bandsaw tires and wheels

The blades break because the are three flexes per revolution instead of two. All three wheel bandsaws have that proble,.

You might try Suffolk Machine They sale a swedish steel blade that the state has a more flexable back with hardened teeth. If the entire blade is hardened then it cracks and breaks.

When I was making toys in St. Louis I was using a 1/16” bandsaw blade. I got about 1 hr of use before the blade shattered. It was a 32 tooth blade but it was like a hacksaw blade with a lot of teeth and not much blade.

I was reading somewhere on the web about glueing ribber tires on a bandsaw. They used an very good grade of contact cement on both the wheel and the tire. In their case they were using a contuinous tire, but in your case you might try it with a bubber tire and joint it together. An 18 or 20 inch tire might wrap all three of your wheels.

Wider blades might give longer life, like a 1/2” blade

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Try a small inner tube for a kids bicycle and double it up. I have a small 9” band saw that I use for small projects and the tubes work great as wheels. I also found that the narrower width blade works best for the smaller saw.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

The Timberwolf blades from Suffolk Machinery will, in my
experience, have a tendency to break on smaller bandsaw
wheels because the metal is thick. They are sturdy blades
on 14” and larger saws but smaller saws do well with thinner
blade stock.

They may have improved in this area. Get yourself a blade-brazing
kit in any case. Many bandsaw blades will break long before they
reach the end of their useful life.

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