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DarkSoul alternative?

Our DarkSoul broke, and Dave's Motors is all out of stock. Does anyone have any good alternatives that allow you to make continuous loops of #25 chain?
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Re: DarkSoul alternative?

Maybe this? https://www.amazon.com/Koch-7725010-.../dp/B004HKIU4C
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http://www.tetrixrobotics.com/TETRIX_Chain_Breaker_Tool

This seems to be semi popular in the FTC world. Looks to have similar functionality to a dark soul.
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Re: DarkSoul alternative?

OMG my mind jumped to the video game as soon as I saw this.
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Re: DarkSoul alternative?

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http://www.tetrixrobotics.com/TETRIX_Chain_Breaker_Tool

This seems to be semi popular in the FTC world. Looks to have similar functionality to a dark soul.
It's awful by comparison. My FTC team hated working with chain until we got a Dark Soul tool, and now neither I nor anyone else on the team knows where our tetrix tool is and none of us care.

It'll be a shame if there isn't anywhere else selling the DS chain tool anymore. I recommend them to pretty much everyone.
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Re: DarkSoul alternative?

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It's awful by comparison. My FTC team hated working with chain until we got a Dark Soul tool, and now neither I nor anyone else on the team knows where our tetrix tool is and none of us care.

It'll be a shame if there isn't anywhere else selling the DS chain tool anymore. I recommend them to pretty much everyone.
Ah! That explains why it's so much cheaper haha. Looks like the DS are coming back in stock in a few weeks according to Dave's Motors.
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This thing is terrible. My team has one and we abhor it.
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This is the one we use on a regular basis, and it works fine. A few weeks ago, we somehow managed to break the pin (after many years of use), so for a temporary solution we just dremeled the links between the chain to break it. Dremeling works just as well honestly. Just as fast, and if done right, doesn't leave any marks on the useable chain.
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I think he means without using master links. Those kinds of tools are the absolute worst to work with.

We've used this one for #35 chain before if that helps any. It's no Darksoul tool but it works alright:
http://www.jegs.com/i/JR-Race-Car/574/654-8800/10002/-1


There is apparently at least one DarkSoul tool on Ebay if you feel like giving that a try:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331693252632
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Our DarkSoul broke, and Dave's Motors is all out of stock. Does anyone have any good alternatives that allow you to make continuous loops of #25 chain?
We're going all-belt this year, largely for this reason.
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Re: DarkSoul alternative?

If you're fine with #35 chain:
http://www.bmikarts.com/35-Deluxe-Chain-Tool_p_648.html
https://cometkartsales.com/-35-Space-Chain-Tool.html

Can't recommend it highly enough. Worlds better than the Koch Industries chain breaker.
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If you're fine with #35 chain:
http://www.bmikarts.com/35-Deluxe-Chain-Tool_p_648.html
https://cometkartsales.com/-35-Space-Chain-Tool.html

Can't recommend it highly enough. Worlds better than the Koch Industries chain breaker.
Thanks, Sean. I had been looking for that. It has been a few seasons since we last used #35 chain, and I refuse to allow a master link on our robot.
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Thanks, Sean. I had been looking for that. It has been a few seasons since we last used #35 chain, and I refuse to allow a master link on our robot.
There is a quote "friends don't let friends use master links"
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Our DarkSoul broke, and Dave's Motors is all out of stock. Does anyone have any good alternatives that allow you to make continuous loops of #25 chain?
Darksouls Prepare to die edition is on sale right now on steam...
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