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@ftony
ditto to what catfood says. over-tightened chains are noisy, feel unpleasant to ride with, and if the chain is stretched at all it damages the teeth on your cog quicker than normal.
The wooden doorstop idea sounds interesting though - i always struggle getting the right tension.