A friend is cleaning out some of his dad's stuff and found this Stanley 45 hand plane. He ask me for some more information on it. I'm having a hard time finding one that looks like this. All the ones I see have a fence that circles out in the middle, and the wood handle is on the fence.
Any idea what year or type this is?
Is this one complete?
Is this the fence that came with it or is this a optional fence?
Do I need this? Any one have one they use a lot in there shop? stanley 45.jpgstanley 45A.jpg