Veritas combination plane is here

[Patrick Chase]

Really.......I might have a spare spur from my #45 you could borrow...might even have a spare bolt.... haven't found a need to sharpen mine..yet. Even after Maple....

Those go for about $15 from plane parts dealers (for the oldest pre-1920 version. Stanley went through 3 nicker iterations over the life of the 45/55).

[Mike Brady]

I ordered some extras and also made a pair of nickers from a .040 scraper that I had previous cannibalized for a scratch stock cutter. I'll make sure to set them very shallow.

[steven c newman]

Watch out for the ones for the #39-1/2.......junk, soft, almost bend when you sneeze on them...DAMHIKT.

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Two different planes, two VERY different spurs. The #78 is the same as a #45's

That #39? flimsy.

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Long slots don't help much.
IMAG0009.jpgA close up of a spur on the #45
This was right after I got this plane home. Needed a bit of clean up....

[Patrick Chase]

I ordered some extras and also made a pair of nickers from a .040 scraper that I had previous cannibalized for a scratch stock cutter. I'll make sure to set them very shallow.

I don't know how thick the Veritas nickers are, but the Stanleys were definitely 0.05" circa 1910. I know this because I initially did what you describe (fabricated a nicker from a 40-mil scraper) and I had to use 10-mil shim stock between it and the skate to get it to cut flush to the edge. I subsequently bought a 50 mil sheet of 1095 from McMaster-Carr.

[steven c newman]

Closer views?
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Stanley #78 style....bolt is longer, about all..
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There are three spurs for my Stanley #45, sitting in their "holder" a series of holes for the bolts to sit in.
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Stanley #39-3/8".....it has two spurs, as it is a dado plane.
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Need to use a "batten" across the board, to guide it. Iron sits at a skew.

[Patrick Chase]

There are three spurs for my Stanley #45, sitting in their "holder" a series of holes for the bolts to sit in.

Those spurs are the 3rd, "T-shaped" iteration. Your 45 must be post-WWI?

[steven c newman]

Nope, SW era, 1920s....

[Patrick Chase]

Nope, SW era, 1920s....

I said "post-WWI" (i.e. after 1918), not post-WWII :-). Your plane is towards the beginning of the era of the "T-style" nickers.

[steven c newman]

Whatever....
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Roxton Pond, Que. Canada
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Rotated up, and out of the way.

[Mike Brady]

The nickers in question are roughly 1/2" wide, spear-point blades. Spurs are, well...spurs. In my opinion, the best design is the round cutter like on the Tite-Mark marking gauge. They take and keep an edge well and honing is easy...you just put them face down on your media using your finger and give them a few swipes. When used as nickers they usually have a small flat on the edge so you can rotate them out of use. I have a LN plane that has that arrangement.