I bought the 5' chain and now want to cut it down to two 30" sections, too durn heavy. I went to Lowe's in Brooklyn but they didn't have a cutter that could handle it. Any ideas on where to get this done?

Machine Shop.

If you are looking for a Cutter, you need to go to Indiana. I hear that is where they live.

alrighty, I really dont have anything valuable to add here, but I would imagine that SOMEONE probably has the right tools to cut that thing. How about a metal cutting wheel attached to a power drill?

Oh great. Boston and Philly - Hey New York where y'uns at?

To be more specific, you need to go to Bloomington, IN. :)

Find an auto exahust shop and have them take the angle grinder to it.

angle grinder...

Touche...

Exactly. You can take care of most anything with an angle grinder. Plus, they're very common. I'd imagine most any tool shop can rent one to you for just a few bucks an hour.

I cut one with a dremel.

I found I can cut through one with a nail file and an electric toothbrush.

way to blow that up like the bic pens ***hole...

One time my key snapped and I didn't have a backup so I had to go to Canadian Tire and buy the biggest set of bult cutters they had. After like 2 hours of going at it with all my strength the shackle of the padlock finally cut, but on the wrong damn side! After about another hour I got through the proper side of the shackle and got my bike free. from all this effort I managed to destroy the bolt cutters by completely bending the steel arms inwards so that now the blades won't even touch when you try to cut with it. I got how with the lock and was bored, so I tried to see if I could get the key piece out, only to find I could still unlock the lock just by grabbing the key with pliers and twisting.

Anyways, moral of the story is, I'm not strong enough to be a bike thief.

call this guy http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3112670.stm

sell yours for $35 and get this.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bik/61891613.html

I got a Dewalt 4 1/2" angle grinder, that with a cutting blade, will go through a link in about 45 seconds.

At the absolute worst, and I hate I even mention this, you could buy one, use it, and return it. If you have to do it this way get it from Walmart, they need the sticking.

Angle grinders are awesome, just watch your fingers and protect your eyes.

I've heard this is fairly common at home depot. you'd might have to buy a cutting wheel because the one grinders usually come with are fairly thick and a pain to cut with. the flaw with this plan is once you have a grinder you'll wonder how you ever lived with-out it and never get around to returning it.

dude, just ask the critical mass cops. they're at the 7th precinct.

lol

i amazes me how many people don't know how to use a bolt cutter... not a crack on you, just something i've noticed...

i've heard people say that something "can't be cut with bolt cutters", or "you'd need bolt cutters with four foot arms" etc... standard 30 inch cuters can get through damn near anything if you know how to use them (the krypto NYC chain is a usual exception)...
hell, i can turn you on to a hand-held cutter than can get through a 3/8" krypto cable like butter...
as for combo locks; circular ones- a hammer, maybe a chisel, a needle, and knowledge of what you're doing will get you through one in under two minutes... cylindrical ones- skip the needle and half the know-how...
regular key locks (ie masterlock padlocks, house door locks, etc): i can open anything like this, with 5 pins, with a bike spoke and a screw driver in under 10 seconds... 7 pins and i take about 30 seconds...

warded locks (which, i believe, is what krypto is using on the new locks) are the only ones i've tried that i can't pick... not to say it can't be done... quickly at that...
i still even trust cylindrical locks (old kryptos) if you dump enough oil/grease in them to keep a bic from sticking... if these are actually picked, you need to pick it seven times to actually get it all the way open...

granted, breaking & entering and theft played a major role in my life for a while, but anybody with access to google and a curb can learn to pick basic locks, and anyone with some bolt cutters and an hour to kill can learn to use them well... i don;t figure this is common knowledge with your average bike theif, but it's common enough that i don;t trust locks for ****... i figure intimidation factor (of the lock) and tricks like grease in the mechanism work way better than the actual locking mechanism...

There is a thread from earlier today that would imply that if you went to SF and locked up your bike on a certain corner, someone would drop by and volunteer to cut it for you.

I had to let all the other poople...er...ah...people in on the secret so's they wouldn't lose their bics...I mean bikes.

...not to mention several different locks combined--redundancy. Gally, does this grease thing work with the warded locks? Can it gunk up the lock to the point of rendering your key useless? What kind of grease do you use?

grease does nothing in a warded lock... to pick one you need a specifically carved pick, and a good deal of practice (i've tried several times with warded locks and can't do it- regular key locks however, i got it under 30 seconds, first try after having it explained to me)
as for the grease in cylinder locks, i've used white lightning and tri-flow... anything should work, even olive oil, but don't quote me on it... all i know is that the locks i used the two above greases on i could no longer open with a bic...

LOL, df. That's a hoot!