Thread: Saw Till - storing japanese saws?

Bullet head nail with a hole in the handle

there's the problem - don't really want to drill a hole in the handle

A few deck planks with gaps between them seems to work ok.

Tie a bit of cord on the handle leather thong even then hang that on the nail. Bit like soap on a rope.

Magnetic strip Nick or strong magnets

I did see a traditional Western till where a ryoba was added and hung blade down between two long dowels pinching in either side of the blade just under the handle. It wasn't a big ryoba as I did wonder if a larger one would need a guide or guard to not scratch up the till.
Cheers,
Scott


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My tuppence worth

My apologies for doubling up on photos

thanks for the ideas so far

I was thinking of having the blade up/handle down - as that way they could sit higher on the door and still be easily got at

Huon, cool leather pouches .

Nick, most of my saws have 'Western' handles, which make it easy; some sort of slot to hold the toe end of the saw, and a block that goes through the handle with a turnbuckle. I can think of a couple of variations on this theme to hold the long-handled saws, but perhaps the simplest for inside a door would be a cross-cleat the blade slips past, down to a stop of some sort, and the handle fits between a couple of pieces of wood with a turnbuckle to clip it in place. The nearest thing to what I'm trying to describe (but not exactly this) would be this retaining system for a bowsaw: Bowsaw mount.jpg

Cheers,

Hi Nick

I have a couple more Japanese saws since this photo (below) was taken. None of them are expensive saws - mostly Z-saws. They are, nevertheless, excellent saws. All I did was drill a hang hole in the handle and hang them from pegs.



Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Howdy

The few saws I have are stored fairly haphazardly in different locations around the shed

To get them in one spot and to look after them, I've started building a till. (Yeah I know you'll be wanting photos - OK, later)

It's nothing fancy just a slim cupboard with doors and a small drawer

Anyway I'm wanting to store my 3 japanese saws in the till - I was thinking (somehow) on the doors - and I wondered how you lot store yours?

the simplest will be a a timber batten the same thickness as half the handle width and a rare earth magnet.
Or if you're really pushed for time, a magnetic knife/tool holder

Originally Posted by ian

the simplest will be a a timber batten the same thickness as half the handle width and a rare earth magnet.
Or if you're really pushed for time, a magnetic knife/tool holder

Ian, I'm guessing you either don't do any metal-work in your shed, or you have a much more effective cleaning method than I have?! I use a separate metal-work bench well away from my woodworking area, but no matter how careful I am, iron filings end up where there shouldn't be any. I have no idea how it's happened, but some of my plane & chisel blades have become slightly magnetised, and they find said filings with disconcerting ease. It's annoying enough to have a coating of them along the edge of a plane or chisel blade. Usually, a sharp rap on a hard block of wood will dislodge 99% of them, but how do you clear a saw if it picks up filings?

I guess you can glean from that that I would never consider any form of magnetic holding device for my tools......

Cheers,

Thanks Ian and Ian

and for the magnet discussion

A small magnet for each is my current plan but I do not like the magnetised issue and also am a bit wary of the flexing of the blade

so my plan B is a small shaped hole for the base of the handle and a magnet for the ferrule (or what would be a ferrule on a chisel)

Plan A is a small shaped hole for the handle with a slot (parallel to the plane of the door) for the blade to slide into - but I'm stumped with how to secure the blade or the handle without it being too fiddly.

sawtill_7394.jpg

need to add the rod and spacers etc
do the doors and
do the drawer
and hang on the wall