Don C Peterson
12-20-2007, 11:15 PM
Hey all, I thought I'd share my latest project (still underway).
Now that I have a decent collection of hand saws I need a place to store them. I also have a pretty good set of planes and chisels and the same thing goes for them...
After looking at other designs for saw and plane tills I decided to do something a bit different. I combined them into one tool till and put it on casters so I can have it close at hand or out of the way.
It isn't anything terribly pretty as I just used some scrap plywood and 2x4s. But it is an experimental project and I didn't want to spend much money. In a few years, if I still like it I might build another one out of nicer materials and incorporate the ensuing year's lessons learned. As you can see, there's some room for expansion.
Here's the saw till side:
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and a closeup of the drawers. I couldn't resist using dovetails here, mostly for practice, but I am very happy with how they turned out. With my vastly improved sawing technique, I didn't have to do any paring after the saw cuts.:cool: These drawers hold my saw sets files and layout tools.
77611 77612
Here's the plane till side, I haven't yet figured out exactly how I want to do this one. So I'm still noodling on that problem. There's plenty of room for all my planes and for some that I haven't brought home yet... These drawers hold my sharpening stones.
77613
The drawers underneath will hold all sorts of stuff and perhaps just as importantly, will provide a lower center of gravity.
Now that I have a decent collection of hand saws I need a place to store them. I also have a pretty good set of planes and chisels and the same thing goes for them...
After looking at other designs for saw and plane tills I decided to do something a bit different. I combined them into one tool till and put it on casters so I can have it close at hand or out of the way.
It isn't anything terribly pretty as I just used some scrap plywood and 2x4s. But it is an experimental project and I didn't want to spend much money. In a few years, if I still like it I might build another one out of nicer materials and incorporate the ensuing year's lessons learned. As you can see, there's some room for expansion.
Here's the saw till side:
77610 77615
and a closeup of the drawers. I couldn't resist using dovetails here, mostly for practice, but I am very happy with how they turned out. With my vastly improved sawing technique, I didn't have to do any paring after the saw cuts.:cool: These drawers hold my saw sets files and layout tools.
77611 77612
Here's the plane till side, I haven't yet figured out exactly how I want to do this one. So I'm still noodling on that problem. There's plenty of room for all my planes and for some that I haven't brought home yet... These drawers hold my sharpening stones.
77613
The drawers underneath will hold all sorts of stuff and perhaps just as importantly, will provide a lower center of gravity.