On 26 Jan 2006 20:00:08 -0800, "Richard" wrote:

Well folks, I pulled out the old band saw tonight and blew it out. I
have just a few issues, and I thought I'd mention them here in the
event that you all have some suggestions. By the way, I haven't had the
blade under tension. I released the tension right after I stopped
using it, so I do hope that my spring is still good.

I have a thin line of wood resin in the middle of the tires. More on
the lower tire, but some on the upper tire as well. Does anyone have
any suggestion of a wood pitch solvent that wouldn't hurt the tires?
The tires do look pretty good, although I did see some what looks like
crazing, but the rubber is solid. I don't want to clean them off with
anything that will hurt the rubber. While we're at it, does anyone
have a suggestion of what I might treat the rubber with to make it more
pliable?

The upper and lower bearings (behind the blade, on which the blade
pushes) look like they have some resin, and I did oil them a little,
but the bottom bearing feels pretty rough. Any source for bearing
replacements? or perhaps I could take them off and let them soak in
something which might loosen them up a bit.

I fired it up (after having removed the blade) and the motor spun right
up and the lower wheel turned nicely.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I clean my tires with warm water and a tooth brush... once in a while, pine sap
builds up and I use a little "Awesome" general cleaner to break it down and them
use warm water on a rag...
I don't know if it really helps the performance, but I clean the tires whenever
I change a blade... just seems wrong, somehow, putting a nice clean blade on
dirty tires.. *g*

Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm