Hand Plane Til

[steven c newman]

Got tured of dusting off the planes in the old til, so....a stack of 1 x 8s, a bit of plywood, and some plexiglass for the doors....
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The 3 drawers have through dovetails at the fronts...case has them at all for corners.
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And, when you open the doors...
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Shelves sit in sliding dovetail joints...there is a magnetic closure under one shelf...keeps the right door closed tight...the left uses an outside latch
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Finish is called Witch's Brew....has a dash of Gunstock added in to the can...

Hopefully, I'm done with dusting the planes off...

[Mark Stutz]

Nice solution to a problem. I just dust them off when I use them!

[David Utterback]

Nice display while protecting your treasures. My wife and others haven suggested that my version of the cabinet be hung on the wall in the living room. You may want to mount it in your shop before swbo gets similar ideas. :)

[michael langman]

Really like the looks of the cabinet Steven.

I may try to build one quite similar if I can find the wall space.

[steven c newman]

This is attached to the top of an old dresser/desk we found in the basement when we moved into the house...

This new til not only holds the ones from the old til, but almost all the others that were sitting around on shelves....have all but 4 of my planes in the new til. Now I can just open a door, grab the plane(s) I need for the day, close the door back up, and the rest stay dust free, and safely out of the way..

I used the plexiglass because I am not much of a Glazier....seems anything glass that I install....cracks. So, IF the Pine moves a bit, no glass will be broken, the plexiglass is flexible enough.

[John Towns]

Very nice! I appreciate making furniture quality pieces for tools.
One question...I have a humidity problem in my garage,,,I mean my shop. Not too bad but there are times when light rust forms. Do your doors inhibit humidity in any way? I would think it would, even if just a little.

Again, nice work, indeed.

John

[steven c newman]

My shop is in a basement, an OLD, fieldstone basement. Tools get a wipe down with a cheap paint brush that has a drizzle of 3in1 oil in it.