Chain vs. Belts?!?

[Chak]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

Ditto here. I've bought two from DDM. (Get a spare set of pins when you do; I'm not sure how long they last after you know how to use them, but we had one break under first time handling by a student on Saturday.)

A similar tool for #35 is available here. As it happens, I'll be ordering a couple this evening, so I can't make a recommendation.

We bought that exact chain tool from Amazon for this build season. It works, and it does the job, but the quality is not the best. One of the bolts had a hex socket that was ever so slightly too small, and I had to widen it by pounding the 3/8" hex key in and shaving off a thin layer of metal off the bolt. No other hex key, in mm or inches, was as close to fitting as the 3/8" - which works perfectly fine for the other bolt. I was probably just unlucky, but that's still bad quality.