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20/03/2005 7:33 AM

Vertical Racks for Hand Planes

Can any one post some links for pictures of Vertically mounted hand
plane racks, I would like to hang a board on a french cleat and then
have compartments for my planes Sanley 1 through 8 I would then add
clifton's and other specialty planes to it,


Thanks in advance


This topic has 18 replies

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in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 8:38 AM

Thank you for your quick replay and picture

A few quick question I may?

1 Why heal down instead of up? (I was thinking of the other way)
2 I noticed that all the Planes are canted so they dont tilt out. How
are you doing this?

tn

"toolguy"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

21/03/2005 7:46 AM

A thought I had with these ideas would be to screw or glue a rare earth
magnet in the cabinet near the top of each plane. With a cleat at the
base, the magnet would hold the plane nicely. The exception of course
would be wood planes. Hmmm...just an idea.

Neil

DB

Dave Balderstone

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 8:44 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Can any one post some links for pictures of Vertically mounted hand
> plane racks, I would like to hang a board on a french cleat and then
> have compartments for my planes Sanley 1 through 8 I would then add
> clifton's and other specialty planes to it,

Here's mine... Two cupboard doors that open, hung with piano hinge.

<http://www.balderstone.ca/planecupboard.jpg>

--
"The thing about saying the wrong words is that A, I don't notice it, and B,
sometimes orange water gibbon bucket and plastic." -- Mr. Burrows

DB

Dave Balderstone

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 9:34 PM

In article <[email protected]>, Dave Miller
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I took a class yesterday where I made my own coffin smoothing plane. We
> were in the intructor's shop at his house, and he had a collection of
> planes handing vertically from a pegboard wall. He tied a loop of
> braided cord together, hung it from a hook in the pegboard, and hung the
> planes by putting the front knob through the string. Maybe not as
> elegant as some of the other ideas posted, but if you already have
> pegboard up...

I like that. Very, very clever.

--
"The thing about saying the wrong words is that A, I don't notice it, and B,
sometimes orange water gibbon bucket and plastic." -- Mr. Burrows

DM

Dave Miller

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

21/03/2005 3:23 AM

I took a class yesterday where I made my own coffin smoothing plane. We
were in the intructor's shop at his house, and he had a collection of
planes handing vertically from a pegboard wall. He tied a loop of
braided cord together, hung it from a hook in the pegboard, and hung the
planes by putting the front knob through the string. Maybe not as
elegant as some of the other ideas posted, but if you already have
pegboard up...

[email protected] wrote:
> Can any one post some links for pictures of Vertically mounted hand
> plane racks, I would like to hang a board on a french cleat and then
> have compartments for my planes Sanley 1 through 8 I would then add
> clifton's and other specialty planes to it,
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>

Sd

Silvan

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 7:12 PM

Ken Vaughn wrote:

> Here's mine:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/plane_storage.jpg

That's a nice job there, and this is a good idea. I wonder why I didn't
think of this myself? I've been trying to figure out what to do with my
growing assortment of iron wonders, and hadn't come up with a worthwhile
arrangement... until now. That's an idea well worth ripping off, so
thanks to both of you.

--
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KV

"Ken Vaughn"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 6:18 PM

correction -- "toe rests against back of *slot*.

--
Ken Vaughn
Visit My Workshop: http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/

"Ken Vaughn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Y5j%[email protected]...
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Thank you for your quick replay and picture
>>
>> A few quick question I may?
>>
>> 1 Why heal down instead of up? (I was thinking of the other way)
>
> Don't know -- it just seemed more natural that way, and the handle is easier
> to grasp for use that way. If I put the heel up, most of the handle would be
> inside the slot and less easy to grasp, especially on smaller planes. (I just
> reversed a couple and found this to be true).
>
>> 2 I noticed that all the Planes are canted so they dont tilt out. How
>> are you doing this?
>
> The slots are 4.5" deep with a 1.25" strip at the bottom to hold the heel of
> the plane, and the toe rests against the back of the strip. On all the metal
> planes this arrangement is sufficient to hold the plane very securely at an
> angle. On the traditional wooden planes I felt more secure with a small
> wooden tab to hold it in the slot (tab moves up or down to insert the plane).
> These are visible in the photo if you look closely.
>
> Ken Vaughn
>

