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I found a solution to breaking skip tooth chains. Not ideal but it works better than any brakers I have found. I took a Sunlite Mini Chain Breaker ($10.49 on Amazon) and broke off one of the centering guides. It broke off easily with a punch and hammer as it is made out of cheap pot metal.
The driver pin is long enough to push out the longer length of the 3/16 inch chain. It's too bad it's such a cheaply built unit, but then again, I won't be using it much. I haven't tried to put on lengths, just to shorten a chain and it worked as well as any other chain breaker on a standard chain for this. You might not have to break off a guide but I did because I was breaking a block chain and both guides wouldn't fit as the block length is not open to allow the guide to fit.
The driver pin is long enough to push out the longer length of the 3/16 inch chain. It's too bad it's such a cheaply built unit, but then again, I won't be using it much. I haven't tried to put on lengths, just to shorten a chain and it worked as well as any other chain breaker on a standard chain for this. You might not have to break off a guide but I did because I was breaking a block chain and both guides wouldn't fit as the block length is not open to allow the guide to fit.
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