[TheForge] Chain fall chain

Mon Sep 30 02:53:01 2002

Is the chain used on chain falls made to different size standards than
ordinary harware store chain?

I have a (probably quite old) light-weight chain fall that I
collected years ago and have never used.  I want to rig it to move
tools that are just a tad too heavy to casually move around by hand --
a 300# anvil, a swage block or stove pipe crimper.  But it has no
chain.

Both a pretty old piece of chain and the new stuff in the hardware
store have links that are just a tad too long.  They appear to fit
but after a few turns, the chain rides up out of the slots in the
wheels.

Anybody know about the standards for this stuff?  If I drive 75
miles to the industrial park and cruise the lift and hoist joints, am
I likely to find the right stuff?

It's marked "Yale Screw Geared Block -- 1/2 ton".  Seems to be in
perfect shape except for a small, non-load bearing part that I can
easily make.

- Mike

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Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada 

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