Mike Waddell
03-20-2006, 11:29 PM
Good evening again!
I have been working recently on a hand tool storage cabinet for the shop. The project is copied from C.H. Becksvoort's example in the FWW Winter issue from a few years back, but sized to fit my walls and tools a little better. To this point, the drawers still need to be made (currently under construction!) , but everything else has been completed. I left myself a little room for collection... I mean "purchase of new, and absolutely necessary" additional tools.
It is made with solid cherry except for the door fields and plane ramp, which are cherry ply. I finished the outside of the cabinet and doors with a General Finishes mixture. I also finished the inside of the main cabinet, but have not put finish on the inside of the doors, nor on any of the pieces built to hold the tools. Not sure why, but I don't know if I will ever finish them.
The hand plane ramp has rare earth magnets epoxied beneath each plane to make sure the planes or stored safely and securely. In the case of the wooden planes and the brass planes, I placed the magnet under the plane iron, but not touching it. It still works well enough to hold the planes in place. The ramp took an inordinate amount of time to complete because each of the rails was hand cut and mortised into the joining rails (don't think I'll be doing that again any time soon).
The ramp is hinged at the top with a piano hinge, with storage underneath for seldom used items. The Lie-Nielsen 98 and 99 planes are recessed into a holder on the ramp to hold them securely.
The chisel storage unit is held in the door with rare earth magnets also, just in case I decide to move it elsewhere to support the purchase of "new and absolutely necessary" additional tools.
Gimme some gentle feedback! Let me know if you think the unfinished wood is something that would bother you in your shop. I may just have to pull those pieces and put some finish on them, then do the doors!
Have a great night!
MW
I have been working recently on a hand tool storage cabinet for the shop. The project is copied from C.H. Becksvoort's example in the FWW Winter issue from a few years back, but sized to fit my walls and tools a little better. To this point, the drawers still need to be made (currently under construction!) , but everything else has been completed. I left myself a little room for collection... I mean "purchase of new, and absolutely necessary" additional tools.
It is made with solid cherry except for the door fields and plane ramp, which are cherry ply. I finished the outside of the cabinet and doors with a General Finishes mixture. I also finished the inside of the main cabinet, but have not put finish on the inside of the doors, nor on any of the pieces built to hold the tools. Not sure why, but I don't know if I will ever finish them.
The hand plane ramp has rare earth magnets epoxied beneath each plane to make sure the planes or stored safely and securely. In the case of the wooden planes and the brass planes, I placed the magnet under the plane iron, but not touching it. It still works well enough to hold the planes in place. The ramp took an inordinate amount of time to complete because each of the rails was hand cut and mortised into the joining rails (don't think I'll be doing that again any time soon).
The ramp is hinged at the top with a piano hinge, with storage underneath for seldom used items. The Lie-Nielsen 98 and 99 planes are recessed into a holder on the ramp to hold them securely.
The chisel storage unit is held in the door with rare earth magnets also, just in case I decide to move it elsewhere to support the purchase of "new and absolutely necessary" additional tools.
Gimme some gentle feedback! Let me know if you think the unfinished wood is something that would bother you in your shop. I may just have to pull those pieces and put some finish on them, then do the doors!
Have a great night!
MW