The neighbor's son gave me a Powermatic 14" bandsaw that has a need for new tires. I have no idea how to go about this. Any help would be appreciated. It is the older model that has the welded box frame.
Dale, somewhere on the net or in one of the WW mags, in the last two weeks I ran across a real good tutorial with Pics about changing the tires on a bandsaw, but for the life of me I cannot remember where it was. Maybe someone else has seen this and will remember where. I'm so frustrated,
I have been looking for a magazine I have for a week now, to give some information tho Rob, and I haven't found it yet, and I also haven't found the article with plans for a pull out TS extension for Stu either.
I guess I'm going to have to start a list of interesting things I run across and keep it in a Spiral notebook If I ever want to find it again.
I do know that if you put the poly tires on, you need to warm them up pretty good in warm water first to make them more pliable and stretch easier, then if you use use a thin wood strip on top of the tire at your starting point and clamp it to the wheel then use a round screwdriver shaft under the tire to run it around the wheel to stretch the tire in place, it goes on fairly easy. Then you take the clamp off and continue to run the screwdriver around the wheel under the tire two or maybe three times, and it will even out the tension/stretch of the tire.
Do not glue the tire to the wheel.
Gee, a Free PM Bandsaw, what a nice surprise from your friend, (especially with your current employment status).