Thread: Elektra Beckum HC260 - help request

Hi all,

I have a nice old jointer / thicknesser that has been very reliable. Yesterday the thicknesser table decided to break. After winding the thicknesser handle to about 55mm it got a little tight to turn and before long I heard a noise and then it would no longer move.

After checking out many a forum I did find a thread that advised I may have broken the spindle chain on the rear of the thicknesser table above the engine.
Unbeknown to me there are 5 cogs and a tiny chain that operates the spindles. And yes the chain had snapped.

So for several hours now I have been cleaning the chain and operating on the machine. The chain link is broken and whilst it will turn a little it returns to a broken chain link of I go near the 55mm range.

Does anybody know:
- where I could get a new chain (it’s so tiny - like a miniature bike chain)
- anything about these machines
- anyone who might service this machine

i have attached a few pics for reference and to show the size of chain.


Thanks in advance.

Dave