3D Printing a Fence and Depth Stop for My Stanley 78
I recently got a free Stanley 78 rabbet plane. The catch was that it was missing the depth stop and the fence. One of the big issues with these older Stanley planes is that none of the screws use common modern thread pitches so it’s hard to find replacements.
Enter Woodya.com. He has a wide varety of aftermarket replacement parts for Stanley planes: blades, screws, etc. They even have a full “fugly fence” kit but it was all sold out. I could still pick up the hardware that I needed: the fence rod and 10-28 Slotted Stainless Screws.
Now all I needed was something to use them with. Tenbergen.ca had a Fusion360 model for both the fence and depth stop. The first print was good, but the fence didn’t work with the woodyeh hardware. So I had to open up the files and tweak them in Fusion360 to increase the diameters for the fence rod and set screw. While I was at it, I increased the recessed height for the nut that holds the set screw.
With those tweaks, I was able to restore my free plane. Attached are the model files with my customizations in case I ever need to reprint them.
