Alazahr wrote:I'm going to feel saddened if this has been done before, but I've decided to take it on if it has not, and only if it has not. The question does indeed remain... Has anyone made a fully functional Chainsword? I'm not talking made of foam. I'm not talking for show. I'm talking a fully functional, cut up some Xenos, and bathe in their entrails Chainsword. I've seen a Rhino and a whole bunch of non-working props, but nothing "real".

I've got the kinkering and know-how... And unfortunately the time.

-J.

Hordicant wrote:The really awesome thing about the concept of a chainsword is it strips out any physics involved and throws it out the window for cool-factor.

If anyone has ever used a chainsaw in real life you know us mortal men need to use 2 hands to keep it under control. Now imagine taking said chain saw and banging it against someone. Yes it will kill them, yes it will leave a bloody, gorey, stain, but its also gonna bite home and launch itself out of you grip as the spinning teeth grab purchase into their body.

Nurgleboy77 wrote:It would also bind up like a bitch. The chain needs a bit of momentum before it can cut anything. You can't lay the chain on something (of any substance at least) and it just start cutting from a dead stop.

That's why Leatherface always waves it around above his head a bit before attacking...

Lanceradvanced wrote:Prolly wouldn't work, there'd be an tiny delay between contact and the start, and the sword would bounce back off the armor, not to mention that the teeth woudn't have any momentum to start -cutting- into things as they hit..

Chainswords, as described, use unreasonably strong materials, made into absurdly large cutting surfaces, powered by insanely light but powerfull motors, for an effect that gamewise (with the exception of Evicerators) is no better than punching the guy in the nose with brass knuckles..

that being said, you -might- be able to make a semi-practical Chainaxe with today's tech, but not with the perforamce of the 40 version..

Lanceradvanced wrote:Stopping a saw once it's going in, raises the spector of it getting bound in the cut it's making..

Chainswords, as described, use unreasonably strong materials, made into absurdly large cutting surfaces, powered by insanely light but powerfull motors, for an effect that gamewise (with the exception of Evicerators) is no better than punching the guy in the nose with brass knuckles..

that being said, you -might- be able to make a semi-practical Chainaxe with today's tech, but not with the perforamce of the 40 version..

mussie76 wrote:
As much as i have always love the CS there is something dark and sinister about a CA that makes it that little bit cooler.

And if you were to make a CA you would be able to swing with that extra force how ever you could not hold it against the target like a sword

mussie76 wrote:Dont forget that these things are not being used to cut through thick trees but through flesh and bone.... and the occasional suite of Power armour

Lanceradvanced wrote:

mussie76 wrote:
As much as i have always love the CS there is something dark and sinister about a CA that makes it that little bit cooler.

And if you were to make a CA you would be able to swing with that extra force how ever you could not hold it against the target like a sword

Um, no.. frankly, you can hold a chainaxe to a target probably -better- than you can than with a sword.. swords are for accuracy, long handles are for force, holding something to a target once you've hit it, is -all- about how much leverage you get on the handle...

Lanceradvanced wrote:

mussie76 wrote:Dont forget that these things are not being used to cut through thick trees but through flesh and bone.... and the occasional suite of Power armour

Yah? So? (You forgot Wraithbone, and Chitin, and Plastic Mesh, and Solidfied Warp Energy, Nanotech Pseudometals,Rusty Steel Plates)

Give me Uther Doul's Probability Blade any day...

mussie76 wrote: Having used an axe for cutting down tress and debarking trees I have to disagree with you on that mate.

shrew wrote:Alazahr are you familiar w/a pole saw pruming tool? It's a chain saw that has the engine down on the bottom inside the "pole" is a shaft that drives the the chainsaw part @ the other end. With a lot of cutting & tinkering you probably modify a cordless drill & put the chaisaw part on the end, but a pole chain saw is like over $500 for a good one.

JD21290 wrote:buy an electric turkey cutting knife, add a cover to the back of the blade, then add some black and yellow hazards to it.
job done.

and you can even use it around the house

Alazahr wrote:

JD21290 wrote:buy an electric turkey cutting knife, add a cover to the back of the blade, then add some black and yellow hazards to it.
job done.

and you can even use it around the house

That would make Thanksgiving interesting. Offer to cut the turkey, disappear for five minutes, come back as a Space Marine w/ a Chain Toothpick in hand and scream at the turkey before you spray meat everywhere.

-J.

P.s. I am still contemplating it.

Saldiven wrote:Rather than having a continuous chain providing the cutting force, the "blade" consists of multiple parallel cutting blades that vibrate longitudinally creating a forward and backward sawing action rather than the continuously rotary cutting action of the chain.