I tried to make a Chain...

In this video I challenge myself to make a chain from old rebar I find in the barn! I've been thinking this one for a while and I happy with the final results. I learned a lot about the production of chain making.

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[honey_bee_live]

I liked this style of video… little classic Diresta, little teaching, little iteration. Thanks!

[jpalarchio]

The slo-mo of the Bridgeport eating up that straw was great. Excellent work on the chain, loved seeing your process!

[aserta]

Interesting method. When we remade links for an old gate from the 1800's we indeed made a hydraulic multi part and multi stage bending setup. Faster and simpler, but this works just fine.
edit: i feel that you can continue on this, but you have to mix it up. With the back pin in place, make 50% of the links closed, then make the other 50% with the links closed just wide enough to let a link slip in. Then use the oxy without the pin in place to assemble the lot. The tool does splendid work. Those first individual links? Chef's kiss.

[Sword-Shield]

🎶Thats the sound of a man ...working on a chain gang !🎶

[dougLinker]

Love it -i think I’d be welding one side to the gate or you may have someone looking to snag a Diresta chain souvenir

[macedindu]

13:30 Animals are so fun. It's really crazy to see how much personality various animals actually have.

[joselrodriguez]

Is kind of refreshing and entertaining your "eyeball machining" after watching Adam Booth and Keith Rucker spending half of their videos taking measures :D

[dpmakestuff]

Immensely satisfying to see the process. The rebar gave a beautiful texture too!

[bcbloc]

Not many people can say they made their own log chain. The machines that do this in production are very cool and fun to watch.

[nicksoehren]

Some people really can learn from this man, he didn’t know how to do it but he went for it anyways. I feel like that what holds back a lot of people is the fear of failure which is understandable.

[onionhead]

Looks like a chain you’d see on a pirate ship. Very cool and old timey looking. Like really, really badass. Cool for decoration. 👍👍👍

[inkilla]

Really cool to see literal cast off scrap become a useful item, you're an artist and artisan.

[davebauerart]

Awesome as always to see your thought process of the problem solving, using whatever is around.

[lgerback]

Excellent work Jimmy. Loved seeing the jig evolve. Great stuff.

[Billp]

Really enjoy watching your videos. Your curiosity and knowledge are unmatched

[PearlJamk]

i dont know what it is about it, but rebar chain looks awesome for some reason.

[sapelesteve]

Fantastic work on the process involved in making that chain Jimmy! Well done! 👍👍

[jurdekoning]

Seriously cool stuff! Thanks for sharing!

[lastralla]

I like this video format. Nice to get some insight into the thought process.

[springwoodcottage]

Fabulous! So clear, instructive & inspiring to see the whole design process through to final product, especially using stock that is often hated for its awkwardness, but second hand it is low cost, this time free & with the right tooling it formed magnificently, the outer rebar pattern adding a delightful look to the finished chain. Thank you for sharing!