Nick Mueller wrote:

It is and why it works was explained by others. Saw a film where they made
chains and it was *really* impressive. Not that kind of neglace chains, but
*real* chains. For ships anchors. It's a hard work to connect the links (it
was some kind of carussell (SP?). The links were about 500mm long, diameter
something like 100mm or more. Big presses and the welding machine ... I
don't want to pay their electricity-bill! :-)


I've seen lengths of anchor chain attached to wire rope for use to snag the
arresting hook of an aircraft equipped to use it. Damn impressive chunks of
steel. Dragging the chain down a runway after hitting the wire sure slows
down an aircraft quick. Must be fun work in summer hauling the chains back
and resetting the wire.

Wes