Pureteenlard wrote:
> I've just had a chat at lunchtime with a very nice chap who makes
> roller chain. I explained the sort of thing that we do and he did a
> few back-of-a-fag-packet calculations and reckons he could do 3/4"
> pitch chain with twin hole attachments on every other link for about
> £12 - £15 per metre with sprockets at £8 - £10. Now because of the way
> that I've built my Valentine I'd need two chains per track and dual
> sprockets to drive it which would double the price and make it too
> expensive for me but for anyone building, for example, a Challenger II
> you would need 5 or 6 metres of chain and two sprockets - say £80 or
> at most £100 quid? And no worries about getting a good positive drive
> and fewer worries about track shedding too.
>
> he can also do stainless steel, rubber topped 3 1/4" conveyor for
> (gulp!) £43 a metre and sprockets at about a tenner. Expensive but
> would probably out last every other component on your tank.
>
> Pete.
Believe it or not this post gave me a good laugh this afternoon. I
really got to grow up how immature of me. My wife doesn't trust her
alarm clock so I have to go knock her up every morning before work.
HaHaha,
Sorry, just having fun with the culture langue differences. The
Canadian and Americans will understand.
Greg
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