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naeap@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Thanks!
Yeah, I still can’t really visualise how this is working
I get that you use the chain and the handle as a lever, but I just can’t wrap my mind around how this can work, without the chain just slipping around the stuff I want to unscrew.
How do I get the chain like stiff, when I get it in place?

Really sorry if I’m kinda slow here …

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NielsBohron@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
No worries! I don’t think the chain needs to be stiff, just tight. From what I can tell, these are called a chain wrench, and I found a demo video.

Hope that helps!

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- naeap@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Ah, ok, thank you very much
  
  I somehow imagined the chain hanging sloppy down and around the filter, and somehow the lever above still brings some force down there
  
  That mechanism now is very obvious.
  Thanks!
  
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Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Pushing on the lever tightens the chain, so the harder you push, the tighter it grips.

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