Originally Posted by
Rex Ross
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Wouldn't roller chain get jammed up with dirt and weeds easily?? That's kind of close tolerance mechanical stuff. What about track links, would you cast something that would attach to the chain somehow?
My memories of my bicycle roller chain when I was a young kid, and my dirt bike chain when I was an older kid, are not fun maintenance memories.
Rex
Roller chain is just to frame up the track. I know some folks build up the links on the chain but I wanted to use the chain links on the outside of the track blocks.
The blocks I'd make either by casting in aluminum or forming from heat vulcanizing rubber with a frame inside.
It wouldn't be the speediest process but it could be done. Some of the older German language books from Fischer detail general idea behind the tracks using roller
or the larger bicycle chain as a basis.
Jerry