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Kathy Marshall
01-21-2013, 11:29 PM
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
01-21-2013, 11:30 PM
I only use rubber tires, but you have to crown those tires.
David Kumm
01-21-2013, 11:30 PM
Talk to Louis Iturra. Dave
Mike Heidrick
01-21-2013, 11:49 PM
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
01-22-2013, 9:25 AM
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
01-22-2013, 12:05 PM
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
01-22-2013, 12:10 PM
Try Suffolk Machine. Their tires work well and they will get you the correct ones for your saw.
Rich Riddle
01-22-2013, 6:11 PM
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
01-22-2013, 9:36 PM
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
01-23-2013, 8:38 AM
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.
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