Thread: Multi-Plane Blade Storage.

hi mate.

I just keep mine in a woodern shallow box. Like an old cigar box. Just want them not piling ontop of one another so I can find them easily ....and have them all back side up, so when it rains I just run a spray of wd-40 along their backs all at once near the edge (only real fear with rust really is there imo).

My dad has a Record 405 in the original wodden box

would you like me to take some photos next time I'm over his place?



ian

My #45 and #46 are in a box each, along with the blades in a box. The #45 blade boxes are original. The #46 one I made (they are easy-peazy to make - yell out if you want instructions).

There is really nothing fancy here. However, the #45 and #46 have a number of parts, and require something to keep them all together.

The #044, #043, and Veritas plough planes are in a cabinet, on a shelf, along with their blades. Blades for each are in a separate box. These planes have no additional parts (except for blades), so a shelf is sufficient.



Regards from Perth

Derek

Thanks fellas.
The Record blades might be stored differently Ian so yes I'd like to see a picture if you can manage it.
The boxes idea is a good one Derek as all the pieces are kept together. And thanks Jake for your input, - a good way to prevent rusting.
I had in my mind's eye a kind of rack something like a drill rack that displays the cutters with the profile up.
I was wondering if anyone had such a system for their cutters.
If I get some time this weekend I'll knock up something simple.
Regards
SG

Hi Tom. The original box with my 45 (sweetheart era) is a royal PITA, the plane will only go back in with its short rods and small blade.
Fine if its going to sit on a shelf but the more I use it the more it annoys me.
I'm thinking a little leather chisel roll type thing for the blades would be the go so I could take them to the bench with me and maybe a drawer set up for the plane and its parts.

have to find a spare drawer tho

I saw an ad in the latest Fine Woodworking magazine for Lie-Neilsen, with a photo of their bronze beading tool and blades.

They had a wooden holder for the blades which looked like a simple business card holder you may have on a desk - a long piece of wood with regular slots, cut at an angle, for holding the blades. Except, the blades were mounted horizontally, so by looking along one side of the holder, all the different profiles were visible.

That's the best method I've seen. You could build various shapes and sizes for your various sets of blades.

Originally Posted by SilverSniper

I saw an ad in the latest Fine Woodworking magazine for Lie-Neilsen, with a photo of their bronze beading tool and blades.

They had a wooden holder for the blades which looked like a simple business card holder you may have on a desk - a long piece of wood with regular slots, cut at an angle, for holding the blades. Except, the blades were mounted horizontally, so by looking along one side of the holder, all the different profiles were visible.

That's the best method I've seen. You could build various shapes and sizes for your various sets of blades.

Thanks SS, yes I saw that and thought it looked neat.
I'm going to try a vertical orientation and see how it works.
Regards
SG

Originally Posted by derekcohen

Regards from Perth

Derek

Absolutely delightful, Derek.

But is the cabinet in your workshop or a museum? Not a speck of dust anywhere.

Cheers

Graeme

Hi Graeme

You should see it now! The cabinet was made as a combined need for storage as I was rebuilding my workshop, and as a medium for demonstrating the uses of a router plane in the workshop for an article for Australian Wood Review (in the latest mag).

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

The Record blades might be stored differently Ian so yes I'd like to see a picture if you can manage it.
The boxes idea is a good one Derek as all the pieces are kept together. And thanks

ian

Thanks for that Ian.
That double sided box arrangement looks good.
I might try to copy the design.
Gratias
SG