making some Ho Chin Min sandals

[powerboatr]

well actually i need the tread cut for a project and since me no do this before...
what is the best blade to use to cut out the thick rubber with a reciprocating saw

I was leaning towards using the metal blade...and taking my time???

 

[WD40]

If your talking car or truck tires, I think you are right on. Is this your new job
under the new Jobs Bill. LOL
Doug

 

[DaveBen]

I would use a fine metal cutting blade if these tires have a wire ply or two. A steel wood cutting blade if they don't have metal plys. Rome was not built in a day. They didn't have sawzalls.

Dave

 

[Tbar]

Google is your friend Robert.


From a hippie blog.........

We used simple utility knives to cut out our first sandals. Doing it this way you can trace around the pattern on the outside of the tire and start cutting. However, I must say this is very laborious and not much fun. It is hard work, and you could easily slip and cut yourself with the utility knife. Along the way I have discovered that it is much easier and more enjoyable to cut tires using sharp wood chisels or a bandsaw.

To do the chisel or bandsaw method you must first remove a section of tire. This allows you to run the piece through the bandsaw, or to put it on a wooden block, where you can chisel from the inside out. Tire Sandals: Innovative footwear recycled from old tires.

From a How to site..........

How to Cut Tire Tread | eHow.com


Some more ideas from this site.......

Sandwich the tire material between two pieces of thin sacrificial plywood.

That is the way they cut rubber tire sandals during the 60's . . .

Almost forgot . . . use a good jig saw.
Cutting a tire-tread doormat

Tbar

 

[powerboatr]

yep its a HIRE VETERAN NOW bill


i need some tire tread for a few pieces of protection on my alum ramps where they rest on the steel cradles.
i have a worn tire that will donate its tread for the cause.....

 

[Dogman]

Use a reciprocating saw or a bansaw with a metal blade. Bansaw is EZest.