Chain and Swivel Tutorial

[fly fisher]

Right guys im not gona put any description to the photos but what i will do is number them and if your not quite sure what to do then just ask.

Im not being lazy its just that the pictures say it better than i can explain.

The wood i used was 5.5mm square cherry.

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There you go clear as mud

[AL...]

Fantastic .
I think this should be put up as a sticky so that its easy to find for folks .
Thanks for sharing mate and great work as always
Cheers
AL

[Robson Valley]

Did the Spanish Inquisition have a yard sale? What's the wicked looking tool that you use for the swivel? Psychopaths could clean their earls with that thing.
1. the pictures really do explain the process, thanks
2. is it useful to begin with, say, a 2" x 2" stick ?

[fly fisher]

Originally Posted by Robson Valley

1. the pictures really do explain the process, thanks
2. is it useful to begin with, say, a 2" x 2" stick ?

Yes RV sorry i forgot to say it would be a good idea if you made it 1" or 2" square.
I made it this small cus im tight with my wood

[wDonkey]

i was expecting this to be the size of a pencil lead's, at least...




Just kidding, nice self explaining pictures!

[Northwest29]

Super tutorial Richard. I greatly appreciate the time you put into do this. In doing the swivel I assume that the tool you used is a self made knife with a 90 degree bend? Did you 'free up' the round portion of the swivel that is on the chain side first or did you slice through the 'squared' part of the swivel first (photo # 11)?

I don't think I'm brave enough to make my first attempt with anything small that a one inch square timber. Well, may 3/4" would be the smallest.

Ron

[ABitoSlo]

Flyfisher - can you give a good description of the knife stokes used to cut out the holes? I'm having trouble cutting out the initial holes in the chain. For each hole seems to take a lot of small cuts and comes out ragged, not clean at all like yours. I even have larger holes so there is more room to maneuver my knife. Also broke the tips twice (knife has a nicer profile now though from reshaping the tip <smile>)

edit: knifes are sharp, look similar in shape to your picture.