The Chainless Chainsaw

by prodo123

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Intro: The Chainless Chainsaw

I was building the K'nexecutioner when I noticed I was short on the chainlinks. Then, I wondered, can I make a chain out of something OTHER than the chainlinks? Then this happened. No, it uses 0 chainlinks, but it's still functional. Cool looking, compact, and in need of opinions. The "Chain" is made of white rods, gray connectors, and red connectors for the blade.

This was made in 30 minutes. It is for the demonstration and function of what I have named the "Chainless Chain." To me, it looks a lot more like a minigun than a chainsaw, but again, only for the demonstration of the concept.

Pros
Small, and can be as long as you want it to be.
Uses no chains at all
Goes both forward and backward
Durable and a new concept of chains

Cons
Pathetically slow
Looks too wide?
Heavy
Looks like a minigun
Somewhat jammy, but it's my really weak motor.

20 Comments

mrmuffin 11 years ago

CLUTTER!!!!! I bet u i can make a better chain saw with better piece amounts and is way better

DJ Radio 13 years ago

It's not really "Chainless".  You didn't use standard knex chain, you just made your own chain out of knex

prodo123 13 years ago

Exactly! This is for people who don't really have enough chains, or have trouble working with them. I plan to make a machine gun out of it :D

DJ Radio 13 years ago

Well calling it "Chainless" is still misnaming it. 

prodo123 13 years ago

I like oxymorons, so I named it "Chainless Chain". Chainless because it has no chainlinks and chain because it's a chain.

killersir751 13 years ago

IM NOT CONFUSED BY THAT
finally something weird that doesn't confuse me

cerj 13 years ago

 ok... a chainsaw without a chain... weird enough already.


and then in the pictures it says "shows the chain"

am i missing something here?

prodo123 13 years ago

yeah, i think you missed the part that says "it uses 0 chainlinks" and DJ Radio's comment chain.

cerj 13 years ago

lol sorry.

prodo123 13 years ago

it alright. Almost everyone here is like, "How the hell can chain be a chain without a chain?"

cerj 13 years ago

stop with the chain chain with a without a chain its a chain are you dumb its a chain. it's confusing my head...

killersir751 13 years ago

AM I the only one here not that confused by that?

prodo123 13 years ago

https://www.instructables.com/id/SR70A1-PSRS/

Check it out.

~Aeronous~ 13 years ago

 Neat, but its been done before.

prodo123 13 years ago

thx. Made a machine gun out of it now. xD

~KGB~ 13 years ago

nice, lol, sounds great!