Replacement screw for Stanley 45 fence
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5 December 2014 at 6:01 pm #121863
Does anyone have a 45 type 12 or up with the micro-adjust fence? There’s a locking screw on the left side of the fence body at the left small rod for the fence (not the main fence rods, the little micro-adjust rods, and not the adjusting screw in the middle of the fence). Can anyone let me know the thread diameter and pitch of that screw to try to get a replacement at HD or something rather than paying $15 or more off Ebay for a hit or miss?
Much appreciated!
5 December 2014 at 10:48 pm #121872Thanks, Dave!
It looks like its roughly a #10 and 32 tpi, if its in imperial and not metric. Hopefully that’s the case, because a quick search turns up a metric ton of knurled 1/2″ thumb screws.
Thanks again, Dave, this probably saved me a lot of time, trouble and money. That little bolt goes for about $15 on Ebay. Unreal.
6 December 2014 at 12:43 pm #121894Just realised my 45’s missing the same locking screw, never realised the micro-adjuster even had one until this post! I’ve used it a little so far and not noticed any movement of the fence without the locking screw, or if there has been a little movement it’s not been a problem for the class of work I’ve been doing.
These combi-planes are such a pain to buy, there’s so much going on it seems you’re almost guaranteed to be missing at least one component. I got mine from a guy who had four or five of them, each missing a random assortment of bits and none with any blades.
How do you find it in use?
Matt
Matthew, the one I have is on loan from a friend. It’s complete with both boxes of cutters. He wants to sell it to me so I’m test driving it. am not sure what else it does besides cutting grooves like my plough plane but it sure makes a conversation piece. All sorts of whiz bangs on it :). I think it will take me years to figure it all out.
6 December 2014 at 8:22 pm #121899The 45 is a finicky thing to use, but it gets me out of a lot of scrapes. Getting the fence set can be a pain, and making sure you don’t lean it over. It’s got a learning curve. But it can make grooves, rabbets, matched tongues and grooves, beads, and rounds and hollows if you have the right parts. Unlike Veritas’ very nice plow plane, the 45 has nickers and you can pretty much use it right or left (awkward but doable). Mine doesn’t have the extra shoes for rounds and hollows to fill in for molding planes, unfortunately.
I just bought a second one that is in better condition that mine that is a later model, but its missing the locking screw. They’re always missing something. The 45 is a Rube Goldberg contraption to be sure.
One nice thing now that I mention the Veritas plow plane – the plow plane’s blades supposedly fit the 45 (they’re a little short, though). Rob Lee verified on a Sawmill Creek thread from several years ago. I’ve been meaning to buy one of their tonguing blades to replace one in my set that is missing, and a few really badly pitted blades. Sure would be nice to have brand new A2 steel blades for the 45.
7 December 2014 at 1:05 am #121909The beautiful thing about it is that the clamping mechanism means it can take pretty much any blade of about the right thickness and length. I suspect you could even make custom blade profiles with little difficulty, if you were so inclined.
Coincidentally I used it today to cut a very small and shallow groove, the fence moved and ripped up my nice clean sides. Luckily on the less visible side but painful nonetheless. So if you do find the right thread, please do share.
7 December 2014 at 5:56 am #121922Matthew, I’ll certainly post here if I manage to figure out the screw geometry. If I can save more people the hassle of wasting time and money on Ebay for a tiny thumb screw it’s worth the effort.
9 December 2014 at 7:31 pm #122023It appears the screw is larger than a #8 and smaller than a #10. Probably an old #9, or maybe an old British Association size which is somewhere in the ballpark, based on metric, and very obsolete.
I’ll order the Ebay replacement screw and take the calipers to it and see what I can figure out.
9 December 2014 at 9:18 pm #122029Thanks for the offer, Dave, but I’ve got it in hand. I need the screw, so I just ponied up the money for it after my first attempt to match the screws failed. But now I’m on a mission to figure it out and post my findings. Hopefully there is a way everyone can just go out and buy these screws off the shelf for $1.00 or less. I may measure all the other screws on the 45 as well.
9 February 2015 at 1:40 pm #124499Hello Derek. Did you ever find out what this screw was? I miss my micro-adjuster.
Matt
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