[Paddy]

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Yes, I used the pully as the wheel with the cut to fit belt as the "tire". Most band saws use a very rigid wheel with a thin rubber band of sorts. The auto tire would be very wide. The 18" wide by 3" wide pullys were just ordered out of a catalog of industrial pullys. With luck, I supose you could find them at a major scrap yard. My blade was mostly 1-1/4" wide. Can't recall the tooth count, but very few per inch! Most industrial suply shops weld blades to order and they are cheep. Just the other day I was at Fastenal, Industrial and Construction Supply, and they had a display for band saw blades, cut and welded to your spec.

I was 22 years old when I built it so my welding skills were not so good. But the basic frame was an unsidedown "U". The tract was 4" angle weld on an old axel. I used flat vice thread to make the the adjustable tables at each end. Each turn was 1/8".

Patrick T