Yes; and it works great, no way to bog it down. I actually tried, I took a pice of 1/4 in steel and tried to stop the belt.. no way, it just kept on going.

Actually I saved about 1,500 bucks by making it myself.. I like to make my own stuff. I've been making my own long and recuve bows, leather quivers for years. I've even made an electric guitar, I used some old humbuckers I had from an old Gipson that I upgraded. My son used it on stage with me for years when we were playing music.