Good tip; I'm a cyclist also, and have a chain breaker. Unfortunately
this chain appears to be a little larger than what my chain tool
accepts and I ended up tearing up the chain breaker in my haste to try
and get the planer back up & running. It was not a good Park Tool
quality breaker mind you but a knock-off chiwainese one that I've only
used one other time. As always, buy the best and cry once.

I'd like to do a coast to coast also, if I could just get this pesky
think called employment out of the way!

Cheers

On Mar 17, 9:42*pm, "John Grossbohlin"
wrote:
FYI if this happens again and you need to get up and running quick: Based on
my recollections of the chain size, a chain tool from a bicycle shop would
probably fix it... you can adjust how tight a link is with the tool. I've
had one of those tools for years due to my affection for cycling. In fact,
I've been thinking about doing another big trip in 2011 from coast to coast,
25 years after my 3,142 mile trip. I wonder if the finishes and wood dust
have affected me? :~)

" wrote in message

...
Took it apart and the chain has a bad link. *Stiff as can be. *Tried
flexing it back & forth. *Gave up & ordered $4 replacement chain from
repair center.

Thanks for all the help!
Happy St. Paddy's

On Mar 17, 8:20 pm, "Doug S" wrote:

Remove the guard over the chain drive for the rollers and I bet you will
find that the chain keeps jumping a tooth on one of the sprockets. This is
due to stretch in the chain. You need to replace the chain. I own a tool
repair shop and I have had to replace several of these for customers who
had
the same symptoms.
Doug

" wrote in message

...

Have a few year old DeWalt 733 that recently started behavior of
making a loud "thunk" noise as board is fed through machine. When
this happens, the board stops dead in it's tracks (only for a
millisecond), it continues through, and then there is usually a divot
in the board where the thunk occurred. It was a gradual thing at
first, but now it happens regularly. I replaced the blades today with
new ones...same thing. I cleaned the rollers with denatured alcohol,
have even tried 120grit sandpaper on them, and waxed the in/out feed
tables...same thing. I'm planing poplar if it matters at all. I'm
only planing 1/64" or so when this happens, but it happens at other
removal thicknesses also. Is my next stop the service center??

Cheers