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ok so I have being using my 12- 1/2″ planer for several hundreds of board feet of stock although this model is a cheaper type compared to others it has served me quite well…..never had any issues with all kinds of hardwoods and such. However this morning as I running some Black Ash though it I hear a bang and the feed stops……..shut it down and remove stock ……hmmm
so I investigate and find out a chain has popped a link…….(I didn’t take pics until what you see) anyway as what I could tell the chain link didn’t brake it only came apart and dropped the chain so with my trusty metal bench vise I was able to replace pin back into link and pien end…..
I was able to connect chain and then put it back on sprocket because the sprocket could be removed easily……I will post some more pics as I get it back together…..
ok drive rollers installed with proper tension and chain on both sprockets….success…..just have to re-assemble everything
Is that the Ryobi Planner?
no it is our Canadian Tire brand Mastercraft
The color looks exactly like the old Ryobi blue
without looking close to a Ryobi it could be same but with different names…
happy to report the planer is completely assembled and is once again planing wood…..
It’s nice that it was a quick repair
Glad to hear that you got it running again
I appreciate your post, I just had the same problem on my identical planer. How hard to turn are your feed-in rollers? Mine seem stiff and I wonder if that contributed to the chain breaking. Also I can’t turn the drive sprocket by hand, but I am assuming that that is because there is a gearbox between that sprocket and the motor.