Originally Posted by
Stealthammer
BTW: You can build a chainwhip with just a couple of short pieces of old chain and a $2 piece of flat stock from Lowe's. If you are going to ride FG you will need one.
Have you made one of these and used it to remove fixed cogs that have been ridden?
Unless you take an actual production approach with the requisite tools you have two problems that prevent this from working for most people.
1.) Drilling holes in hardened steel is not cheap or easy.
2.) Cheap, soft steel that is easy and cheap to drill holes in will not hold up as a chainwhip for fixed cogs.
Now if one were so inclined they could buy soft steel stock, drill the holes and then perform some backyard annealing. This approach requires tools, times and a bit of knowledge for it to work.
So in essence, I see people recommend this approach a lot but for most people it's just a better idea to spend the $18 on the Park SR18.