[thefro526]

Originally Posted by mman1506

wow, could you explain more about how to dead space the chain?

Originally Posted by CENTURION

You can use a calculator like this one to figure out exactly how far apart your sprockets should be to perfectly take up the slack in the chain.

You can use a calculator like centurion posted, or if you're using two sprockets of equal Pitch Diameter/Tooth Count/Etc, just make sure that the center spacing between the two axles is divisible by the pitch and comes out to a whole number and you'll be good to go.

It's worth noting that the chain will wear in (stretch) after some use, so depending on how well your critical tolerances were held, this may or may not cause problems...