Fabricating sprockets - GIF

Fabricating sprockets in South Asia.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...131#post221479
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...952#post217415
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...770#post194047
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...048#post191332
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...477#post162263

What's on the go with that belt on the lathe at the 56 second mark? Is that a makeshift brake?

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Originally Posted by nova_robotics

What's on the go with that belt on the lathe at the 56 second mark? Is that a makeshift brake?

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looks like it - power off, then pull on old belt engaging on an unused cone of the spindle pulley? - or it could just be a handle to a brake.