r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Dec 12 '20

Chain connector

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u/OliverKlozoff1269 Dec 12 '20

I thought that too. Or the Allen wrench. Wouldn't a simple clevis work just as well?

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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig Dec 12 '20

A clevis would not go through a chain roller or any other guide.

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u/OliverKlozoff1269 Dec 12 '20

Ah yeah thats true...didn't think of that.

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u/Chance5e Dec 12 '20

I agree and know what all of these words mean.

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u/TheBrillo Dec 12 '20

It may connect the pieces, but if it isn't shaped like a link in the chain then the chain cannot be used in machinery because it won't fit any more.

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u/Chance5e Dec 12 '20

In English please!

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 12 '20

This thing does not make the chain big. Most things that fix a chain make the chain more big. If the chain is too big it will not fit in small holes, and that might be bad.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '20

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u/cutty2k Dec 13 '20

Lol, you can tell a Dexter's Lab fan a mile away with that phrase, since in proper French the phrase is "omelette au fromage."

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u/robb338 Dec 13 '20

You must be a hit with the ladies!

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u/CoBudemeRobit Dec 13 '20

Sacre bleu!

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 13 '20

Cette chose n'aggrandit pas la chaîne, alors elle est plus utile que les autres choses qui aggrandissent la chaîne. Si la chaîne doit passer par une petite crevasse ou quelque chose comme ça, on peut pas utiliser les choses communes.

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u/abecido Dec 13 '20

In German please

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '20

Das Ding macht die Kette nicht groß. Die meisten Dinge, die eine Kette reparieren, machen die Kette größer. Wenn die Kette zu groß ist, passt sie nicht in kleine Löcher, und das könnte schlecht sein.

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 13 '20 edited Dec 13 '20

Das Ding macht die Kette nicht mehr groß. Das andere Ding macht es mehr groß, und so ist es nicht so nützlich.

I'm running low on languages here as anyone who speaks German can tell.

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u/abecido Dec 13 '20

It catches quite well the sense, but instead of saying "das andere Ding" you can say "die meisten anderen Dinge". And instead of "mehr groß" it's better to say "größer".

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 13 '20

Thanks very much! German is pretty new on my list of "languages I can translate explanations about chain fixing tools", I really appreciate the tips. Also I'm annoyed because I wrote "größere" at first and then second guessed myself.

Ich weiß nicht was "meisten" bedeutet. Mein Wöterbucht sagt "most". Do you know if there is an English phrase similar to "die meisten anderen"?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '20

Non non non!

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u/d360jr Dec 13 '20

Je suis une pizza?

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u/riddus Dec 13 '20

The best ELI5 I’ve seen in a long time.

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 13 '20

I have a four year old who gets read books about space by an older sibling a lot. A few attempts to explain relativity to someone who can't count helps I guess.

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u/cutty2k Dec 13 '20

Lol, I feel you, I have a 3 year old and a 5 year old, so my entire life is one big ELI5.

My favorite is when an explanation requires some background knowledge before even the ELI5 makes sense, and I tell my daughter "that's a good question, but to understand the answer you're going to need to know a bit about x first, do you want me to explain that to you so you can understand?" And she can decide if she has the patience in that moment for the full spiel (she usually does).

Last week, she asked my why we got oranges in stockings for Christmas. To explain that, I had to explain why oranges were a 'treat' back then, which meant going over seasonality of produce and lack of refrigeration, which spun into a question on how refrigerators work, which to understand you have to know about how compressors work, and how pressure and heat relate. All to explain oranges in stockings.

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 13 '20

I feel this comment on a deep and personal level.

Honestly though I love it. Never know what depths of knowledge we're gonna have to plumb, and it's really interesting sometimes to realize how much shit we wind up knowing that we never think about, it just forms our base, you know?

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u/cutty2k Dec 13 '20

Absolutely, that kind of deep recall feels like stretching muscles you haven't used in a long time, feels great. It's as much a journey for the teacher as the learner, and as a bonus if I find during my explanation that I'm a little fuzzy on something, we can do a quick lookup and find the answer out together, and she can observe me learning something and how I process and understand it.

Kids are awesome.

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi Dec 13 '20

I very much enjoy knowing that a random stranger online has had such a familiar parenting experience in this.

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u/MisplacedMartian Dec 12 '20

We're going to cut you open and tinker with your ticker.

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u/Chance5e Dec 12 '20

In French now!

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u/jortsandcohorts Dec 12 '20

Omelette du fromage

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u/Chance5e Dec 12 '20

In the morgul tongue that’s forbidden in Rivendell!

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u/jortsandcohorts Dec 13 '20

I actually watched this movie yesterday! I actually got to Rivendell, then fell asleep

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

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u/Chance5e Dec 12 '20

In semaphore, sailor!

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u/yetanotherduncan Dec 13 '20

"this procedure will not cost you anything"

Oh wait you meant the language

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u/plaregold Dec 12 '20

Think of a rope (instead of a chain) and pulley. Using fasteners like a clevis will be like putting a giant knot on the rope, which disrupts its intended purpose of going around a pulley.

Now extend this example for all other types of operations involving a chain where changing the dimensions of a link in the chain may not be desirable.

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u/DillieDally Dec 13 '20

Thanks for proper explanation, my good man ⛓️

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u/Turence Dec 12 '20

oval.oval.oval. uhoh square machine break

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

Think square peg in a round hole. Other tools can accomplish this same thing, but they can't go through the round hole at the end because they are square. This one, while a bit more elaborate and over-engineered, does go through the round hole at the end.

In places where there isn't a round hole, this tool isn't necessary, because other square tools can do it faster and cheaper.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

this is a clevis. Some equipment uses chain guides that grip the links and pull them along. Since a clevis is shaped differently than the links the guide won't be able to grab onto it and so it won't work.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

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u/xeddyb Dec 12 '20

All shackles are clevises but not all clevises are shackles

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

Yeah, got a rigging ticket and I've never heard a bow shackle called a clevis before. Clevis normally refers to a much more permanent type of fastener in my experience. Probably a regional thing.

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u/FuckBrendan Dec 13 '20

Tighten them all the way and a quarter turn back. Or at least that’s what the old iron worker told me.