Conveyer Build

[Lil Giants]

Well you're further along than I am, I'm stilling cutting drive rollers... making 6 conveyers of various lengths simultaneously.

That size of tube looks about the size of tire on the back of my combine.

I used 15" car tires, rubber isn't too thick & the tube had mold? lines, so I got the cuts fairly straight with scissors. And the belts are 60 - 75mm wide.

I was just going to stretch the rubber belts a couple inches further than its actual length for a firm fit. No spring loaded belt tensioner. The drive & rear idler (as well as rollers thru the middle) will be running on flanged bearings I got from Boca Bearing (com). Also, I didn't cross cut the belt, there's no splice, it's an endless loop.

[Rvjimd]

Joe,

Ya, right now I just drilled a few sets of holes for the shaft on one end and the belt seems to track pretty good. I may try it without a tensioner first and see how it goes.

Lou,

Thanks for the link, don't know how I missed your build thread, thought I would have found it in my pre construction search.

Jim