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Page Revision: 2010/02/21 10:30

There are as many ways to crown a bandsaw or bent-sander tire as there are variations in the equipment and skills at hand. People have found many ingenious methods to hold the wheel and the cutting tool. Here are some articles and discussions about some of those methods.

Articles¶

• Bandsaw Tire Crowning on a Shopsmith
• Bandsaw Tire Crowning with a Disc Sander
  

Forum Articles and Discussions¶

• Using Glued-Up Layers
• Using a Benchtop Belt Sander
• Using a Disc Sander
• Another Way of Using a Disc Sander
• Again with the Disc Sander
• Disc Sanders Seem to Be a Popular Method
• How Not to Use a Disc Sander
• Using a Sanding Disc on a Radial Arm Saw
• Using a Lathe
• A Completely Different Way to Use a Lathe (urethane tires)
• Using a Handheld Dumore Grinder
• Using a Foredom Flex Shaft
• Using an Angle Grinder (pictures not loading)
• Using an End Mill on a Milling Machine
• Using a 13,000 lb Oliver Pattern Mill
• Using a Bench Grinder
• Discussion of Polyurethane versus Rubber Tires
• Discussion of V Crown versus Rounded Crown
• Producing a Rounded Crown (pictures not loading)