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New band saw tires - crowned or not

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Need new tires for my delta 14". What to get.
 
#3 · (Edited by Moderator)
The Delta wheels have a crown in them, so you don't need to mess with crowning the tires. Rubber or urethane tires will work just fine without anything else needed to be done.

Also - I don't think I've ever seen a 'crowned' tire (ie: pre-crowned) for those machines that don't already have the crown in the wheel… what you usually get is a flat rubber tire that then needs to be crowned in place once glued on the wheel. Maybe I just haven't looked enough though :)

Cheers,
Brad
 
#4 ·
https://sgtool.com/2018/01/31/crowned-urethane-band-saw-tires/

The Delta wheels have a crown in them, so you don t need to mess with crowning the tires. Rubber or urethane tires will work just fine without anything else needed to be done.

Also - I don t think I ve ever seen a crowned tire (ie: pre-crowned) for those machines that don t already have the crown in the wheel… what you usually get is a flat rubber tire that then needs to be crowned in place once glued on the wheel. Maybe I just haven t looked enough though :)

Cheers,
Brad

- MrUnix
The Delta wheels have a crown in them, so you don t need to mess with crowning the tires. Rubber or urethane tires will work just fine without anything else needed to be done.

Also - I don t think I ve ever seen a crowned tire (ie: pre-crowned) for those machines that don t already have the crown in the wheel… what you usually get is a flat rubber tire that then needs to be crowned in place once glued on the wheel. Maybe I just haven t looked enough though :)

Cheers,
Brad

- MrUnix
 
#6 ·
My MiniMax has flat tires and the crown is in the wheel. My old PM141 has flat wheels and when installing (flat) urethane tires I used the manufactures method for crowning describe in my restoration blog (step 5).

Rubber tires can be crowned after installation by using a sanding block to grind in your own crown. The urethane tire manufacture's method referenced mentioned you only need to crown one wheel.
 
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