Looking for narrow plane irons

Re: Looking for narrow plane irons

mikew


>Look for Jim Reed here on WC and send him an email. Perhaps he would make some...

Take care, Mike

Re: Looking for narrow plane irons

Rob Lee


>Hi Charles -

Your best bet for narrow blades is to buy an old wooden plane, and re-use the blade...

Or - you could give Clark and Williams a shot...

http://www.planemaker.com/

Cheers -

Rob

You could get some...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA


>45 irons off ebay. Hida tool and The Japan woodworker sell different width blades that are about as long as Stanley 45 blades (much nicer steel). Good luck!

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Marc in Luxembourg


>Charles,

Maybe you could consider these ones from Dieter Schmid, he sells german planes and their blades. Just scroll down to "plough blades":


Replacement blades

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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia


>Second the suggestion to contact Jim Reed. JR

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Wayne Anderson


>You could make your own out of O1 steel. It ain't rocket science, and then you could make as many variations as you need. Plenty of help online with the particulars of how to do it. -Wayne

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Peter Evans


>Plow plane blades regularly appear on eBay for around $5-10 each, usually sold in incomplete sets (max of 8 sizes). Not hard to find at fleas either.

Anant's 45 *LINK*

Dave Thompson


>I've checked out Anant's web site a while ago. Though I haven't tried any of them, I've noticed most of their planes are available from various sources in North America. I've never seen any distributors cary the #45. I suspect because Stanley, Record, Montgomery Ward, Craftsman, (etc) #45 are still relatively cheap. I thought it might make sense for someone to cary the Anant blades as replacements for the above. I haven't looked in a while, but I believe the going rate for a set of Stanley is is in the $30-$35 range. If anyone knows a distributor for the Anant #45 blades, I'd be curious. Likewise, Clifton I believe still makes this, but I haven't seen their blades sold separate...

Anant #45

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steve knight


>easy to make your own like wayne says. they can be done with a hacksaw blade and heat treating.

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Thom D


>And then it would look a bit like this one I made. I cut it out of 3/16" plate, but you could get some O1 in half inch width and then make a variety of things out of the remainder. Tends to be priced a lot better the wider the piece you buy. So if you can saw it, it really pays to buy width.