diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 35765aa48..e1783d136 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - Increased amount of saplings that the electric greenhouse returns to be more in line with create-based tree farms @Pyritie
 - Firmalife mixing bowls can now be placed on tool racks (#1623) @Pyritie
 - Fixed recipe for pyroxenite button (again) (#1625) @Pyritie
+- Refactored locometal recipes to use stonecutters, metal plated locometal is now also much cheaper (#1624) @Pyritie
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fixed moon mob spawning light levels, so now they need a light level of 0 instead of 11 (#1587) @NINAustinFett
 - Fixed wrong output amount of mortaring soybean paste (#1607) @TomPlop
diff --git a/kubejs/server_scripts/railways/recipes.locometal.js b/kubejs/server_scripts/railways/recipes.locometal.js
index 1dcf3dfda..46394b419 100644
--- a/kubejs/server_scripts/railways/recipes.locometal.js
+++ b/kubejs/server_scripts/railways/recipes.locometal.js
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ const locometalBase = {
 
 const registerRailwaysLocometalRecipes = (event) => {
 	for (let locometal in locometalBase) {
-		event.recipes.create.cutting(`8x railways:${locometal}`, '#forge:storage_blocks/iron').processingTime(200);
-		event.recipes.create.cutting(`16x railways:${locometal}`, '#forge:storage_blocks/wrought_iron').processingTime(200);
-		event.recipes.create.cutting(`24x railways:${locometal}`, '#forge:storage_blocks/steel').processingTime(200);
-		event.recipes.create.cutting(`railways:${locometal}`, `#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/base`).processingTime(20);
+		event.stonecutting(`8x railways:${locometal}`, '#forge:storage_blocks/iron');
+		event.stonecutting(`16x railways:${locometal}`, '#forge:storage_blocks/wrought_iron');
+		event.stonecutting(`24x railways:${locometal}`, '#forge:storage_blocks/steel');
+		event.stonecutting(`railways:${locometal}`, `#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/base`);
 		event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`tfg:undying/locometal/${locometal}`)
 			.itemInputs(Item.of(locometalDyeGroups[`${locometal}`], 1))
 			.inputFluids(Fluid.of(`gtceu:chlorine`, 18))
@@ -35,9 +35,27 @@ const registerRailwaysLocometalRecipes = (event) => {
 			.category(GTRecipeCategories.CHEM_DYES)
 	}
 
-	event.recipes.create.item_application(`railways:iron_wrapped_locometal`, [`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/base`, '#forge:plates/wrought_iron']);
-	event.recipes.create.item_application(`railways:copper_wrapped_locometal`, [`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/base`, '#forge:plates/copper']);
-	event.recipes.create.item_application(`railways:brass_wrapped_locometal`, [`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/base`, '#forge:plates/brass'])
+	event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`railways:iron_wrapped_locometal`)
+		.itemInputs(`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/base`)
+		.inputFluids('gtceu:wrought_iron 18')
+		.itemOutputs('railways:iron_wrapped_locometal')
+		.duration(20)
+		.EUt(24)
+		.category(GTRecipeCategories.CHEM_DYES);
+	event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`railways:copper_wrapped_locometal`)
+		.itemInputs(`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/base`)
+		.inputFluids('gtceu:copper 18')
+		.itemOutputs('railways:copper_wrapped_locometal')
+		.duration(20)
+		.EUt(24)
+		.category(GTRecipeCategories.CHEM_DYES);
+	event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`railways:brass_wrapped_locometal`)
+		.itemInputs(`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/base`)
+		.inputFluids('gtceu:brass 18')
+		.itemOutputs('railways:brass_wrapped_locometal')
+		.duration(20)
+		.EUt(24)
+		.category(GTRecipeCategories.CHEM_DYES);
 
 	event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`tfg:undying/brass_wrapped_locometal`)
 		.itemInputs('#railways:palettes/dye_groups/brass_wrapped_slashed')
@@ -99,9 +117,28 @@ const registerRailwaysLocometalRecipes = (event) => {
 				.EUt(24)
 				.category(GTRecipeCategories.CHEM_DYES);
 		};
-		event.recipes.create.item_application(`railways:${dye}_iron_wrapped_locometal`, [`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/${dye}`, '#forge:plates/wrought_iron']);
-		event.recipes.create.item_application(`railways:${dye}_copper_wrapped_locometal`, [`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/${dye}`, '#forge:plates/copper']);
-		event.recipes.create.item_application(`railways:${dye}_brass_wrapped_locometal`, [`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/${dye}`, '#forge:plates/brass']);
+
+		event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`railways:${dye}_iron_wrapped_locometal`)
+			.itemInputs(`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/${dye}`)
+			.inputFluids('gtceu:wrought_iron 18')
+			.itemOutputs(`railways:${dye}_iron_wrapped_locometal`)
+			.duration(20)
+			.EUt(24)
+			.category(GTRecipeCategories.CHEM_DYES);
+		event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`railways:${dye}_copper_wrapped_locometal`)
+			.itemInputs(`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/${dye}`)
+			.inputFluids('gtceu:copper 18')
+			.itemOutputs(`railways:${dye}_copper_wrapped_locometal`)
+			.duration(20)
+			.EUt(24)
+			.category(GTRecipeCategories.CHEM_DYES);
+		event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`railways:${dye}_brass_wrapped_locometal`)
+			.itemInputs(`#railways:palettes/cycle_groups/${dye}`)
+			.inputFluids('gtceu:brass 18')
+			.itemOutputs(`railways:${dye}_brass_wrapped_locometal`)
+			.duration(20)
+			.EUt(24)
+			.category(GTRecipeCategories.CHEM_DYES);
 
 		event.recipes.gtceu.chemical_bath(`tfg:brass_locometal_bathing/${dye}`)
 			.itemInputs('#railways:palettes/dye_groups/brass_wrapped_slashed')