[TheForge] bicycle chain steel

[dan tull]

Roller (bike,go-cart,conveyor) chain has more air than steel, therefore is 
harder to make a billet than say, chain-saw chain, timing/ transmission 
chain.
Besides, chain saw already has 3 different steels(links, cutters, pins).
No idea what the alloys are.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Gladish" <gladish at cablerocket.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:13 PM
Subject: [TheForge] bicycle chain steel


>I made some "damamscus" from bike chain this week- does anyone know what 
>type of steel that might be? I've read that they use 4340 for frames, but 
>a couple casual Google searches doesn't turn anything up for steel used in 
>chains.
> Andy
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