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| I'm working on a forklift design and would like to use the Technic motorcycle chain (opened) to lift the forks. The only problem (at the moment) is how to attach the chain ends to the forks and the truck structure. I've looked at the instruction (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) I've seen several models (non-official) where a rubber ban is pshed through the last link to give you two loops, these are theen looped over pegs (set at the right angle) to fasten the end of the chain. If the rubber bands would be to stretchy (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Yes, rubberbands came to mind, and though I think the rubber pulley belts may be less stretchy, I still think it may be a bit much for the load. I *will* give it a try. I'd also thought of string, but even using the official Lego winch string (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| This came up before in the context of how to attach bridge counterweights. I seem to recall the consensus was that in that application, using a gear that is pinned in place and does not turn along with something to keep the chain from coming off the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) I once built a forklift using a similar method described by Larry above. The difference was that I used a continuous chain loop. I believe that I weaved the chain through two or three pinned gears to attach it to the forks, and I didn't have (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) I *have* played around with the pinned gear idea. I used two 1x2 axle hole bricks (stacked) with axles and two of the tiny gears, with the end of the chain between the gears. This works quite well, and I may end up using it to hold the chain (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Hi Robert, saw your note and experimented a bit . What I found worked fairly well was to use two cam pieces, one 8 tooth(small) gear and one 16 tooth( next size up gear) one gear at each end of the cam. this gives you an assembly that is only (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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