I have a Stanley Spokeshave 151 that I feel is in very good shape except. . .
There are two screws that hold the iron and chip-breaker/cap-iron together. The screw closer to the cutting bevel is there but the upper on, a thumb-screw, that applies tension on the end of the cap-iron, is guess its a cap-screw, where it cutting edge of the iron is missing. I have tried several machine screws, 8-32, 10-32, 10-24 and several meteric screws. None seem to fit (unless the threads inside the cap-iron is bad, they appear to be good). I even took it to a machine shop hoping they could tell me the screw size. The screw size they told me doesn't seem to work.
This is the question. What is the thread size of the cap-screw that does the same thing as the cap-lever on most Stanley planes?
Mike