Thread: Cabinet for my planes.

Looking good Sheddy,

Like the piano hinge and the rounded edges on the inserts. Oh, the planes seem to fit OK as well.

Cheers,
Keith

Very good but how many cupboards did you make?

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

Very good but how many cupboards did you make?

Thanks WB and K. Just the one. I'm adding a mod to it. I'm going to add a stand with a slide out .shelf to the bottom of the cabinet which will house the blockies, scraper, *78 rebater and #71 router. That'll be my set of users complete. I'll rehab the rest over winter and put them up for sale as and when they are done.
Cheers

Sheddy

It looks loverly! Well done - not just for the job itself, but for getting it done..

So you had a change of design and decided not to put glass in the doors? I suppose glass in a door that size would have been quite heavy...

Oh for a shed that large that you could display your tools with that much space around them (and allow swinging room for such large doors!!).

I like the idea of the area for blockies, rebates and routers.... but where are you going to put the other planes that you know you will buy in the future? Don't tell me that you aren't going to buy another plane EVER??!!!

And don't you have 5 or more combination planes/boat anchors/door stops (#45/50/55), not to mention a collection of miscellaneous plow planes, dado planes, mitre planes, etc to house (or is that just me....).

Cheers

Jeremy

Very nice Mr Shed (Mick?).

I too am considering making up a plane cabinet. Two reasons:

• To get them off my benches and shelves
• To create a nice display in a controlled environment

To create the display I'd like to do the doors out of glass, and because of severely limited space I'll probably make them sliding. Maybe with an interior light and glass shelves?

Given the amount of projects requiring around home at the moment, is this going a bit too far for tools? I wouldn't be game to tell SWMBO about this project until it's done.

I also like your idea of purposely making your collection finite. That is, fully restore all the users you intend to keep and they go straight into the cabinet. All others get a tidy-up and eBayed. Sound like a plan!

I've been inspired by your post to give this some serious thought. I've also been inspired by the collections and disciplined, orderly layouts of Derek Cohen - but my God! Doesn't he set the bar high for we mere mortals! Maybe it's just a matter of getting off one's derriere and being proactive as you and he have done. I seem to be more of a reactive guy - I only get around to doing something like this when I can longer put up with the chaos.

Nice collection of planes, by the way. What have you got there? I must get around to putting a photo in the "show us your planes" thread.

Wayne

Originally Posted by jmk89

Sheddy

It looks loverly! Well done - not just for the job itself, but for getting it done..

So you had a change of design and decided not to put glass in the doors? I suppose glass in a door that size would have been quite heavy...

Oh for a shed that large that you could display your tools with that much space around them (and allow swinging room for such large doors!!).

I like the idea of the area for blockies, rebates and routers.... but where are you going to put the other planes that you know you will buy in the future? Don't tell me that you aren't going to buy another plane EVER??!!!

And don't you have 5 or more combination planes/boat anchors/door stops (#45/50/55), not to mention a collection of miscellaneous plow planes, dado planes, mitre planes, etc to house (or is that just me....).

Cheers

Jeremy

I may need to buy anothery one day but i'll cross that bridge then. Decided against glass for the simple reason of safety. My little grand kids hang around me when I'm working and heavy cast planes and 2mm glass just don't sit too well together. As for the planes mentioned in your last para.. nope.. that's just you. Though I do have a very old Stanley 113 laying about somewhere which was my grand pappy's.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

...Though I do have a very old Stanley 113 laying about somewhere which was my grand pappy's.

PM me with a price and I will take it off your hands

My first woodwork lesson nearly 60 years ago, the teacher called us to his attention and said "this is a smoothing plane and I never want to see it left standing on its sole, always lay it on its side cheeks".

Looking at your pictures I am sure you will be adapting the base for planes to be supported so that blades never come into contact with a surace whilst stored.

Hope the wording above is not giving offence because it looks a super storage cupboard and an equally good set of tools.

Originally Posted by jmk89

PM me with a price and I will take it off your hands

Philistine . Actually it was my GREAT grand pappy's too. He passed it to my Pop who passed it to my ol' man (who let it rust in his shed unused) who gave it me. Its cleaned and works. Don't think I wanna part with it (though everything has its price I guess ). Will post a pic for you to drool over though.

Originally Posted by jow104

My first woodwork lesson nearly 60 years ago, the teacher called us to his attention and said "this is a smoothing plane and I never want to see it left standing on its sole, always lay it on its side cheeks".

Looking at your pictures I am sure you will be adapting the base for planes to be supported so that blades never come into contact with a surace whilst stored.

Hope the wording above is not giving offence because it looks a super storage cupboard and an equally good set of tools.

I had the same advice to mate. No offence. The blades are retracted when not in use.
Cheers
Mike

Shedhand thanks for your pleasant reply, but I am a lazy so and so, I never touch the blade mechanisms for yonks if I can help it.

My Dad gave me the same advice (and a clip over the back of the head when I forgot).
All my planes are laid over when they are put down (and Robbie is being taught to do the same), but like Sheddy, when I put them away, I retract the blades and stand them up straight, cos they take up less room that way

PS On the #113 - you can't blame a fella for trying....if you ain't going to display it or use it, then you might as well sell it to someone who will.....So just make sure, Mike, that you do the right thing by that treasure and use it and, at the end, make sure that it goes to someone who will treat it right.

This may be a dumb question but, why?

I store my smoothers on their little bottoms ready for use with the blades set to take thin shavings. I can't really picture a difference between placing them on the wooden surface of a storage shelf and on a piece of wood that is going to be planed. I guess if there is a lacquer or something on the shelf it may damage the edge, but with an oiled or waxed wood, how can the damage occur, as long as it is put there carefully of course? If there is a good reason, I'll change my habbits !

Nice cabinet by the way.

Perennial argument. Some people say lay them flat as you're less likely to bump the blade with another tool that way, some say lay them on their side as you might nick the blade on a nail in the bench. Out of habit, I always lay mine on their side on the bench. I store them flat but my storage cupboard has a small batten that the sole sits up on - just a little superstition of mine - old habits die hard.