulleys' furrows.

Third Step: Clean the pulleys' scores, and dry - or permit to dry - completely.

Fourth Step: Assess belt for wear and/or harm. Supplant if important.

Fifth Step: In the event that belt is still in respectable condition, clean/reemerge/dress the belt utilizing items made for that reason. Make a point to treat the whole belt, and to uproot any/all item and permit to dry totally.

Sixth Step: Introduce belt on pulleys, move the component/engine to apply strain to the belt (not very tight: sufficiently only for the belt to get), and fix the set screw while the pressure is being connected.

Seventh Step: Tidy up the place.

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