Stuart Ablett
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Well, I finally got round to putting the rubber bandsaw tires on the Phoenix, or I should say I "Tried" to install them.......
I followed the instructions that came with the tires, I cleaned the rims of the wheels REALLY good with Lacquer Thinner, just like it says.........
Once I had the rims really clean, I stretched the tires on, then I put a 1" diameter steel rod between the wheel rim and the tire........
I got the glue ready, with some rubber gloves.........
I made up an applicator and put some glue on it, and proceeded to spread the glue as the instructions state, on the tire and the rim...........
..messy job. After I'd done that, I had a fair bit of squeeze out on the rims, and as the glue is this black sticky stuff, I thought it would be a good idea to clean the glue up, while it was still somewhat wet, so I got out the lacquer thinner again and cleaned things up................ BIG MISTAKE
I left the wheels with the newly installed tires on them for about 40 hours, as I was busy doing other stuff.
Tonight I tried to "Crown" the wheels, but they had turned to sponge
They would not sand, I tired, I was using some #80 paper, then some #120, no change, the tires are S-O-F-T
They are now sticking out over the rims in several spots, and to show you HOW soft..........
That soft.........bad words were said, lots of them
The tires were 1" and 1" is 25.4 mm, so they should have fit just fine.
Oh, this is the way I drove the top wheel to try sanding it.........
.....this worked well, too bad I was trying to sand sticky sponge. Several times the wheel would grab the sanding block and whip it out of my hands......
I'm don't know who to blame for this, they say in the instructions to use the Lacquer thinner to clean the tires too, but I'm of the opinion that the Lacquer thinner is what made my tires go all sponge like........... What woud you guys do........
Boy I feel Stu-pid tonight
Oh well, time for bed
I followed the instructions that came with the tires, I cleaned the rims of the wheels REALLY good with Lacquer Thinner, just like it says.........
Once I had the rims really clean, I stretched the tires on, then I put a 1" diameter steel rod between the wheel rim and the tire........
I got the glue ready, with some rubber gloves.........
I made up an applicator and put some glue on it, and proceeded to spread the glue as the instructions state, on the tire and the rim...........
..messy job. After I'd done that, I had a fair bit of squeeze out on the rims, and as the glue is this black sticky stuff, I thought it would be a good idea to clean the glue up, while it was still somewhat wet, so I got out the lacquer thinner again and cleaned things up................ BIG MISTAKE
I left the wheels with the newly installed tires on them for about 40 hours, as I was busy doing other stuff.
Tonight I tried to "Crown" the wheels, but they had turned to sponge
They would not sand, I tired, I was using some #80 paper, then some #120, no change, the tires are S-O-F-T
They are now sticking out over the rims in several spots, and to show you HOW soft..........
That soft.........bad words were said, lots of them
The tires were 1" and 1" is 25.4 mm, so they should have fit just fine.
Oh, this is the way I drove the top wheel to try sanding it.........
.....this worked well, too bad I was trying to sand sticky sponge. Several times the wheel would grab the sanding block and whip it out of my hands......
I'm don't know who to blame for this, they say in the instructions to use the Lacquer thinner to clean the tires too, but I'm of the opinion that the Lacquer thinner is what made my tires go all sponge like........... What woud you guys do........
Boy I feel Stu-pid tonight
Oh well, time for bed