KINDS OF BELTS AND BELT LACES 331 



securely clamp it to the board to dry for at least twenty-four 

 hours (Fig. 330). When the clamps are removed and the 

 tacks withdrawn, the belt is ready for service. The particular 

 advantage of this splice is that it forms a continuous belt with 

 no extensions to interfere with smooth-running. 



A canvas belt is usually 

 laced, altho it may be 

 cement-spliced. If so, how- 

 ever, the joint should be 

 FIG. 330. A glue-joint in clamps. cut, as shown in Fig. 331. 



299. Laced Joints. These are common for leather belts 

 up to 6" to 10" in width. A laced joint is made by calcu- 

 lating the length desired and cutting the belt a little short of 

 this length to allow for stretching. 



300. The Process of Lacing. Projects in belt-lacing 

 may be selected from the practical problems of the farm as 

 belts need tightening. It will be 



well to precede the first lacing of V~~ 

 a belt in service by the lacing to- 

 gether of two scrap pieces of belt. FIG. 331. Joint on can- 

 vas belt. 

 Holes are punched in both ends of 



the belt. Thru these is drawn a lace, usually a strip of 

 untanned hide known as rawhide, in some manner to fasten 

 the two ends securely together and to permit the lacing to 

 pass over the pulleys with as little thumping and wearing as 

 possible. Laced joints are usually classed as single-cross- 

 laced and double-cross-laced, of which the former is the 

 most used except for heavy belts. 



Single-cross lacing gets its name from the fact that a single 



