Jim I had a small benchtop SouthBend lathe that I started with,I had to cut the belt to remove it from a basement where I bought it at auction..anyway I used a regular vee-belt flipped upside down on the flat surface to drive it with for years..worked great..I have done some clipper belts before on some custom work in Baltimore, there was a place there that did industrial belts there and still made-(what you have)-clipper laced belts to order