Plane storage question

Re: I considered the...

Jay Hanks/ Columbus Ohio

>Christopher, What did you not like about that cabinet? It looks good to me, Jay

Re: I considered the...

RichStevens

>Chris,

Your tool cabinet looks well proportioned and tools well set out. This thread is timely for me as I'm in the throes of designing something to store my growing collection of hand tools also.

One thing did strike me with your design however - the top section which is made up of 'post office sorting compartments' to store your smaller planes. I like this idea but previously felt that it would take up quite a bit of cabinet volume and depth. Your design might convince me otherwise. It looks good - well done.

Rgds

Rich

Re: Plane storage question *LINK*

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Hi Ellis,

Glad to hear you are making a permanent home for your hand tools. It sure is nice having them safely stored away in a cabinet.

I have my planes stored verticaly using cleats. I don't like it this way and would like to build a cabinet with shelves where I lay the planes on their sides. I always fear dropping the planes or having them slide offf the slanted shelves cause I am in a hurry.


Planes

Saws and Chisels  *LINK*

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

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Saws and Chisels

If you wake up one morning, and

Bruce, a MN Galoot

>you see an IOU in place of all those Berg chisels, you know where to look for them.

Uffda, that's one impressive display!

Bruce

Re: If you wake up one morning, and

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Hi Bruce,

I am still looking for a 5/8" Berg tang for ya. The season isn't wuite right up here for Garage sales.

Cheers

Dan C

I'm going with drawers

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>I've made several wall hanging cabinets to store my planes and various others tools such as chisels, spokeshave, saws, layout tools, mallets, etc, etc, and have concluded that hanging them on the wall in cabinets is not for me. I perfer drawers. I am designing in my head a chest of drawers as we speak. I am going to find my longest rip saw and use that as a guage to determine the length each drawer will be, and a #8 to determine the width. The depth of each drawer will be determined by what tools will go into that particular drawer. Additionally, each drawer will have a dado going around the parimater on three sides so accept a cover to be slid into it thus making it a fully enclosed box in the event I wish or need to remove the drawers and flee due to bad weather or simply decide it's time to go North. I may not be able to grab every drawer, but at least I can grab a few of the ones that contain the tools that would be more difficult/expensive to replace.

I sure do enjoy looking at nicely built and organized cabinets, but they tend to be monstrosities that cannot be readily moved, and that is what really kills the idea of wall mounted cabinets for me.

Good Luck with your project Ellis.

Todd O.

Re: I'm going with drawers

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Hi Todd,

I think drawers are a great idea. I can't do it cause my tools are in an area of my home that tenants can access and am too concerned they may walk. Otherwise i'd have a nice toolchest that I could move around.

Dan Clermont

Re: Plane storage question

Bruce Branson

>I only have 14 planes total so I keep mine on shelves on either side

of the door.If I put mine side by side I know I would hit them to-

gether.

Re: Nose down concerns...

Derek Cohen (in Perth Australia)

>Ellis

The reason my planes are stored nose down is to minimize the space required. Nose down takes up less room. It is more natural to grab the tote than the knob, but after a while this is no longer an issue, and one gets used to this orientation.

Needing more space for block planes

Regards from Perth

Derek

Re: I considered the...

Christopher Fitch@Memphis

>oh don't get me wrong...I like it..but the plywood dividers, etc are ugly.

:)

Sometimes I wonder if I could have built better storage for the planes that took up less space like reducing the size of the cubby holes or something.

Re: I considered the...

Christopher Fitch@Memphis

>Thanks...

I'm not convinced that's the best for small planes. I think it works well for medium sized planes.

I'm missing something here ...

Raymond in Trenton, NJ

>Alan,

I'm trying to understand how having the plane tote up (vs knob up) will reduce cabinet depth? Is the mounting is different this way? The plane is still the same length.

I agree with you and others that either orientation will work fine as it's a matter of preference and "getting used to it". This is a good thread ... You're right, I've always 'intuitively' thought toe up probably because I've seen so many that way. This discussion enabled the connection (for me) that whenever I reach for a plane I always go for the tote no matter where/how the plane is.

Thanks,

Raymond

who's in search of more coffee and Bob Key's web site .. he had a neat tool cabinet

Re: I'm missing something here ...

Derek Cohen (in Perth Australia)

>I'm trying to understand how having the plane tote up (vs knob up) will reduce cabinet depth? Is the mounting is different this way? The plane is still the same length.

Raymond

Simply that the tote is at the top of the slope, which is the shallow end, hence less outward projection than if it were at the lower end.

Regards from Perth

Derek

*sound of light bulb clicking on* I see, thanks

Raymond in Trenton, NJ

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Re: Thanks, Ted

Norman (Metcalfe, Ont.)

>Ellis,

I had a similar dilemna.

I wanted the least possible profile and depth of a wall mounted

plane cabinet. The dual cabinets below have a total depth of 7 inches including the cabinet door. The planes are installed horizontally into cubbyholes. Most planes are of similar height, and I allowed a little extra for the larger planes. I decided I like to keep my planes enclosed behind doors for reasons such as dust, temperature and humidity changes in the shop, hidden from view when I'm not in the shop, etc...

I also have a bench directly ahead of the cabinets, and I actually work just adjacent to the cabinets. the 7 in. depth has been very good so far.

I also experimented with a wall-mounted plane ramp. It is not enclosed , has a depth of 10 inches and is set at an angle of 17 degrees. This would be close to the minimum safe angle and I also embedded rare earth magnets on a couple of the plane slots..

If this were to be enclosed, I would imagine a depth of approx. 14 inches ( door included) would be necessary to accomodate all types of planes and totes.

Both systems are fine, if I needed to expand again I would go the horizontally mounted low-profile cabinet approach. I don't see myself expanding much however, I'll be ok for a number of years as is.

So, yes, cabinet depth can be a consideration , especially for wall-mounted cabinets in the vicinity of a workbench.

Norman

Re: Other cabinet..

Norman (Metcalfe, Ont.)

>One day I'll learn how to post multiple pics :)

Norman

Re: Plane storage question 

Tony Sade (Charleston, WV)

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My humble effort

Tony Sade (Charleston, WV)

>Not ramped, but it works for me.

Also

Tony Sade (Charleston, WV)

>Sorry for the double post of the hanging cabinet.

Re: Good timing!

ThomD

>I looked into building a plane ramp like the one CB had in the Tools and Shop mag, but I couldn't make sense of it with all the different planes I have.

I like to put Japanese planes on a rack with a slat behind the blade. That way, when I lift them off the rack by the blade they fall into my hand.

I use a pair of dowels for my ECE planes, and I have my jointer under the bench on the stretchers.

Whatever it is it needs to be really fooproof and easy or the planes end up clutering up the bench. Chris' system looked good for the all Stanley, or similar crowd.

them be nice looking drawers.

Vic Parisian

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