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Originally Posted by OneOfOne
After many years of use, the drive belt on my lathe is about to bite the dust. I have known it was wearing out for the last couple of months, but I was doing some machining over Christmas and it started an exponential decline toward death, unfortunately, everyone was closed so I couldn't do anything about it...so I nursed it through and finished the job, "I will fix it later". I am amazed that it has continued to hold on with what it has got anyway, what do you reckon? Do you think I might get a couple of more years out of it? 
I know the lathe is a bit messy....but I wasn't expecting visitors!
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Having a close look at the picture, it looks like the belt is rubbing on the right angled rod at the bottom of the picture. Can you shift the motor closer to the wall so the belt doesn't rub? You might have to make the cutout slot a bit bigger at the back.