Hi guys/girls,
You will have to forgive my naive questions here as I a newbie to wood working in general.
I have an application that requires the use of two v-belt pulleys that are non standard diameters. I am having trouble finding aluminium pulleys that will give me the required ratio......so.... I thought that I may be able to get a couple of wood pulleys lathed up to satisfy the requirement.
I have a couple of questions.....
1. Is wood strong enough to be used as pulleys? More so the pressure on the sides of the v-belt groove.
2. How much "meat" would you need around the groove to make it reasonably strong?
3. What wood would be appropriate. I assume a hard wood would do the trick, but have no idea.
4. How much heavier would a wood pulley be compared to a metal one?
5. do you think heat is the number one concideration?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers
Paul