[TheForge] Chain fall chain

Mon Sep 30 03:09:00 2002

At 11:44 PM 9/29/02, you wrote:
>Mike;

Some Yale parts are still available..they were a great product..when I 
priced their chain years ago, I blanched.
Having found a similar chain, just a tiddle too long in the link ( is 
anybody looking? No? Good) I took each link, stood it on end on the anvil 
with a pair of tongs and dinked it with a hammer...took 2 beers to get it 
just right ,down the whole length.
This is not good advice as it runs the risk of weakening the chain...but it 
worked....P

>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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