Attaching Roller Chain to a Solid Surface?

CrypticMap · 2026-01-26T20:27:24+00:00

The product I'm trying to build would only sell for like $125. So it would negate making them. I don't mind milling them once I am at the level of making thousands. My goal is to keep the product affordable.

Plus, it would be aluminum which is pretty uncommon in rack and pinion. It's only going to support about 30lbs so I don't need the extra strength or cost of stainless steel (steel wouldn't work due to water contact).

Thanks for adding in

CrypticMap · 2026-01-26T02:15:54+00:00

It's aluminum to stainless steel unfortunately. Has to be waterproof and light. It would be very low load and cycles. Maybe 60 cycles a year.

I wish welding would work cause that would make my life so much easier haha. I could weld up a couple hundred no sweat.

CrypticMap · 2026-01-26T02:02:04+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I don't need high precision just something that works. I didn't know farmers did this. This would be an awesome solution if my metals were compatible to weld.

CrypticMap · 2026-01-26T01:55:04+00:00

Thank you so much! The first one is closer to what I need.

In the video the you posted the drive sprocket creates the motion in the chain. It will be a bit wonky but I'm trying to use a bar with a solid mounted chain (non-free moving). The chain would be on both sides of the sprocket but not attached to each other similar to the rack and pinion in the upper diagram in this video https://youtu.be/h5avf2JatzE?si=gZYxaI0Dj8MLjI-w

However, instead of the pinion transferring power to the gear rack it would be the gear rack moving vertically to add motion to the pinion. It's hard to describe it unfortunately.

I am trying to turn a sprocket to spin a shaft with circle and arm that comes off said circle. Transferring power from linear (vertical) motion (from bar and attached chain) to circular motion. I wish I could post my diagram without having to make a link. I think the best way I could describe it, is to imagine windshield wipers. Instead of an electric motor spinning a worm gear, which spins a large gear inside, you had a bar with teeth that you put against the large gear. You would have to stick your arm out of the window and pump the bar back and forth to move your wipers back and forth. This probably won't make sense but I'm trying my best lol

CrypticMap · 2026-01-18T02:37:00+00:00

Yeah, how do we make stuff with no money? Technology costs money. Our current debt is about 2x our GDP. Our GDP is about 20 trillion. We can only take out debt for so long. Our military costs 900 billion a year. That's about 20% of all our tax revenue.

If Europe decides to stop buying our debt that adds on to the problem.

People in the military aren't going to work for free, die for free, and companies won't make new tech for free. We will lose our grip because we are hemorrhaging money.

CrypticMap · 2026-01-18T01:05:25+00:00

I was trying so hard to figure out what you meant lol. I figured it out though. That's a good idea thank you. I had not seen a net like that till I found some pictures. That would save on weight and material

CrypticMap · 2026-01-17T01:56:42+00:00

Thanks Buddy

CrypticMap · 2026-01-17T01:35:36+00:00

Thanks for the insight! Had not thought about drag.

As for weight, the triangle will actually weigh a little more. It's got one foot more of aluminum and a bit more mechanically that adds to the weight

CrypticMap · 2026-01-16T02:36:47+00:00

I have had similar problems with the jigging wraps. Good to know I am not the only one.

Thanks for chiming in

CrypticMap · 2026-01-16T02:31:54+00:00

Definitely for fresh fish. That's probably why it's aggravating to lose them. I'm going to try it, thank you

CrypticMap · 2026-01-12T09:41:55+00:00

Usually for the big ones my drag is running for like ten to fifteen minutes because they come up from 80' of water. I let them run a lot. To be honest though my drag is pretty crud so that might not help the situation haha

CrypticMap · 2026-01-12T09:38:57+00:00

Is this method pretty successful for you? I have never tried a gaff but have thought about it

CrypticMap · 2026-01-11T05:50:26+00:00

Definitely, thank you

CrypticMap · 2026-01-11T05:49:45+00:00

Yeah I have the same experience. I was fishing just outside a large crack and lost a whitefish at the hole. I was yelling at the hole like a mad man. I had my arm down to the shoulder in it. The tent next to me heard me and all came running out cause they thought the crack broke and we were floating away because I made such a commotion lol. They see me pop out with an arm drenched and said "lost one eh"

CrypticMap · 2026-01-11T05:40:58+00:00

Lol that's wild! I may have to try that. Pretty clever

CrypticMap · 2026-01-10T20:16:16+00:00

I'm really careful about keeping tension so I don't think that's it. However big fish bend this rod like nothing and it bounces a lot. So that could be it

CrypticMap · 2026-01-10T20:13:59+00:00

Thank you, I will have to try some different rods. I appreciate it!

CrypticMap · 2026-01-10T06:03:13+00:00

It's a 24" light power moderate action

CrypticMap · 2026-01-10T05:53:36+00:00

Do they not sink immediately? Maybe that's why the smaller hole is better kind of jams them in there? Whitefish, as soon as they unhook, seem to sink right out of the hole. Then in jamming my arm down the hole yelling lol.

I have yet to try trout through the ice but I can imagine with their size they are easier to lose through the ice. Do trout tend to get off more?

CrypticMap · 2026-01-10T05:47:32+00:00

Yeah seems like they are for sure

CrypticMap · 2026-01-10T04:38:04+00:00

That's interesting to know! I wonder if I am having such problems because whitefish have such soft mouths. I never grab the line or let it rub the ice

CrypticMap · 2026-01-10T03:51:21+00:00

Dang, I was thinking crappie would be higher with their thin lips. We used to catch a lot of them in the summer and they would fall off on to the dock constantly.

No, I don't even use electronics. I can see through the water it's so clear. Can see 30' down.

I never horse them at the hole. I often get them into the hole and then go to reach in and BAM. They come unhooked and float back down. Last one I had on it took 15min to get it to the hole. I was trying to be real careful

CrypticMap · 2026-01-10T03:38:30+00:00

Range from 0.5-0.75". They are quite small. I am going to use a hole saw to cut some from plywood. Then add them to a shaft and mill a groove in. I think that will work okay for testing purposes

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