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G'day All.
I have a Woodfast 10" Bandsaw. it is at least 35 years old.
The rubber in the bottom wheel has perished and fallen off.
I rang woodfast, but they haven't carried parts for the last 20 years.
Does anyone know where I could get rubber to glue onto the wheel?
The wheel has a groove running around it in the middle of the circumference. SO the rubber is like a "T" with a short upright.
Thanks.
That is suprising they list the service on their site did you ask if they could vulcanize rubber onto it, otherwise have a look ar industrial rubber suppliers in the yellow pages.
G'day China.
They can re-rubber at about $160 per wheel.:oo:
At that price, I'm better off to junk it and buy a new saw.
Have a look here
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f27/re...l-tyres-28546/
I recently was given a hyco bandsaw and have to replace the tyres. I will be tking this route as my plan is to get my saw up and going for next to nothing. I post will post pics as a build up when i get started.
Hope that helps
Yeh! bit expensive for a little machine, you should be able to find some suitable rubber strip and glue it on just make sure you scarf the join so you don't get a bump
Check out any car or truck tyre place close to you ,you might be able to get an old tube that is a bit smaller and stretch it on to the wheel .be nice to the dealer and you might get it for free
penguin
Hi Glock,
Whoa! Whoa! on some of that advice. Slow down and take a deep breath and think a while.
First of all a Woodfast that age will be a cast iron machine cos I've got one. It's well worth investing a few bob in such a machine all other things being equal rather than buy a cheapie if you want to do any serious work with it. It's a case of small is beautiful!
It's essential that the replacement rubber for the tyres be very close to the same thickness as the original or the blade will be displaced in the vertical plane to right or left and you have practically no latitude in that direction before you come in conflict with the sides of the table insert. I guess you could in theory make an off-centre slot in a new table insert to compensate but that's a bu## er of a way to go and you can still get problems with the back guides top and bottom not aligning if you move off the original much.
There's a place in Tassie just down the road from me that can do that job...it's a specialist rubber machining shop. They use a suitable proprietary rubber off the roll, bond it to the wheel after truing the wheel on the metal lathe and then if you want a Number 27 super job they grind the new surface in the lathe with a tool post grinder to have the re-rubbered wheel perimeter perfectly concentric with the shaft. That's how you do a good job and no doubt why the Woodfast price seems a bit high.
Incidentally the ends of the new rubber are butt joined and not joined in a scarf by this business. The bonding agent they use is plenty good for that. If you try a scarf joint then you will have to grind the finished job for certain or you will have a bump or dip with dire consequences for down the track sawing performance.
If you want to E mail me I'll give you the contact name and details. I've had exactly the same job you need done there with excellent results and whilst I watched.
Cheers Old Pete
hey Glock....long shot but what is the name of the rubber machine shop in tassie?
thanks.
no, no you’re not. That saw will outlast you and your grandkids, it’s already probably 40 years old, and quite possibly, never had a cent spent on it, so at $320 for two new tyres, and let’s presume you get another 20 years of work out of them, that equates to $16 per year, pretty good running costs in my book. That old saw will cut far, far better than the Chinese built stuff you can buy now, and do it for much longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by glock40sw
Think of it this way, would you send your $50,000 Toyota to the wreckers when the tyres go bald?
No, didn’t think so.
Original thread is 11years old, Woodfast are long gone I don't of any other company the vulcanises tyres these days
Not knowing about the machine, but I would have thought there was some room for adjustment of the trunnion.Quote:
Originally Posted by old pete
Either way likely a case that you could use this stuff, and surely you can find the stuff local.
This and some contact adhesive is likely by far the cheapest way to go about it.
SOLID PLY REINFORCED INSERTION SIDE SKIRT NEOPRENE RUBBER STRIP VARIOUS SIZES | eBay
There are still companies that can do this wheel tyre repair but they’re not cheap.
Mate had wheels for a metal cutting bandsaw Done here in Sydney.
Also blue urethane tires from the US are ok apparently.
I bought and fitted some to a Jet ok, Dunno how they went as I sold it shortly after.
H.
Look up Chris Vesper - Bandsaw wheel rerubbering and bandsaw wheel reconditioning (vespertools.com.au)Quote:
Originally Posted by China
& yes it is an 11 year old thread.
G'day.Quote:
Originally Posted by guitarison
I sent both wheels to Liam at Advanced Timber Systems in Raceview, QLD.
They re-poly the feed rollers for my molders and Opti Dimter docking saws.
They send them to a company in Brisvegas to have the work done.
The Wheels now have a brown poly tyre that is lasting well.
It's been 9 years since they were done and still look like new.
This lttle saw is only used for cutting Oven dry test sections off the ends of sample boards for Kiln drying. It doesn't get a lot of work.
It was at the place when I started there 45 years ago and is still going strong today.