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I have been asked to help make up a 3" leather drive belt for a friend (steam egine to power hammer). I have tanned hides and I am about to start making up a belt.
My Machinery's Handbook (V1, 1914 P704-708) quotes US Navy specifications and states that both the hide and the completed belting should be stretched.
My question:
Stretch wet or dry?
Sub question:
Water or alcohol+water?
My plan is to suspend the belting strips (pre-make up) from my shop rafters with clamps and weights. After jointing I will streatch the belts in some similar way using 2 bars.
My Machinery's Handbook (V1, 1914 P704-708) quotes US Navy specifications and states that both the hide and the completed belting should be stretched.
My question:
Stretch wet or dry?
Sub question:
Water or alcohol+water?
My plan is to suspend the belting strips (pre-make up) from my shop rafters with clamps and weights. After jointing I will streatch the belts in some similar way using 2 bars.