All types of drive belts supplied: V, flat, round (leather & plastic), linked belts, variable-speed, poly-V, etc.
We sell drive belts custom-made to your specification, as well as prefabricated belts for specific machines or applications.
For immediate delivery or straightforward advice about any belt feel free to call us. No order is too small.
We also stock miniature V-belts (6 & 8mm top widths) and the special belts for: Axminster 918, Warco 918 (and similar developed copies of the Emco Compact 8), Naerok and Seeley bandsaws, etc.
Belts also stocked or made for a variety of popular Lathes & Millers: Myford, Boxford, Emco, Unimat, Axminster, Warco, Colchester, Harrison etc.
Advice on how to ensure that you order the correct length of flat belting can be found here.
We can make several types of belt to your specifications, and these can be supplied joined or you can join them yourself on the machine. Follow the links below for more information.
The ideal installation for any machine tool is an endless Betalon-Multiply belt: these are light in weight but immensely strong and stretch resistant. They absorb shock loads well, have a high coefficient of friction, enjoy a proven record of reliable industrial service and can be made in almost any combination of length and width.
This belt (unlike cheaper alternatives cut from conveyor belts and cheap copies made in India) is UK-made, enormously strong, densely woven and specially designed for machine-tool use.
Polycord Belting - immediate delivery from stock. This makes an excellent, long-life application for hard-worked machines - from models though engravers to small lathes and millers, etc. Our solid plastic belting is made in Switzerland and of the very best quality. We can produce belts of practically any length down to 140 mm long using a jigged joint and heat weld. Although all belts stretch, Polycord is more resistant than most, especially when 6mm in diameter or over.
This makes an excellent, long-life application for hard-working machines. Our plastic belting is of the very best quality and is made in Switzerland. Hollow belts are easy to fit without dismantling the machine or having to melt the ends of the belt together. However, if you need a belt with minimum stretch, the solid type, available here, is the better choice.
A new development of an old idea - a link belt without metal fasteners. This is highly effective on all lighter machine tools and especially useful on precision lathes and millers where a "softer" drive, free from vibration, is appropriate.
This is the superior replacement for the original "Brammer" black-fabric "round-end" link-belting that was held together with mushroom-headed metal pins each (usually) stamped with a letter "B". The new belts have only a slight curve to the end of each link and the head of the pins are now "T" section.
We offer a number of endless belts for common machine tools, and can also supply numerous other belts not listed here. Contact us to place an order.
1) Countershaft to headstock belt. The best belt for this application is the NuT-Link Type with metal pins. Link belts help to reduce the vibration normally passed from a single-phase motor to the lathe
2) Countershaft to headstock spindle. here, the metal-pin T-link belt on an Ml7 can be rather too stiff and using the "Power Twist" type is recommended.
3) Select your required belt - motor to countershaft or countershaft to headstock - below:
Final-drive belt for the Viceroy Under-drive lathes such as the TDS Series (TDS-5, TDS5-GB, TDS 1/1-GB, TDS 1/1, Educator, etc. as seen here http://www.lathes.co.uk/viceroy ) The best belt is the Nu-T-link, in an A Section, 1.4 metres (1400 mm) long. Price includes UK post and packing.
Drive belts for the vertical milling head fitted to Toyo (Manix) Record ML210 lathes (or the stand-alone milling machine version). The belts are top-quality, Swiss-made Polycord in the special machine-tool drive variety. Two belts are supplied in the set with lengths of 265mm and 285mm.
Belts for the Toyo (Manix) Record ML210 lathe can be found here: https://store.lathes.co.uk/parts/toyo-manix-ml210-lathe-belts
Kerry "Super 8" & "Drillmaster" drive belt. UK or EU-made high-quality, machine-tool grade belt with an invisible joint that, unlike the cheap imports, does not bump as it goes around the pulleys and so ensures the smoothest possible drive. This is the correct fitting for both the Mk1 and Mk.2 Kerry Super 8 models and all versions of the "Drillmaster". Details of Kerry drills here
After some difficulty obtaining reliable and correctly-made supplies of Emco Unimat belts we have decided to offer instead the special Swiss-made drive belt we sell for light industrial applications. It's widely used on all sorts of drives and we now sell lots for watch and clockmaker's lathes - and of course various kinds of Unimat. It's long-lasting and very reliable.
Unfortunately, these belts are now very difficult to obtain with minimum orders and expensive with post from the EU. As an alternative, I suggest using a 1.1 metre length of 7 mm Polycord round belting. It's a special Swiss-made machine-tool drive type and very effective and can be joined into the lengths needed for a Toyo ML360. It can be ordered here with full joining instructions provided..
http://store.lathes.co.uk/belts/solid-round-plastic-belting
Boxford VSL Boxford Lathe Vari-speed belt. Unfortunately, the exact belt is no longer available but one close can be supplied. In order to obtain the whole speed range, this will need 1/4" (6mm) packing piece between cross-shaft and hangers to increase the distance to the motor. However, this is not essential as only a little of the slowest speed will be lost if the belt is fitted "as-is". Sent insured by Royal Mail Special Delivery.
Kondia FV-1 Turret Milling Machine Timing Belt. The dimensions are as follows: Length about 592 mm; width 28.7 mm (this might be slightly less than the belt fitted by the makers); number of teeth 42 (the tooth form is slanted with a top width of about 4 mm) tooth pitch about 13.7 mm.
Later models of the FV-1 might have had a tooth form that was "half-round". If yours is like that, please phone 01298-871633 or email tony@lathes.co.uk for details.
The correct variable-speed drive belt for the Little John Mk.1 and Mk.2 Models. These belts are high-quality, industrial-grade belts made in Europe. An installation tip: The manual suggests swivelling the layshaft housing about bolt 'D'. However, a better solution is to remove the grub screw (at the rear) securing the shaft to the housing; the housing can then be slid off the layshaft allowing it to move further, thus giving enough clearance to remove & refit the belt.
The correct variable-speed drive belt for the Raglan "5-inch Lathe" These belts are high-quality, industrial-grade belts made in Europe. installation tip: The manual suggests swivelling the layshaft housing about bolt 'D'. However, a better solution is to remove the grub screw (at the rear) securing the shaft to the housing; the housing can then be slid off the layshaft allowing it to move further, thus giving enough clearance to remove & refit the belt.
Raglan Milling Machine. The correct variable-speed drive belt
The belt for the Little John Lathe can be found here
The belt for the Raglan "5-inch" lathe can be found here
Final drive belt for Boxford Underdrive lathes. For this application, 1.4 metres of A-section Nu-T-link is needed.
Emco Compact 5 and Emco Compact 8 Milling Head Drive Belt. The special very short belt to fit the vertical milling head fitted to the Emco Compact 5 and Emco Compact 8 lathes and aslo the stand-alone Emco 5 vertical milling machine.
Coronet Major Lathe V-belt. The correct section UK or EU-made V-type drive belt.
This is the belt for the earlier Coronet Major - the later Model had a "Poly-V" belt - flat across the back and with multiple small Vs on the drive side. This belt can be ordered here: https://store.lathes.co.uk/parts/coronet-record-major-lathes-late-models-drive-belt
Record and Coronet No. 1, 2, 3, CL1, CL2 and CL3 wood lathes. The correct drive belt.
After some difficulty obtaining reliable and correctly-made supplies of belts for Emco Unimat SL1000 (DB200 in the USA) we have decided to offer instead the special Swiss-made drive belt we sell for light industrial applications. It's widely used on all sorts of drives and we now sell lots for watch and clockmaker's lathes - and of course various kinds of Unimat. It's long-lasting and very reliable.