Block plane rack, my version

1/25/04, 5:17 PM #1

William Claspy in Cleveland
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Block plane rack, my version

William Claspy in Cleveland

>Hi all-

Spent a few minutes whacking together a version of Todd's block plane rack and thought I'd post a picture. It started out with a 45 degree slope, but I didn't like how far it jutted out over my bench, so I made it steeper. It's oak ply with 1/4" oak dividers. Since I had them sitting on the bench, I used small round cork stickies (as you'd use on table legs) for the toes of the planes.

From left to right, there's an empty slot, #102, LN #60.5R, #18 and LV LA, which represent my users.

Thanks again for all of your suggestions!

Bill

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1/25/04, 8:15 PM #2

Will in K.C.
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Will in K.C.

>William,

I am going to build one of these block plane racks using a similar design. Yet, I am afraid if I grab a plane and bump the adjacent plane a domino effect would follow and I would end up with a pile of planes on the bench. Which, by the way, is what I have now.

Will

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1/25/04, 8:51 PM #3

William Claspy in Cleveland
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William Claspy in Cleveland

>Yet, I am afraid if I grab a plane and bump the adjacent plane a domino effect would follow and I would end up with a pile of planes on the bench.

Certainly something to think about, especially if you have sausage fingers. With the dividers on mine, you'd really have to do something drastic to knock anything off. Like maybe you're humming along with your scrub on a wicked piece of oak and you get so freaking sweaty that your hand gets slippery, there's the cat coming across the floor and you look to smile at her and suddenly lose grip on the scrub and *whing* it goes flying across the bench, smacks your rack o'block planes and then yes, you've got a mess on your hands.

Bill

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1/25/04, 9:07 PM #4

Bruce, a MN Galoot
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Steve LaMantia, who coined

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>the term "Galoot" for us handlubbers, also told the story of how he had been planing something on his work bench when he slipped and the plane went flying out the window and down the slope behind his garage. His admonition was, "Where's it gonna go when you slip?"

Bruce

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1/25/04, 9:37 PM #5

Scott in Douglassville, PA
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Magnets...

Scott in Douglassville, PA

>I'm also building one o' these (seems the thing to do these days), and plan on recessing some rare earth magnets beneath them to help keep 'em in place. 'Course that doesn't do much for woodies...

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1/26/04, 12:31 AM #6

William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey
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Re: Steve LaMantia, who coined

William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey

>That wouldn't be the original Slippery Slope, would it?

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1/26/04, 4:16 AM #7

Paul Warnock
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Paul Warnock

>Looks great, but you should have left room to expand your arsenal! Hopefully, I will see you in February for Garrett Hack.

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1/26/04, 4:24 AM #8

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Re: Magnets...

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>You could always pound a nail in the end of the woodie so that the magnet would have something to stick to and then, maybe not.......... ;-)

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I have been woodworking for about 25 years now, and would consider myself an enthusiastic amateur. My claim to fame (or infamy) has always been fixing stuff. I spent time in the Air Force in the 60's then went to work as an electronic technician for civil service. I finally got my EE, and being fed up with the civil service nonsense, took a job with Ford Motor Company until I went with the split to Visteon last year. I got interested in music and started playing in a bluegrass band. I wanted a new guitar, and that kind of led me into woodworking. I bought some books, a few tools, and built a guitar. Luckily, I didn't know any better than to try that as a first ever project. I still play it when I get a chance, so it must not be too bad if it can live for over 20 years. After a stint in Mexico for my job, I moved into a new house and built a small shop. Since then I have been collecting tools and skills, probably more of the former than the latter ;-). Finding this site has done more for my skills and enjoyment than anything else. I have learned a lot and really enjoy the friendships that I have made here. I have been married to LOML (Lori) for 32 years now and have 6 kids. When they are all gone, I want to get a 1 bedroom house (so there is not room for them to move back in) and at least a 6 car heated/air conditioned garage for a shop. (Dream on...)

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1/26/04, 1:24 PM #9

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL
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Re: Magnets...

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>Please post some details of your experience doing that, if you would. Are you going to hide the magnets, or will you just put them in from the top?

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1/26/04, 2:01 PM #10

Scott in Douglassville, PA
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Re: Magnets...

Scott in Douglassville, PA

>I was going to just drill a spot for them from the top with a forstner bit, maybe add one of those cup thingies, and go to town. I was thinking last night, though, that I should test the setup before committing to it. Might end up doing what you're suggesting - drill in from underneath, leaving a sliver of wood above the magnet. Might temper the strength a bit, and would definitely make for a cleaner installation. Good idea. I'll post when I get something together...

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1/26/04, 2:38 PM #11

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL
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Re: Magnets...

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>It is not original - there was an article in Bench Notes about a chisel holder using hidden magnets.

I have been playin with the LV magnets, and the little cups do help focus the magnetic field, I think.

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1/26/04, 3:09 PM #12

Bruce, a MN Galoot
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very well might have been :-)))

Bruce, a MN Galoot

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1/26/04, 3:10 PM #13

William Claspy in Cleveland
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William Claspy in Cleveland

>Looks great, but you should have left room to expand your arsenal

:-) Well, there is that one slot on the end...

The pragmatist in me says "I gots low angle, regular angle, rabbeting and itty bitty. What else could I need?" The realist in me says "you KNOW you are going to have more eventually....

Another idea I had after I was done building it was that it would be cool to have the top hinge such that the underside could have storage for small bits 'n' bobs.

Hopefully, I will see you in February for Garrett Hack

Yes you will, if for nothing but the Friday night talk. Are there still spots available for Saturday?

Cheers!

Bill

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1/26/04, 9:28 PM #14

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
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Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>William,

Is the empty spot waiting for the yet undiscovered #140?

Todd O.

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1/26/04, 11:00 PM #15

William Claspy in Cleveland
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William Claspy in Cleveland

>Is the empty spot waiting for the yet undiscovered #140?

:-) Well, seeing as I have the 60.5R and a nice wooden moving filletster and a #78 and an 073, another rebating plane just doesn't seem to be in my future. But stranger things have happened. And I must admit that I've been looking at wood dado planes and #39s of late... Neither would fit in that slot. I'll have to build another rack I guess.

Fact is, the piece of 1/4 oak ply that I used for the rack was 12" wide and I was too lazy to cut it down. I laid out the dividers and that's how it came out.

Keeping warm in Cleveland by bending Shaker boxes in the shop and splitting firewood outside,

William

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1/27/04, 4:30 PM #16

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>Re: Stanley 39: With all the fuss to get one tuned and adjusted, I hang my dado planes in a well sheltered location (handle-shaped cutout with turnbutton to secure), rather than rack them. Once adjusted, it seems like they run forever between sharpenings, so no use tempting fate.

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