Bandsaw tires

[Kathy Marshall]

I need to replace the tires on my 14" Delta bandsaw. Is there any difference in tire brands? Should I just look for the best price or is there a significant difference in quality between brands?

[Rich Riddle]

I only use rubber tires, but you have to crown those tires.

[David Kumm]

Talk to Louis Iturra. Dave

[Mike Heidrick]

Get the cheapest orange urethane tires you can find. No difference in the cheaper priced Hartville orange vs the Carter blue. I would go to Hartville - pretty sure they have a woodnet discount.

http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/719/miscellaneous-bandsaw-accessories

[Phil Thien]

I've gotten mine from Sulphur Grove, on eBay. Their eBay handle is "ohioblademan" (I think).

You can also call them. They have been great to deal with.

Sulphur Grove Tool
800/657-5064

No personal connection, just a happy customer.

These guys weld them themselves, so they can make any size.

[Gus Dundon]

Rubber tires works fine but urethane tires last longer and doesn't need gluing. I got band saw tires with http://www.bandsawparts.com/ultra_blue_urethane_tires.cfm .

[Lee Schierer]

Try Suffolk Machine. Their tires work well and they will get you the correct ones for your saw.

[Rich Riddle]

Rubber tires works fine but urethane tires last longer and doesn't need gluing. I got band saw tires with http://www.bandsawparts.com/ultra_blue_urethane_tires.cfm .
I have old woodworking machines. The members of OWWM strongly recommended the rubber tires for the Powermatic 143, so I went with rubber. They do need gluing and it's messy.

[Bruce Wrenn]

I've got a set of Sulphur Groves on my bandsaw. Probably put them on somewhere in the mid nineties. Got a set hanging on the clamp rack to go on other band saw when I get (take) time to put it back together.

[John Barncord]

Being the cheap-skate that I am, I have always used tire inner-tubes. A single 16" bicycle tube can be sliced in half (length-wise) down both sides and cover both wheels. They now make 14" inner-tubes for those who have 14" bandsaws.