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    Default Another tool holder build (spoke shave rack)

    Here is a few photos I took of a build, for anyone interested of another little 'shop' tool holder. I had a few spokeshaves rattling around a drawer which feels very unsatisfactory and have decided to treat myself with a HNT one which is on the way. So I need some kind of storage worthy of it.

    I started with some leftover project panels from Bunnings, Karri for back panel and rosegum for sides. Incidentally Bunnings seem to have stopped selling the rosegum which is a shame!

    Sshave 1.jpg

    I decide to make the rack slightly angled in so the shaves could be stacked smallest to biggest, with a sense of proportion following the rack.

    SShave 2.jpg

    When I started woodworking my first major tool was a tracksaw and MFT table. I went a little spare trying to get precision cuts. A liberating aspect of hand tool work is learning to make fine adjustments. The kerf made my cut almost 2mm off between the sides. It didn't matter.

    SShave 3.jpg

    I just ganged them together in the vice and planed even.

    SShave 4.jpg

    Then marked out even intervals (I decided 8cm apart would be a good distance to not feel cluttered or bump.

    SShave 5.jpg

    Then I scratched a little hole and wedged the drill bit I was going to use to establish the shelves/recesses. I didn't measure anything, just picked a pleasing angle. I then locked in the bevel ruler and scribed a line referenced from each outer edge of the drill bit.

    SShave 6.jpg

    Then I did the world's worst sawing. This was truly terrible and quite demoralising. I think I really need to make a moxon vice. The boards really did wobble a lot because they needed to be fairly far out of the vice to clear the chop. And sawing so low in the vice meant I practically needed to get on my knees to see what I was doing. I sort of gave up and just cut well into the waste so I wouldn't ruin them and paid the price for this later on with all the chisel work to clean up.

    Sshave 7.jpg

    Then it just needed gluing. I cut all the pieces so long grain would run in the same direction for very strong glue-up. I did think at the end I should have cut a large dovetail joint in, but I'd already cut the back and I would have lost two panel widths in width which would have not been workable.

    But the end result is okay. There was (for me) an extraordinary amount of fettling the shelf near the bottom to fit the wooden shave in. But that is the beauty of hand tool work. You can just get in there and do what needs doing to get it perfect, and sneak up on perfect fits.

    There is still a fair bit of cleaning up to do and I should apply a finish, but very functional! The downwards slope feels quite sturdy (nothing moves). And the upside of having to chisel-out the edges of the shelves is that there is a perfect fit for the larger ones. (Or will be, when I get to enlarging the bottom one to fit the cabinet scraper.)

    I think I will have to add a little support to the lowest shelf as it wound up with a very skinny section. One section did snap off while sawing but it has glued back together well.

    I am quite pleased with it, even without touch-ups and finish. It makes it inviting to grab one from the "buffet"!

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    Looks good CG. Really puts my "big hommus tub" storage effort to shame

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    Looks fantastic CG ,
    Will that be hung on a wall, or sit on a shelf?.

    Cheers Matt.

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    Hung on my French cleat wall!

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    Pics!

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    Nice looking rack but unfortunately I only have 1 Spokeshave so don't have the need to make one for myself
    I notice you have a Measumax chart on the wall. Did you acquire that recently or have you had it for ages like me? I wouldn't mind getting another one but I have never seen them anywhere since I got mine years ago.
    Dallas

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    Hi Treecycle

    Actually when I bought something from Hare & Forbes in Brisbane, I think about 3 months ago, they just asked me if I wanted one and handed it to me. Why not give them a call and see if they're still available?

    It's not actually much use as it's too far to read the numbers from the bench and I don't really do metalwork.

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    It look great .... very similar design to my own, which is inside a cabinet. Where is yours going?

    Regards from Perth

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    Thanks Derek

    I was tensing up for a Sistine Chapel-esque photo of yours made with Jarrah!

    I will just hang on the wall. The Karri panel is heavy at the back which is a benefit on a cleat wall - the mass ensures it doesn't wobble or pull out if you yank things off it. But it would add to much mass to a cabinet and be unwieldy it feels (and where if it was fixed to the cabinet that would provide the rigidity).

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    I have twice as many spokeshaves as Treecycle - two! The old Stanley 150s come with a hole cast in one handle, and could be simply hung on a nail, but the modern examples don't come so well-equipped.

    My two Veritas shaves are stored in a bonsai'd rack similar to Chris's, screwed to the wall of one plane shelf - I guess the nature of the beasts promotes convergent evolution in storage choices.

    Fortunately, their compact size & straight handles allow them to tuck into a (very) tight spot & still be easily removed & replaced - ain't much room to spare in there! Spoke shave rack.jpg

    Cheers,
    IW

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    Ian you know I'm finding these toolholder posting photos as a great method of flushing out better designed and made versions, and generally flush out good peeks at great woodworking shops. So you're only encouraging more!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cgcc View Post
    Ian you know I'm finding these toolholder posting photos as a great method of flushing out better designed and made versions, and generally flush out good peeks at great woodworking shops. So you're only encouraging more!
    Don't think mine's any better designed or made than yours, Chris, I was justshowing how we've solved a particular problem in a very similar way.....
    IW

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cgcc View Post
    Thanks Derek

    I was tensing up for a Sistine Chapel-esque photo of yours made with Jarrah!

    I will just hang on the wall. The Karri panel is heavy at the back which is a benefit on a cleat wall - the mass ensures it doesn't wobble or pull out if you yank things off it. But it would add to much mass to a cabinet and be unwieldy it feels (and where if it was fixed to the cabinet that would provide the rigidity).
    Going by Ian's numbers, I am clearly overindulged with spokeshaves! It is a good thing that we do not ask him to build an infill smoother-tree!

    I was using all of these over the weekend building stools ...



    This is my tree (on the left), set inside a cabinet, and without a "Sistine Chapel-esque" But ... if I was to place one inside, as did Studley with his Stanley #2, it would be a Stanley #53.




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    Quote Originally Posted by derekcohen View Post
    ...... It is a good thing that we do not ask him to build an infill smoother-tree! ...
    It would have to be a copse of trees, I don't think one would do it.

    However, (ahem), I would like to say a word in my own defence, m'lord. I've actually reduced the number of infills in my shed by a significant number over the last couple of months. I'm down to a measly 16 or so, if you count the "babies", and consider my chariot planes & shoulder planes as "infills".


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    Hi Derek. If you get an opportunity, would you be able to post some more photos of the wooden Stamley spokshaves? I've not seen any with the attached metal angle before and am trying to work out what purpose it serves. Thanks

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