Good evening, SF.

Last week I went to make a small cut across a dowel rod, and thought to myself, "Self, let's use the band saw instead of hacking at it with a hand saw."

So I pulled the trusty Delta 28-150 over to the bench and hit the power switch. There was a short hum, and then a big POP! It startled me so much that I threw the dowel I wanted to cut... I still haven't found it.

After turning the power off, taking a breath, and checking for a puddle beneath me, I opened up the cover and found the blade was off the pulleys and the tire was off the upper pulley, broken.

I've been surfing this evening on new tires for the old Delta. The part number was easy enough to find: 1341591. I headed right on over to Sears Parts Direct and found "This item is currently unavailable for purchase. We are sorry for any inconvenience." Grr.

So a bit more surfing led to Amazon and eBay. I'm not super thrilled about that, but those appear to be the available sources. And that leads to my question: how do I know a good replacement band saw tire?

The first set I found was roughly $60. That seemed like a lot. I kept looking and found a set from Sulphur Grove Tool in Jacksonville, FL (link) for $31 on eBay, and then a set from Band Saw Tire Warehouse in Kenilworth, NJ (link) for $29 and change.

Both are urethane and USA-made, the former in orange and the latter in blue (who's ever going to see it, right?), and both have "lifetime warranty" and 60-day satisfaction guarantees.

A third set I found comes from West Coast Belts, somewhere in California (link), for $30.

I found a set on Amazon for $50, and another for $17.

I don't know enough about band saw tires to know whether one set is any better than any other. What do you guys know? Thanks, all.

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1341591

Nota bandsaw guy.... McMaster-Carr has them by size. Looks like poly lasts longer than rubber.

https://www.mcmaster.com/products/band-saw-tires/

Ooh, good find! As much as I use McMaster for other things, I didn't at all think of them for band saw tires.

Know what stinks, though? Mine is a 9"... the listings at McMaster include 8" and 10", but no 9". Rats.

Came in expecting some assault version of graphite tires

https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...0601935/m/4470045015

I've never had to change tires but had blades pop off more than once. Quite a scary little bang when a 93" blade slides off.

With some careful cutting a 10” tire can be made into a 9” tire. Use one of the superglues to glue the ends together.

Granger?

[URL=Sulphur Grove Tool https://sgtool.com › by-m... Urethane Tires for Bandsaw | Replacement Band Saw Tires]Sulphur Grove[/URL] got me setup for my 1950s bandsaw restore. I had 14" diameter wheels if I recall.

Just soaked them I boiling water to soften, dried and stretched them over my alloy wheels with some 3m trim adhesive applied to set their position.

They've held up great through some serious cuts.

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Originally posted by shiftyvtec:
Sulphur Grove Tool got me setup for my 1950s bandsaw restore.

Sulphur Grove Tool, it is, then!

Thank you.

Here’s a link that shows a 9” tire.
https://carterproducts.com/ban...and-saw-wheels-tires

https://carterproducts.com/ban.../9-delta-rubber-tire

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
Granger?

Or maybe Grainger?

I spent a lot of time on getting my saw restored and debated which Tires to go with. Sulphur Grove apparently makes the tires for many vendors. They also helped me select the best tires for my saw over the phone and were helpful.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
Granger?

Or maybe Grainger?

Yep, can’t spell to gud.