Wiring chain question

[Purple Fencer]

I currently have a wiring chain for a #5 blade with a pistol length tang. I need to make chains for a #5 French tang, a #2 pistol, and a #2 French. Having no other option, I've had to use my current chain for #5s with a French tang, which overbends the blade, and if the glue fails, the wire comes out in such a way that I can't put it back in.

Anyone got a list of how long the chain should be for those 4 blade lengths?

Thanks!

[sallearmourer]

Sam,

What I do is I make all of my chains to put a two inch bend in a french blade then I add a 4 inch piece of chain with a open hook where I can adjust the chain to fit any blade length I rewire at NAC's. I wire anything from 0 blades to #5 blades without several differents chains. It work very well for me.

Tim

[Purple Fencer]

I was thinking along those lines, but didn't know the measurements. Thanks, Tim!

[sallearmourer]

By the way Sam, look in the rule book for the measurement of blades. But what I do works for me.
I was the one who came up the idea of rewire chains about 16 years ago. We used to have a wooden jig to put blades in.


Tim

[neevel]

Make the chain long enough to handle the
longest blade you'd wire (i.e., a #5 with a french grip tang). Then, take a single link of chain and
bend both sides open. Run one of the open ends through a link on the chain about 10-12" down from one of the cups, and bend it back shut so it's attached to the chain. You can then hook the open end through any of the links above or below it to shorten the effective length of the chain to whatever you need for a given blade.

-Dave

[Purple Fencer]

[quote]Originally posted by neevel:
<strong>Make the chain long enough to handle the
longest blade you'd wire (i.e., a #5 with a french grip tang). Then, take a single link of chain and
bend both sides open. Run one of the open ends through a link on the chain about 10-12" down from one of the cups, and bend it back shut so it's attached to the chain. You can then hook the open end through any of the links above or below it to shorten the effective length of the chain to whatever you need for a given blade.

-Dave</strong><hr></blockquote>


Yet another example of a "Why didn't I think of it?" idea. Thanks, Dave!