[TheForge] used chainsaw chains

Comcast calvinjean2 at comcast.net
Wed Nov 2 11:10:39 EDT 2016


Someone should want them. I have made a couple of blades from chainsaw chain. 
CraigS

> On Nov 2, 2016, at 8:06 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
> 
> hello
> 
> i have been going through all various chains sorting out good & bad. a
> friend suggested getting a harborfreight chain breaker and rivet
> spinner. Using those tools "cut & paste" chains together.
> 
> Scrapping them is the last option.
> I am not into pattern welding, but I know from the past on theforge many
> people have used roller chain, bicycle chains, etc for pattern welding.
> 
> I have no experience attempting to weld chainsaw chain together in a
> forge. I would assume that unless chainsaw chains are made from some
> unique metals that they should be able to be forge welded into billets.
> 
> So are there people who would use these chains for billets or should I
> just scrap them?
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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