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  Re: Attaching a chain...
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Attaching a chain...
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Attaching a chain...
 
(...) 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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