Month: February 2015

It turned out to be quite a large beast! Using a old measuring stick I’m 6’2″ and the saw is 6’9″, no wonder I had to use a small stepladder when working on the top wheel tensioner assembly which also facilities blade tracking.

This is the lower wheel tyre that I just replaced because it has stretched quite a bit.

I mentioned in the previous post that I did not do a good job of cutting out around the valve…and you can see that in this picture. I suspect this contributed quite a bit to the tyre stretching.

While replacing the damaged lower wheel outer bearing flange it got me thinking just how much load/strain is placed on the lower (driven) wheel and it’s related components. When fitting the tyre back onto the wheel I noticed that is had stretched quite a bit as it went onto the wheel too easily!
Continue reading “Bandsaw – tyre change”

Balancing a wheel can take time,  normal practice is to remove weight by boring out material around the circumference but I prefer to add weight in the form of metal washers. During the balancing process I use masking tape to hold the washer(s) on to the side of the rim and when finally satisfied with the position (or run out of patience) I then glue and screw it/them on.