Fig. 6_a_ is an elevation of the winch for performing the sixth operation. Fig. 7_a_ is an elevation and Fig. 7_b_ a plan of the tool for performing the seventh operation. P P are the punches for trimming the outside and Q Q those for trimming the inside of the ends of the links. The links adjacent to the one to be operated on are brought together into the position shown in dotted lines, the bed-die having an aperture in it to admit of this, so that both ends of the link to be trimmed may be operated on together. The tool for performing the eighth operation consists of a pair of swages, the bottom one only being shown in Fig. 8_a_. The swages correspond to the intended rounded sectional form of the ends of the link, which is placed in position between the swages in a similar manner to that described for Fig. 7_b_, so that both ends are rounded or finished off at once. Fig. 9_a_ is a plan of the bottom swage of the tool for performing the ninth operation, the upper swage corresponding thereto at least in so far as the middle part of the link to be operated on is concerned. The tool for performing the tenth operation is represented in elevation and plan in Figs. 10_a_ and 10_b_. It consists of a pair of bed-dies, R, fitted to slide together and operated by the cams, s, on the guide rods, S, the operation being similar to that of the tool shown in Figs. 2_a_ and 2_b_, except that there are no punches, and that the link which lies in the cavity of the dies is merely compressed in the lateral direction by the inward motion of the bed-dies. My invention further comprises a modification of the above described process, which has for its object to enable the weldless stayed links to be made as short and particularly as narrow as may be necessary in order to adapt the chain to run over the sheaves of pulley blocks and to suit other purposes for which short-link welded chain has heretofore only been available. [Illustration: Figures 5_a-c_, 8_a_, 9_a_, 10-12 MANUFACTURE OF WELDLESS CHAINS.]