I have a Rikon 18" with flat tires and a Jet 14" with crowned tires. I track blades on both with the gullets centered on the wheels. Seems to be working fine, minimal drift and cutting very straight. Looked at the Rikon manual and they say to center the blade on the wheel, not the teeth. I am making a circle cutting jig for each bandsaw and the pivot point would optimally (from what I've read) be lined up with the bottom of the gullet. so I'd like to be tracking the blade as best possible before I place the pivot point track on the jig. I know the saying "if it works, don't fix it" but I cannot help myself, I want to optimize my setup.
Should blades be tracked differently on flat vs crowned tires? And should the teeth be centered or the blade itself?