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Originally Posted by kylelanman
[Figure 8 chain] Yes I do! We have a guide/spacer at the crossing point to ensure the chain doesn't hit itself.
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What's the angle between the two axles? Teeth on each sprocket? Distance between axles' CPA? Chain size? We're trying to do a figure 8 roller chain at a massive scale for our team motto, "Infinite Possibilities", and could use a bit of help in art of the possible here. Our team logo is a 7-tooth sprocket, so we're really limited in how much horizontal spacing we get for any given angle. Our massive scale last year didn't work out so well - we went with about an 8" pitch on the chain (don't quote me; I wasn't part of the team on this) using masonite board. At some point, the chain fell on the floor and shattered. We turned off the motor and just put up the two sprockets with the "tiger eye" in the center hole. It still looked cool, but not nearly as cool as we'd hoped.