[AT] Rejected Tire Slicing Machine

[charliehill]

I'm thinking some sort of jig made from sheet metal with a slot in it for a 
sawzall blade and a turn table to spin the tire around.

FWIW It's considerably easier to cut rubber if you lubricate the rubber and 
the blade with water.

charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Rejected Tire Slicing Machine


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greathouse, Joseph R." <JGREATHOUSE at hflenz.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 11:11 AM
> Subject: [AT] Rejected Tire Slicing Machine
>
>
>>I would like to purchase a machine that slices a tire in half (like a
>> muffin or bagel) parallel with the sidewall or cuts the sidewalls off
>> parallel with the sidewall. Price is negotiable.
>>
>> J. Greathouse, ColUSMCRet
>
> Back in the days before steel belted tires my Dad used to split old car
> tires that way and use them for small water troughs for the chickens.Not
> sure if he used a hack saw or just a carpenters saw.  Likely an idea he 
> saw
> in the old Country Guide magazine.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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