Product description claims this chain breaker will handle #100 chain which I think is optimistic.
And I feel that the design and construction of this tool is barely minimal to handle #100 chain.
I followed the printed instructions, but had to modify the tool to even fit #100 chain.
There just wasn't enough clearance in the jaws the way the tool was designed to be used.
Long story short,after I got the tool to fit my chain, the threads stripped out at the third piece, making the tool useless.
Moral: You get what you pay for. Now I have to spend more $$ to get a unit seriously capable of handling heavy chain.
Better yet, I have machine shop...I should just make my own chain breaker !
Nov 02, 2008
All you wanted to know about this action and then some
I found this book to be a well written and exhaustively researched(judging from the many pages of footnotes)volume dealing with one of the U.S.'s first footsteps in becoming a world military power.
The author breaks down the the overall engagement by geographical areas coupled with the general timeline of events as they occurred.
I think it presents the information in an unbiased way leaving the reader with a good overall impression of the socio/political impact this military action had on that part of the globe.
It also illustrates the relationships between officers and subordinates,as well as between the branches of the armed forces involved in a way that impresses the reader with the difficulties and hardships experienced in a theater of war never before attempted by our Country.
If I had to mention any negatives,it would have to be that reference maps of the actions and photos of the notable players mentioned in the text are sparse;making it difficult for one to envision,A:the mentioned troop movements,and B:what the people in control would have looked like.
Understandably,period photos may be difficult to locate,but certainly, detailed maps of troop movements,etc.could have been generated via computer using government records to better illustrate what was going on.
This in no way should deter a student of this part of military history from adding this excellent volume to their reference library.