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14th January 2014, 06:00 PM #1
Saw Storage
I'm interested in seeing how people store their saw especially backsaws.
If in a tool chest, cabinet, or till..even on a backboard, which holding device do you use?
Here are some mixed image from the net showing the variety of ideas.
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15th January 2014, 09:29 AM #2
Here in Brissy, I find I can't leave shiny metal hanging on a wall, or otherwise fully exposed to ambient air, so all of my saws live behind doors. That, and an occasional slather of paste-wax seems to keep the worst ravages of air-borne moisture away.
My user saws all lived in the doors of the main hand-tool cupboard:Open.jpg
A few years ago, I needed more accommodation for the extra saws that had sneaked into the shed, and made this 'overflow' cupboard:
saw cupboard.jpg
Both cupboards have been rearranged several times, as I changed my mind about what saws are essential, but I think the overflow has definitely reached its limit. I doubt I can stuff another saw into it without making some sort of Rubik cube system to get a saw out.
Saws are like planes, you start out thinking you have to have one (or several!) of everything, but after a while, you realise you use I or 2 saws every day, some occasionally, & others may sit there for months or even years on end, just taking up space. I've had a few small culls, but someday soon I'm going to be more ruthless....
Cheers,IW
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15th January 2014, 09:52 AM #3
Since you have both do you find there is a benefit of the toggle style holding method over the till type other than having the saw on show?
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15th January 2014, 10:14 AM #4
Toggles are marginally less convenient - you have to twist the toggle to 'neutral' before removing the saw, as opposed to simply lifting it out of a supporting slot as in the second cupboard. However, the toggles (or some form of positive restraint) are necessary if you use door storage, otherwise your saws will be at the bottom of the door (or falling out & lacerating some important part of your anatomy ), every time you open the tool cupboard...
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15th January 2014, 01:16 PM #5
With the till you would have to know/easily identify which saw you wanted just from the end view, to be able to pick it out quickly.
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15th January 2014, 02:16 PM #6
Ah Dale, therein lies one of the beauties of a hodgepodge saw collection - they are all pretty easily-recognised individuals from any angle. Also, most won't fit in someone else's spot, so it's quite easy to find the one I need. Now it would be a very different story if I had the sort of saw collection some folks here have......
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15th January 2014, 02:22 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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Weak hearts, bladders or of a nervous disposition...
For those of you with weak hearts, bladders or of a nervous disposition, please avert your eyes.
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Before you condemn me, in my defence, I consider this a step forward after the half-drained fishtank I was using previously.
In truth, I appreciate the timeliness of this thread as I have been looking at my growing collection of difficult-to-conceal saws and been looking for a more useful and appropriate means of storing these and looking after them as I restore each one.
Craig
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15th January 2014, 02:24 PM #8Banned
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I think
I think being so potentially dangerous...(anyone went wild with one of those could amputate a leg) they should be licensed individually and kept locked in a metal safe, that's bolted to the concrete floor and double locked and Popo should come around and check your serial numbers and storage arrangements before you get a license for them.
Also if you are a known associate of any biker clubs members - you shouldn't be able to get a license for them!.
Imagine if someone cut off all the kids heads in a school with them!
What if Martin Bryant at Port Arthur had had access to one of them.... how many more people would he possibly have killed and mutilated?
Dangerous things saws - what if one was left loaded and went off on it's own accidentally?.
As for battery powered sabre saws and circular saws etc - well there's just no excuse for such military styled saws in a domestic setting...
Someone should ban all saws - if we didn't have saws in society digits wouldn't get cut off.
Struth & don't get me started on chisels.
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15th January 2014, 03:53 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Eye sore...
I have to agree - it's an embarrassment. Hence me having been looking around for a while for something suitable.
Mind you, I wasn't into saws two years ago... I started off borrowing a mate's Indian-made No. 4 and trying to figure out what went wrong.
I regard planes and chisels as "gateway" tools, leading to saws. Mind you, I know that when I get to awls, that's crossing a line and I've got a problem.
Here's some of the interesting designs I came across when I was looking (sorry for any repeats):
My favourite (Inside the Oldwolf Workshop: Wrap Up on the Saw Till)
Clever design with a saw motif (Don's Early Light: Saw Till)
Practical & classic (http://www.chestertoolworks.com/images/Finished4.jpg)
More of my favourite (Inside the Oldwolf Workshop: Final Pictures: Plane Storage Shelf)
A very cost-effective and pragmatic approach (Wild Rose Woodcraft: Simple Saw Till)
Post #14 is worth a look (Show me some all hand tool projects)
Elegant and simple (Saw Till - by Jon3 @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community)
Sketchup plans for a beaut till (Plane and Saw Till by JeffCren - 3D Warehouse)
Pictures of the another great till (Sketchup model for saw till found on LJ - by brian310207 @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community)
Grandpa's Tool Chest for ideas (Grandpa’s Tool Chest, Part 3 | McGlynn on Making)
Regards,
Craig
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15th January 2014, 05:37 PM #11
Well if Ian is going to post his work-of-art, then I must post my higgle-piggle
The saw till is essentially for backsaws only: mitre, 14" and 16" tenon, a couple of carcase, several dovetail (Ian's is the one on the left of the section to the right), small (crosscut) joinery. There is one half back crosscut and a couple of Japanese saws. And sharpening/setting gear.
The context picture (taken after tidying up!) ...
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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15th January 2014, 06:33 PM #12
You got me Derek. "Ooh, what's that? Oh, it's a poster."
We don't know how lucky we are......
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15th January 2014, 06:38 PM #13
I'm loving all the images but what were are missing is the pros & cons.
In Dereks case he went from toggles to "tool tree" to till. Does that indicate a perceived advancement in method or whimsy as the collection of saws increased.…..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands
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15th January 2014, 07:05 PM #14With the till you would have to know/easily identify which saw you wanted just from the end view, to be able to pick it out quickly.
I managed to restart my heart, hold my water and, let out a little eek! after I stopped shaking
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15th January 2014, 07:50 PM #15The only way I can do this (pick out the saw and tooth pattern) is to write the date it was sharpened, and to what tpi, on the saw and then write the number of uses (I, II, III...) on the saw. Otherwise it all gets muddled into the mess of daily life (but then again I've got memory issues).
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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