[MR] Leather question

[Roy B. Scherer]

Unto the list-members, greetings!

I have a mundane friend, a damsel, who has a problem which I have 
promised to solve.  To that end, I ask the help of those on these 
lists who are more knowlegeable than myself.

She is a crafts(wo)man and jeweler.  Among her equipment is a 
treadle-operated grinding wheel.  A foot-pedal operates a large 
flywheel, which in turn spins a small grinding wheel at bench 
level.  The connection between the flywheel and the grinding wheel is 
a belt, which was originally a leather belt, circular in 
cross-section.  That original belt is irretrievably lost (long story 
mercifully omitted), so I do not have a model from which to work.

I need to somehow make a piece of material in the shape of a torus, 
97" in circumference, circular and about 3/16" in cross-section.  The 
original was leather, so I'd like to have the replacement 
likewise.  The simplest solution, tying one or more thongs together, 
is so inelegant that I've rejected it.  (Think of the "THUMP" as each 
knot passes over each of the two pulleys!)

This problem has been solved before, but I'm not privy to the 
solution.  OTOH, there are many on these two lists who are 
experienced and learned in leathercraft and period machinery.  I'd 
welcome any answers or suggestions from those who are either more 
knowlegeable, or smarter, than am I.

Thank you all for your assistance.

YIS, Britton Morgan
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		- - Roy B. Scherer
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