I am trying to keep my old Craftsman 22400 hobbling along until I can afford that MiniMax, lol - and recently swapped the worn out rubber factory tires with Carter urethanes, swapped the bad bearings, etc.
I've tuned it to get a pretty good cut with a new Woodslicer from HH - but I am getting some 'oscillation' from front to back - 1/32" - 1/16". The blades tracks well otherwise- I've got the bottom of the gullets at the crown, etc.
The one thing I can possibly attribute it to is that the new Carter tires are about 3/32 - 1/8" narrower in width than the wheels- and since you dont use glue with urethane they seem to keep shifting on the wheels side to side at different spots around the wheel. I can adjust the tire to bias towards the front OR towards the back edges of the wheel all the way around - but after running the saw for a few seconds the tires move themselves partially. What is a good solution for this? Id like to eliminate it and see if if solves the blade oscillation.
Thanks!