KV

"Ken Vaughn"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 3:50 PM

Here's mine:

http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/plane_storage.jpg

--
Ken Vaughn
Visit My Workshop: http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can any one post some links for pictures of Vertically mounted hand
> plane racks, I would like to hang a board on a french cleat and then
> have compartments for my planes Sanley 1 through 8 I would then add
> clifton's and other specialty planes to it,
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>

LD

Lobby Dosser

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

21/03/2005 12:59 AM

"AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>> correction -- "toe rests against back of *slot*.
>>
>>
> Are you in Cali? We get Earthquakes here so I would have to modify
> that design. I suppose the tops of each slot would have to have a piece
> covering the outside and where the heal is,

Run a bungee cord across the slots at toe and heel.

> that piece larger too, so
> lift up the plane, out comes the heal first and remove. But then the slot
> would have to be taller... sheesh... maybe if I left the "heal keep" the
> same size, maybe a little higher... could you provide your design notes
> with measurements please?
>
> Oh yes, really neat design!
>

Aa

"AAvK"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 10:36 PM


Excellent, and much appreciated thanks!

--
Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/

KV

"Ken Vaughn"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 6:16 PM

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thank you for your quick replay and picture
>
> A few quick question I may?
>
> 1 Why heal down instead of up? (I was thinking of the other way)

Don't know -- it just seemed more natural that way, and the handle is easier to
grasp for use that way. If I put the heel up, most of the handle would be
inside the slot and less easy to grasp, especially on smaller planes. (I just
reversed a couple and found this to be true).

> 2 I noticed that all the Planes are canted so they dont tilt out. How
> are you doing this?

The slots are 4.5" deep with a 1.25" strip at the bottom to hold the heel of the
plane, and the toe rests against the back of the strip. On all the metal planes
this arrangement is sufficient to hold the plane very securely at an angle. On
the traditional wooden planes I felt more secure with a small wooden tab to hold
it in the slot (tab moves up or down to insert the plane). These are visible in
the photo if you look closely.

Ken Vaughn

LD

Lobby Dosser

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

21/03/2005 2:51 AM

"Ken Vaughn" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:pJo%d.37787$ZE5.32545@fed1read03...
>>
>> Are you in Cali? We get Earthquakes here so I would have to modify
>> that design. I suppose the tops of each slot would have to have a
>> piece covering the outside and where the heal is, that piece larger
>> too, so lift up the plane, out comes the heal first and remove. But
>> then the slot would have to be taller... sheesh... maybe if I left
>> the "heal keep" the same size, maybe a little higher... could you
>> provide your design notes with measurements please?
>>
>> Oh yes, really neat design!
>
> No, I live in Colorado and earthquakes didn't enter into my thinking.
> The metal planes cannot possibly tip forward and out of the slots --
> the angle of inclination and weight of the plane prevents this
>
> Measurements:
>
> cabinet is 34" wide, 37" high, and 5" deep including 1/2" ply back
> slots for planes are 4.5" deep and vary in width from 3.5" for larger
> planes down to 3" for smaller planes
>
> retaining strip at bottom of each slot is 1.25" by 1/4" pine -- there
> are small circular cut-outs for the bottom (back) of the tote on some
> of the smaller plane slot retaining strips which allows the heel to
> bottom out in the slot
>
> sides and some of the vertical separator strips are 1/2" pine, the
> thinner vertical strips are 1/4" Baltic Birch ply
>
> top and bottom of cabinet and horizontal supports are 1/2" pine,
> vertical separator strips fit into dado slots, top and bottom
>
> pretty simple actually and the cabinet only holds bench planes -- all
> my other planes are in drawers in the cabinet next to my bench, for
> example:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/cork_lined_drawer.jpg
>
> Ken Vaughn
>
>
>
>
>

Thanks for the ideas!!

