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Not sure what aluminum will do to a chain if you hit it...I would guess it will take the corner off, but I doubt it will rip chunks off the cutters. I would think the heads of the wedges will get pretty beat up if you drive them with a regular axe.I have some ideas, gonna make some. How bad do they mess up a chain if you hit them? Any other input? Thanks
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I have some ideas, gonna make some. How bad do they mess up a chain if you hit them? Any other input? Thanks
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By the time you figure in your saw & machining time you would probably be ahead to buy plastic wedges. A wire edm would probably be the best for making them, less waste material & no babysitting while the machine is running.Apparently magnesium makes a real good wedge but I have alum, not mag.
I have something up my sleeve for the aluminum ;-). I wasn’t going to bother but I have a bunch of these chunks as remnants.By the time you figure in your saw & machining time you would probably be ahead to buy plastic wedges. A wire edm would probably be the best for making them, less waste material & no babysitting while the machine is running.
I also have plenty of scrap aluminum….
Eh…std normal, 6061?@davidwyby
What type of aluminum are you using ?
I thought about making one of those backyard casting furnitures (like I need another hobby), until I saw that the wedges were commercially available.I also have plenty of scrap aluminum….
6061 is pretty common, if it was heat treatable alum alloy maybe it would be the cats meow for a wedge.Eh…std normal, 6061?
I was thinking of just heat treating the head & leaving about the other 2/3 - 3/4. A person would have to check the material characteristics to see if would stay together & take the punishment.Would you want it heat treated? I Thoth’s whole point was to keep it ‘soft’ in cas of chain contact.
Philbert