How To: Swordchucks

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Originally Posted by Lev

So, now that I think about it-- if we change the machine principle slightly the application of the swung sword MIGHT be viable... just change the chain to a tether with linearly pivots, like a bike chain does, and then you have a swung weight with a constant plane of weight face.

Linear pivots will limit your motion; they will give you more control but the whole construction will behave awkwardly. Instead, you can keep the "soft" link and add some sort of stabilizers to the "flying" blades, that will turn the cutting edge to face the way the blade is moving, like a weatherwane in the wind.