The mother of all chain whips
04-17-19, 05:44 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Near Pottstown, PA: 30 miles NW of Philadelphia
Posts: 2,184
Bikes: 2 Trek Mtn, Cannondale R600 road, 6 vintage road bikes
Mentioned: 83 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 472 Post(s)
Liked 1,028 Times
in
404 Posts
The mother of all chain whips
OK, this is unreasonable and I only did it cuz I could. I've made a couple of chain whips using angle iron - one shown here. In removing FW cogs I've bent these and needed something stronger. I obtained a piece of scrap steel what could provide the material I needed. After studying the piece for quite a while, thinking about where to cut it and how to shape it I finally decided "wadda ell, use the whole thing". So I did. Shaped the end to accept the short chain then added the oak straps to stiffen the steel (like the bronze strap on a classic back saw). The chain is a used one from a BMX bike I serviced at work.
Uncalled for, don't you think? A friend of mine suggested I carry that in the car. If some hombre gets mad and wants a road rage confrontation out there on the road, I step out with this, letting the chain swing gently in the breeze.
Nah........
Uncalled for, don't you think? A friend of mine suggested I carry that in the car. If some hombre gets mad and wants a road rage confrontation out there on the road, I step out with this, letting the chain swing gently in the breeze.
Nah........
04-18-19, 04:31 AM
#9
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Near Pottstown, PA: 30 miles NW of Philadelphia
Posts: 2,184
Bikes: 2 Trek Mtn, Cannondale R600 road, 6 vintage road bikes
Mentioned: 83 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 472 Post(s)
Liked 1,028 Times
in
404 Posts
Someone else suggested this was an original Game of Thrones chain whip. Hmmmm. What would a Game of Thrones 10 speed racer look like? That goat skin thing on Wacky World?
04-18-19, 04:54 AM
#10
Freewheel Medic
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: An Island on the Coast of GA!
Posts: 12,880
Bikes: Snazzy* Schwinns, Classy Cannondales & a Super Pro Aero Lotus (* Ed.)
Mentioned: 140 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1451 Post(s)
Liked 2,183 Times
in
960 Posts
Dang Todd! That should strip the teeth off the most stubborn sprockets out there!
__________________
Bob
Enjoying the GA coast all year long!
Thanks for visiting my website: www.freewheelspa.com
Bob
Enjoying the GA coast all year long!
Thanks for visiting my website: www.freewheelspa.com
04-18-19, 09:08 AM
#11
Semper Fi
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 12,942
Mentioned: 89 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1172 Post(s)
Liked 358 Times
in
241 Posts
That looks like something from a Wes Craven movie Truly, if the freewheel or cog don't break free with that, you really don't want to have it, or the wheel it's on.
Bill
Truly, if the freewheel or cog don't break free with that, you really don't want to have it, or the wheel it's on.Bill
__________________
Semper Fi, USMC, 1975-1977
I Can Do All Things Through Him, Who Gives Me Strength. Philippians 4:13
Semper Fi, USMC, 1975-1977
I Can Do All Things Through Him, Who Gives Me Strength. Philippians 4:13
04-18-19, 06:09 PM
#12
Crawlin' up, flyin' down
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Democratic Peoples' Republic of Berkeley
Posts: 5,636
Bikes: 1967 Paramount; 1982-ish Ron Cooper; 1978 Eisentraut "A"; two mid-1960s Cinelli Speciale Corsas; and others in various stages of non-rideability.
Mentioned: 40 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1017 Post(s)
Liked 2,501 Times
in
1,045 Posts
My thoughts exactly. If these don't break it free, put the wheel down and back away slowly.
__________________
"I'm in shape -- round is a shape." Andy Rooney
"I'm in shape -- round is a shape." Andy Rooney
04-19-19, 08:44 AM
#14
Señor Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Hardy, VA
Posts: 17,921
Bikes: Mostly English - predominantly Raleighs
Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1491 Post(s)
Liked 1,087 Times
in
637 Posts
Can you also craft chainmail? 
That seems to combine certain attributes of a halberd and a flail. You might discover a second career fabricating items for Renaissance Faires.
That seems to combine certain attributes of a halberd and a flail. You might discover a second career fabricating items for Renaissance Faires.
__________________
In search of what to search for.
In search of what to search for.
04-19-19, 11:23 AM
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Concord, NC
Posts: 698
Bikes: 1984 Bianchi Tipo Corsa, 1985 Cannondale SM600 (24/26)
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 235 Post(s)
Liked 349 Times
in
190 Posts
Before you use it, you need to hold it aloft and say: "By the Power of Grayskull!".
