Thread: Plane (and saw) till

Originally Posted by orraloon

That should improve Bundy and lets face it Bundy rum needs some help.

Sir; I am both shocked and dismayed!

Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

Sir; I am both shocked and dismayed!

And Chief, where is it you come from again?

Actually, I heard that the recipe was changed, possibly when the new owners took over?

Regards
Paul

I like to see places like Jamaica or Barbados on a rum label when I get the christmas bottle. It has been a very long time since I tried bundy so if the recipe has changed then I may need to try again. Research and all that. Anyhow sorry for the hijack. You can see how easy the boose hounds wander off on a tangent.
Regards
John

No worries John. I think the hijacks can end up being just as interesting (but the whole rum thing has never really tickled my fancy, I probably need to add the shavings)

Obviously Mr Ash likes a bit of hummus with his booze and chips (judging by the containers strewn amid the shavings).

Hi BEM. You are not wrong! Since my family have discovered the big tubs we eat even more. And they are too handy to throw out. Although they are starting to take over my bench

Getting back to saw tills or as you intend a plane and saw till. All I can suggest is make some provision for future needs as we all know that tools breed like wire coat hangers. I made a saw till a few years back and I did leave a few extra spaces for future needs but now they have filled up. Was only intended for saws and saw sharpening stuff but as it's mounted close to the bench plane migrants have moved in and colonized the lower shelf. I have to say however that a saw till was the most useful storage item I have made. Planes can be parked in drawers or on shelves but more than a handful of saws then storage is a pain without a till. 6 saws hanging flat on a wall is taking up a fair bit of space so a till is a great space saver in a small shed.
Regards
John

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Things are starting to take shape now. I have spent a bit of time with my Stanley #78 making the rebates on the ends of the shelves and the dividers. The Oregon is very dry and chippy, I am finding I need to clean up with a wooden rebate plane afterwards. The router plane is also getting a work out, trenching the dados. Some joints are a little loose but I am not too worried, a big part of this is using the tools I have either made or collected and doing nearly everything by hand. Also turned the dowel for the handles to rest on.

Looking good MA!

I find cutting rebates across the grain tries my patience a bit! I have a (demon infested) Record 778, Record 010 & 010-1/2 rebate planes and a couple of woodies; usually I try to rough out first with a saw and simply refine the dimensions with the smallest plane that will do the job. I also like to stack or align several pieces to maximise the cutting surfaces.

Keep an eye out for wooden dado planes; they resemble rebate planes but have a 2nd cutter forward of the main blade with two spurs. They can be a PITA to fettle and set up but they do perform really well.

I really, REALLY, like the look of your shed.

I like the way you have all your tools very close to hand. Mine are all over the place and I'm always wandering off to find something. I think I need to get more organised and get things closer to where I'm working.

You are also guilting me out HARD into turning some big handles for some big old English socket chisels I have collected.

And of course, I really need to build a plane AND a saw till.

Mick

Hi Ian.The #78 did really well at making the shoulder and cheek square to each other but it smashed its way through the cross grain. Finishing it off with a wooden skewed rebate plane was, on the hand, a real pleasure. Breakout was a problem too. Scribing marking lines helped but the timber was fighting against me. I will keep an eye out for a wooden dado plane

Hi Mick. Thanks for that. I am definitely not a minimalist but my big chisels can get in the way of the planes. And sometimes those mallets can drop unexpectedly. I agree about the access but as the collection increases I am running out of room. And funnily enough this is the impetus for the saw till.

Originally Posted by ARealBoy

.......I like the way you have all your tools very close to hand. Mine are all over the place and I'm always wandering off to find something. I think I need to get more organised and get things closer to where I'm working....

Ahh, that old "gotta get more organised" syndrome....

After suffering from the condition for 40 years or more, I finally got the shed of my dreams (well, as close as you can get within reason), & set about organising it. That went really well at first; I made lots of cupboards & places for stuff, and the "perfect" tool chest that I'd planned for years. Things were starting to look 'reeel good' & I was feeling very pleased with myself - borderline smug, as someone else said of themselves a while back.

But it was never meant to last, things slowly began to unravel - the toolbox that was built to hold every tool I ever needed/wanted slowly shrank (it must've been the cold nights in the shed 'cos I swear I only added a couple more things!), the metalwork bench & the small portable bench became receptacles for anything & everything I don't have time to deal with immediately so I need a bobcat to clear them any time I want to actually use them. And my nicely organised cupboards have slowly dissolved into chaotic piles of "stuph", all of which will be handy "sumday" (if I remember I have it & even more to the point, if I can find it!).

So I'm slowly becoming resigned to working in chaos. My major complaint nowadays is that my tools have a habit of sneaking away & hiding when I put them down. I remember my old dad complaining of a similar problem in his last decade or so, so I think my tools have learnt this hide & seek game from the tools I inherited from him. I'll spend several many minutes looking for a tool I put down a minute ago, give up in frustration & step over & get an alternative tool out, but sure as eggs, as soon as I turn back to the bench the tool I was searching for has come out of hiding & is pretending it was there in plain view all along!

I've just started a major cleanup. I'm determined to get rid of everything that doesn't have an immediate use, cull my hand tools down to something I could at least fit in the back of my ute if I have to run from a fire or some catastrophe (notice how they take priority over anything in the house! ).

So far, I've gotten as far as sorting the tray of brass scraps & found a bit of brass to make an adjuster for a little plane I just completed, and some other bits that I think will make a cute little tool. The adjuster was just a small job, so I did that but I'm trying to ignore the other bits.

On the other hand, what difference will it make if the cleanup goes on hold for anther day or so while I pursue this little idea? ......

Cheers,

Originally Posted by IanW

So I'm slowly becoming resigned to working in chaos.

Cheers,

I think this may be the answer for me.

Mick.

Originally Posted by IanW

So I'm slowly becoming resigned to working in chaos. My major complaint nowadays is that my tools have a habit of sneaking away & hiding when I put them down. I remember my old dad complaining of a similar problem in his last decade or so, so I think my tools have learnt this hide & seek game from the tools I inherited from him. I'll spend several many minutes looking for a tool I put down a minute ago, give up in frustration & step over & get an alternative tool out, but sure as eggs, as soon as I turn back to the bench the tool I was searching for has come out of hiding & is pretending it was there in plain view all along!

Ian

I think I have the same brand of tools.



I built a house once. People asked how long it took. I said "Two years......plus another one and a half years looking for my tools."

Regards
Paul