[TheForge] Acme Hold down

[Bruce .]

I can see how roller chain would hold better than common link chain,
largely because it will lie flat.  I wonder how twist-link chain compares,
as it also tends to sit flat.
http://www.homedepot.com/s/chain%2520twist?NCNI-5

I'd have to go back to the trailer and look what kind of chain we use on it.

Bruce
NJ


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:56 PM, jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>wrote:

> Thanks, it's funny what you  think of on the fly, some of my best ideas
> happen as a result of being distracted by what I'm trying to do instead of
> inventing something.
>
> Jer
>
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> Roller chain IS better, lots better but we used what we had at hand and
> never improved on it. A person could twist a loop of wire to the top link
> of the chain and lift it with a finger of the hammer hand to slip the work
> under it without hampering movement and wouldn't have any extra mechanism's
> potentially in the way.
> Just don't stomp down on the stirrup with your finger in the loop!
>
> Jer
>
> I've got a section of roller chain nailed into the near side of my anvil
> stump and a weight on the other end. It was a sash weight, but I found a
> cast iron ball about softball sized with a nice cast loop in the top, it
> doesn't snag on the hammer/tong racks on the stump as much.
>
> Jer, love the wire loop idea to lift the chain! I've got my chain painted
> bright orange for the foot that lays across the anvil (and the hot steel)
> that chain gets hot!  the orange paint reminds me to grab the chain from a
> cold, unpainted section.
>
> Michael
>
>
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