Thread: Balancing Wheels

The place that re-rubbered the wheels should have ground and balanced them, personaly I would take them back and ask them to finnish the job they started. The only place I know of is in S. A. Woodfast Machinery Co. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. -

Thanks but unfortantly the place that re-rubbered the wheels said they could not machine them and could not recommend someone. I was not happy with their service and would never go back.

This will sound a little bit off the wall.

A tyre place may be able to balance if the axle shaft is big enough to allow their mandrels through.

Other than that you need a couple of angle iron or knife edges if you have them.

Set them up parallel and level so that the wheel drops between them, insert a rod as the axle and let the wheel roll.

Do this three or four times to get a consistent "heavy spot".

Either drill the heavy spot or add lead weights (mag wheel weights stick on) to the light side.

Thanks for the reply's.

I was considering building a jig to balance the wheels, however, I spoke with LS Barker today. They are located in Heidleberg and he said he had a machine that would grind the tires and a place around the corner from him was able ot balance the wheels so for the time being, it appears my problem is solved.

Looking forward to getting the saw finished. It has been a long process!!

You could also try an engine reconditioner as they balance flywheels pulleys etc

How would they go if stuck on a lathe and trimmed ? Would that do the balancing ?

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

How would they go if stuck on a lathe and trimmed ? Would that do the balancing ?

That would only make it round, variations in the thickness of the actual wheel especially if they are cast or runout in relation to the axle causes the inbalance problem---you can balance an oval wheel.

Originally Posted by timelord

.., variations in the thickness of the actual wheel especially if they are cast or runout in relation to the axle causes the inbalance problem---you can balance an oval wheel.

Would that mean that the bandsaw wheels were out of balance when the saw was working in the past ?
Surly it was trued the first time around

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

Would that mean that the bandsaw wheels were out of balance when the saw was working in the past ?
Surly it was trued the first time around

That maybe and one would assume they were balanced originally when manufactured however there is always a proper way and a cheap way---the proper way is to remove weight from the heavy spot by grinding material off or drilling holes to remove the weight, you can check your wheels for weight removed by grinding marks or holes drilled were they serve no visible purpose. If you dont find these marks then it may have been balanced the cheap way via clip on or stick on weights in the cheap fashion like mine which may have fallen off or removen when you had the wheels re rubbered.
You should see one or the other method as it would be highly unlikely they were in balance as manufactured.

Originally Posted by timelord

That maybe and one would assume they were balanced originally when manufactured however there is always a proper way and a cheap way---the proper way is to remove weight from the heavy spot by grinding material off or drilling holes to remove the weight, you can check your wheels for weight removed by grinding marks or holes drilled were they serve no visible purpose. If you dont find these marks then it may have been balanced the cheap way via clip on or stick on weights in the cheap fashion like mine which may have fallen off or removen when you had the wheels re rubbered.
You should see one or the other method as it would be highly unlikely they were in balance as manufactured.

I won't see anything , I don't even have a bandsaw .
You should address your reply to the thread author , ab1

Whoops I sent reply to wrong author
My apologies

Originally Posted by timelord

Whoops I sent reply to wrong author
My apologies

No worries mate

AB - saw your recent pics in the market place ...

How's the bandsaw now?

Cheers,
Paul McGee

Hi,
The bandsaw is running well. I have just finished making some guards so the machine is a lot safer to use.

It runs much smoother with no vibration during most cuts. The only thing that bothers me is that the machine when running, even without load, does not make exactly the same noise. It produces a pulsing noise. The motor is a 960rpm so I am wondering if one of the poles in the motor is weaker than the others. I need to get out the multimeter and check the windings.

A while ago I resawed an old redgum sleeper to make into floor boards for my wine cellar. As the load increased, the machine developed a vibration. This I have not figured out yet. Maybe not set up right?? The cut was 200mm deep and I used a blade with about 1 tpi from memory.