3 1/2″ Gauge Hooks and couplings

3 1/2″ Gauge Hooks and couplings

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12 February 2012 at 18:42 #84549
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I’m more than a bit chuffed with these – made with advice from the articles of Mick feast, Keith Wilson and LBSC…

The links are a good copy of the originals on another Hudswell Clarke (missing from the proptortype I’m modelling).

Neil
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12 February 2012 at 18:42 #1079
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13 February 2012 at 13:58 #84622
Joseph Ramon
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How did you make/buy the chain?

Joey
14 February 2012 at 19:57 #84778
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HI Joey,

Just some random chain I found at work in a drawer full of odd screws and display board fittings! I made the links slightly longer and narrower by squeezing them in the vice.

The end pieces were fabricated by making a tube, drilling twice and fitting a bit of chain with the end of the lop cut off. The cross bars are a bit of brass tube.

I’m most proud of the R-clips from guitar string through 1/32″holes..

Neil
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