From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:48:02 -0700, Bob La Londe    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 12/11/2025 12:44 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> Its pretty easy to make a short very light duty chain with an   
   >> appropriate bender.  I have a few.  Purchased and shop made.  Its   
   >> adequate for decorative work, or even something like a light fixture,   
   >> but I'd like to be able to weld the links.  I've seen a process (don't   
   >> recall where) that looks like they get the ends hot and stick them   
   >> together, but the logistics don't make sense to me.  Electricity don't   
   >> flow the right way for that to happen in my mind.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >Of course I could MIG, TIG, Stick, FCAW, or even O/A weld them, but this   
   >looked electrical and autogenous.   
   >   
   >I might be be able to autogenous TIG, but it be a thin spot.  This   
   >looked like they pushed the ends together.   
     I think you are referring to a "forged" chain. the ends are pushed   
   together in a semi-molten state - basically forge welded.   
      
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