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For further verification. I have a Stanley 45 and an old 50,and the cutters are 1/8” thick within a couple thousandths. I can use them interchangeably except that the 50 cutters have no notch and I have to set them By hand.( they are 74 mm long)
I also acquired a Craftsman 45 set of cutters, and they are complete clones of the Stanleys. (Crafstman apparently had 45’s made by both Stanley and Sargent).
If you look at the Veritas info on the new combination plane, they say that Stanley 45 cutters fit, and that the Small plough plane cutters will also. The small plough cutters are shorter. I do recall somebody wrote years ago to Veritas and they said their cutters would work in a 45 but cautioned they were shorter, so they would sharpen fewer times.
I measured my Stanley grooving cutters and they are all within a mm of 94 mm and the notch is 90-92 mm from the sharp edge.
My tongue cutter is a mm longer.
So to fit Stanley cutters, your adjuster will have to open that far, or you will have to grind another notch and maybe shorten the cutter.
The Veritas small cutters are shorter by just about a cm, according to a fellow on this site
http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/accessory-blades-for-the-veritas-small-plow-t61384.html
Another fellow states his Record 050 cutters ( not 050C) are 74 mm long. They have a notch.
So if your adjuster will open to the 80-83 range to the notch, you should be fine for Veritas Small plough cutters. Measure the iron you have.
The Veritas Small plough cutters are A2 steel. The larger and longer combo plane cutters are PMV-11.
I have made a couple 45 cutters from 1/8” O1 precisión ground steel and ground my own notches with a Dremel and cut off wheel.
And of course, if you find Record 045c or 050c cutters, they will fit.
- This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by Larry Geib.