Re: VSG Belt Drives (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:24:16 -0800
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: VSG Belt Drives (fwd)

At 11:33 AM 1/28/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:34:04 -0800 (PST)
>From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: VSG Belt Drives
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>Instead of buying an expensive belt sander, how about
>using an exercise treadmill. I picked up one that has
>a variable speed DC motor that runs the belt from 0 to
>6 MPH for free! Within a month or two (spring
>cleaning), the folks that forked over $500 to >$1,000
>for these things will realize that they will never get
>used, and they'll start selling them at garage sales
>for pennies on the dollar, or sometimes even for free!
>I've picked up another type that uses a constant speed
>AC motor with a variable diameter pulley arrangement
>to control the speed. I like the DC drive better, but
>either type has tons of torque, for pulling big people
>along, and most of them pull belts that are between
>18" and 24" wide.



Excellent idea... here's a question.. Are the belts insulating or conductive?