[TheForge] Acme Hold down

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

 The low budget solution is salvaged truck tire chains, but you get to dice them up and reassemble them.
I've used up  bucketfulls over the years.

On Mar 20, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Bruce . wrote:

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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