Jm

"J"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

21/03/2005 10:42 AM

"Australopithecus scobis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 02:14:36 +0000, Ken Vaughn wrote:
>
> > pretty simple actually and the cabinet only holds bench planes -- all my
> > other planes are in drawers in the cabinet next to my bench, for
> > example:
>
> Pretty good idea making individual slots for each plane. Keeps you from
> sliding any further down that slippery slope! ;)
>
> --
> "Keep your ass behind you"
> vladimir a t mad {dot} scientist {dot} com

Nah, he's already got one stacked up on top...

-j

KV

"Ken Vaughn"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

21/03/2005 2:14 AM

"AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:pJo%d.37787$ZE5.32545@fed1read03...
>
> Are you in Cali? We get Earthquakes here so I would have to modify
> that design. I suppose the tops of each slot would have to have a piece
> covering the outside and where the heal is, that piece larger too, so
> lift up the plane, out comes the heal first and remove. But then the slot
> would have to be taller... sheesh... maybe if I left the "heal keep" the
> same size, maybe a little higher... could you provide your design notes
> with measurements please?
>
> Oh yes, really neat design!

No, I live in Colorado and earthquakes didn't enter into my thinking. The metal
planes cannot possibly tip forward and out of the slots -- the angle of
inclination and weight of the plane prevents this

Measurements:

cabinet is 34" wide, 37" high, and 5" deep including 1/2" ply back
slots for planes are 4.5" deep and vary in width from 3.5" for larger planes
down to 3" for smaller planes

retaining strip at bottom of each slot is 1.25" by 1/4" pine -- there are small
circular cut-outs for the bottom (back) of the tote on some of the smaller plane
slot retaining strips which allows the heel to bottom out in the slot

sides and some of the vertical separator strips are 1/2" pine, the thinner
vertical strips are 1/4" Baltic Birch ply

top and bottom of cabinet and horizontal supports are 1/2" pine, vertical
separator strips fit into dado slots, top and bottom

pretty simple actually and the cabinet only holds bench planes -- all my other
planes are in drawers in the cabinet next to my bench, for example:

http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/cork_lined_drawer.jpg

Ken Vaughn



df

danger

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

21/03/2005 12:16 PM

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:40:24 -0800, "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote:

I have decided to go heel down my theory being that most of the weight
of the plane is at the heel. I am using 1/2 " x 1" Oak to create
slippers for the plane. Being that I want to be able to hang on a
cleat and change the tool assortment in front fo me.

I have decided to go Outside in Right edge #8,6,4 Center 2 (No 1 no
one can afford one!) Left edge 7,5,3 so It's 7,5,3,2,4,6,8 This will
keep the weight fairly even.
?
One I have this I will start to figure out speciality planes

Aa

"AAvK"

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 4:40 PM


> correction -- "toe rests against back of *slot*.
>
>
Are you in Cali? We get Earthquakes here so I would have to modify
that design. I suppose the tops of each slot would have to have a piece
covering the outside and where the heal is, that piece larger too, so
lift up the plane, out comes the heal first and remove. But then the slot
would have to be taller... sheesh... maybe if I left the "heal keep" the
same size, maybe a little higher... could you provide your design notes
with measurements please?

Oh yes, really neat design!

--
Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/

As

Australopithecus scobis

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

20/03/2005 11:37 PM

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 02:14:36 +0000, Ken Vaughn wrote:

> pretty simple actually and the cabinet only holds bench planes -- all my
> other planes are in drawers in the cabinet next to my bench, for
> example:

Pretty good idea making individual slots for each plane. Keeps you from
sliding any further down that slippery slope! ;)

--
"Keep your ass behind you"
vladimir a t mad {dot} scientist {dot} com

As

Australopithecus scobis

in reply to [email protected] on 20/03/2005 7:33 AM

21/03/2005 4:21 PM

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:42:15 -0800, J wrote:


>> Pretty good idea making individual slots for each plane. Keeps you from
>> sliding any further down that slippery slope! ;)
>
> Nah, he's already got one stacked up on top...

yeah, then I saw his cabinet drawer full. You're right, he's doomed.


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