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Re: pic: Chain and Wheel in Tube

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Originally Posted by Nate Laverdure View Post
Inside a 2" tall x 1/8" wall extrusion, this kind of chain retention only happens when using 17t sprockets. 2363 uses 16t sprockets. There are different reasons why our chains don't come off the sprockets.
My point was not that all chain-in-tube has close-fit sprockets (the one pictured in OP is not), but that this technique could be exploited with a dead axle to make even "tape measure and drill press" tolerances feasible.
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