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    Paul
    I knew you had a collection of saws, but even to my eye that small part of your work-in-progress collection looks more like an "obsession" than a "collection"
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    Lance

    I just hang them on the wall so they are close to hand.

    Actually only some of them.

    "working" storage for backsaws?-saws-wall-jpg
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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    Ian

    That is some of my retirement interest to restore and re-sell. My keepers are elsewhere:



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    Quote Originally Posted by paul.cleary View Post
    Oh dear!
    I feel guilty now of "saw abuse" as I just hang my closed tote tenon saw on a rusty nail within hands reach - my bench backs onto a wooden wall.
    It's also the permanent storage but I then put a plastic protector (=A4 paper spline clamp) onto the teeth.
    Paul, whatever works for you, works. I wish I could leave my saws hanging above my bench but they'd soon look like one of those rusting hulks in Moreton Bay if I did. The "modern" saw plate seems to be twice as prone to rusting as the plate on vintage saws too - I don't know why, but I presume it's to do with one or another of the additives in the steels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LanceC View Post
    Haha Paul,

    I was going to suggest in my original post that I was considering drilling a hole in the top of the plate and just hang it on the wall. I think however that there are several forum members who, travel restrictions be damned, would have driven to the southern coast, hopped in their rowing boat, crossed the Bass Strait, walked the length of Tasmania to my house and confiscated all my saws. So I didn’t mention it. [emoji6]

    I wouldn't be one of the admonishers, Lance.

    Most of the plastic-handled 'backsaws' come with hang-holes.

    Tbh, I don't see that a hole in the end of a saw blade affects function in any way. I've seen quite a few vintage saws that have been "improved" with a hang-hole. Mitre saws came with holes for the cross-pin.

    Nah, I don't think it'll affect the "user value", you'll only affect the "collector" value of your saws, so drill away.....

    Cheers,
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    Quote Originally Posted by LanceC View Post
    I find that when working my little backsaw is frequently deployed for a little cut here and there. Putting it away after every use is too much of a disruption to my workflow, so it just ends up lying on my bench between uses. I find this undesirable for two main reasons:
    1. It takes up a lot of room (relatively).
    2. It has a very thin blade, and have nearly placed a heavy object on in on several occasions, which I great would link it.
    3. When to bench is covered in shavings, I dislike having to search for tools.

    As such, I'm looking for a quick and simple "working storage" solution that doesn't require me to walk away from my bench to deploy or stash my back saw.

    So, what do you do with your saws during work sessions? Inspire me.

    Returning to your plight, Lance - I received an email from Pop Wood magazine this morning which may answer your query ... a caddy for dovetailing tools ...




    The link to the article (with plans) is here: Dovetail Station | Popular Woodworking Magazine

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    Paul
    I knew you had a collection of saws, but even to my eye that small part of your work-in-progress collection looks more like an "obsession" than a "collection"
    I'm impressed. I think "inspiration" more than anything. But that's not going to help anyone

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    Quote Originally Posted by derekcohen View Post
    Returning to your plight, Lance - I received an email from Pop Wood magazine this morning which may answer your query ... a caddy for dovetailing tools ...

    The link to the article (with plans) is here: Dovetail Station | Popular Woodworking Magazine

    Regards from Perth

    Derek
    Derek, when I first saw the picture I let out a knee jerk derisive guffaw, but then settled into a brow furrowing re-contemplation of the idea. I think there is merit there, and the more I think about it, the more I like it. I'm going to let the idea percolate for a while and see where I end up.

    Thanks for posting it!

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    i recognize that i'm in the minority as a hand dimensioner, but the sellers type solution would equal saws on floor with broken handles from walking up and down the bench.

    at the same time, my till is far enough behind the bench that it's unhandy sometimes, and the solution for me has been to put the dovetail saw and a small crosscut japanese saw (which i don't use for joinery, but more as a utility saw) on the back side of the bench on nails. My bench is heavy enough that an open handled dovetail saw won't get knocked off.

    I stowed a ruler and a couple of other things back there. Since that side of the bench faces the wall, nothing will come in contact with the back side of the bench.

    A till is OK, but it can be a pain for quick use if several saws look the same from the top (several of mine do).

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    Quote Originally Posted by D.W. View Post
    .......A till is OK, but it can be a pain for quick use if several saws look the same from the top (several of mine do).....
    Problem solved - just stick a different bit of wood on each saw: Casuarina handles.jpg

    IW

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    Quote Originally Posted by IanW View Post
    Problem solved - just stick a different bit of wood on each saw: Casuarina handles.jpg

    Agreed!

    In fact the wood turners make up different shape/length handles for their tools for exactly the same reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IanW View Post
    Problem solved - just stick a different bit of wood on each saw: Casuarina handles.jpg

    I was thinking more like a large dot of paint on the top of each saw handle. But that wouldn't be very classy!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by D.W. View Post
    I was thinking more like a large dot of paint on the top of each saw handle. But that wouldn't be very classy!!


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    I come from a long line of obvious people (I wouldn't mind the paint dots, but would suddenly mind them if trying to sell saws) - fairly sure at least half of my mother's side would be solidly in aspergers territory (including me, at least in some respects).

    I recall when I was a kid, my mother had a reasonably nice car, but so did about 15 other people in town (same model style, same color) and we often found ourselves walking down the aisle of the department store to the wrong car.

    We fixed that by putting orange neon tape on the bumper of an almost new car. If you could see the bumper, you knew it was our car because nobody else would've dared put tape like that on a car bumper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by D.W. View Post
    ....
    We fixed that by putting orange neon tape on the bumper of an almost new car. If you could see the bumper, you knew it was our car because nobody else would've dared put tape like that on a car bumper.

    Early in my career, I had a job that required me to fly two or three times a week; I seemed to spend half my life waiting at the baggage carousel and all Samsonite suitcases looked the same.

    I also put some reflective tape on my suitcase, but it did not survive airport baggage handlers. So I spray-painted my suitcase - pink and mauve stripes. It was easily identifiable!

    It was in the sixties, after all.

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    Hi Graeme. Regular air travel in the 60's? Did you work in "imports and exports"?

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