I was perusing Walker Turner Presses on Youtube and found one where a fellow did a partial restoration on one, and in his video, his model appears to be the same as mine but with a third pulley in the works.

Interesting!!!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

The Third pulley would be for a slow speed option

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    A third pulley on most DPs I've seen, was to add more speeds.    Also, you can add a "reverse gear"  by watch how you thread the TWO belts.  One job I worked at used a couple benchtop DPs from Jet, both were 16 speed.    Two belts, three pulleys.   The one speed bypassed the third pulley. 

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'and may the road raise up to meet ye'

It is the newest fad in belting. Link belts. They are not meant for everyday use in my opinion. I can see them as a possible emergency option to get a machine back up and running if a belt breaks. I think they are more prone to vibration and slipping than a regular V-belt.

Charles Nicholls said:

Umm what is that he's using for belts?? red braided rope?

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Charles

Quite honestly Charles I bought the link belts for my table saw and they are supposed to reduce vibration, I saw no difference between the links and a standard v-belt. Some folks swear by them, but in my world they didn't seem to do much.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker