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Re: Attaching a chain...
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 04:09:22 GMT
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LPIEN@antispamIWANTNOSPAM.CTP.COM
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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 gear, is
about the best approach that we could come up with.
In your application, something a little more delicate may be required,
though.
++Lar
Robert Wallace wrote:
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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.
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> I've looked at the instruction scans for the older forklift
> model and see that they're using one of the older tread links
> to attach to the ent of the chain and slipping one side of
> the tread link into a technic hole on a beam. Rather clever,
> but it looks kinda hokey and, for that matter, I don't
> have any tread links.
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> I've found the the claw portion of a link will fit into the
> slots on one of those black connecters, and that's fairly
> handy, but it's not secure -- it slips right out under
> any sort of load.
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> Does anybody have any Lego-friendly suggestions? I'd rather
> not glue the link to a brick, if I can find another solution.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert Wallace
> robertw@netcom.com
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Attaching a chain...
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.build)
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