Planer In-feed Roller Chain Drive Repair

[comp56]

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

 

[DR99]

Is that the Ryobi Planner?

[comp56]

no it is our Canadian Tire brand Mastercraft 

[DR99]

The color looks exactly like the old Ryobi blue

 

[comp56]

without looking close to a Ryobi it could be same but with different names...

[comp56]

happy to report the planer is completely assembled and is once again planing wood.....

[Logan]

It's nice that it was a quick repair 

[LarryS]

Glad to hear that you got it running again 

[Grant]

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.