On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 01:18:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 3:36:15 PM UTC+11, Hylourgos wrote:
A simple question: why aren't bandsaws more commonly made with three
wheels instead of two? Sure, I've seen custom jobs made that way, and
the fact that 2 is more simple than 3 is obvious, but the tradeoff for
cutoff and height capacity seems worth it, but I don't know of any
popular manufacturers making them.
There must be a good reason...anyone know?
Curiously,
H

They usually have smaller wheels and therefore are prone to metal fatigue
and the blades break more often.


I had the 3-wheel 16 inch Delta - unfortunately - :-(
it required thinner blades -
- the thin blades were a PITA for tension and wandering.
- normal blades didn't last, because of the smaller radius..
The affordable extra throat dimension seemed-like-a-good-idea
when I bought it ... not so.
John T.