Had a slight disaster over the holidays when the flat belt drive on my
9" Southbend finally gave up the ghost (it has looked like it was going to fall apart at any time since I bought the lathe). Fitting a joined belt would mean stripping the head assembly and the countershaft assembly, so not something I wanted to do. But I didn't want an "aligator clip" either as it would be annoyingly noisy. So I bought a new drive belt, with skived ends, and persuaded the supplier to sell me some of the cement that they use to join the belts together so I could assemble it myself on the machine. The only problem is that the cement says it must be used at a temperature of over 15 degrees centigrade. As my workshop is not heated it is unlikely to hit that temperature until mid spring (If I'm lucky!). Any bright ideas or suggestions? (I wondered about bringing the lathe inside overnight, but it wont fit through the kitched door -would go through the french doors into the lounge but I might not live long enough to use it when fixed !!!). The glue that I have is "EXTREMULTIS VAS3 Cement" if anyone is familiar with it (nasty stuff -flamable, poisenous, and burns skin as it contains acid).
Regards
Kevin