display stanly hand planes.

[tobytools]

hi, i want to build a plane rack so i can display my planes, LN and most have them in their videos the planes line up in size and are rested at a 45 degree angle and knob up.
any one have plane or any thing that could help, what wood to use, any help would be great.

i want to make 2. one for users and 1 for keeps sake as i have all my wood and metal planes stored in a huge tool chest and i hate to hide them,

for the small one i want to have my 4, 4 1/2, 5, 6 and 10, but want to make it so it can keep a 7 maby 8 but neet to get those two first,

if anyones made one please share the pic. in regards to wood the price dosent matter so much but i cant afford to mak it out of ebony lol, i was thinking pine? any good.

thanks

 

[Jelly]

OK, so Pine, you have a choice of European Redwood/Scots Pine (the commercial names for imported and homegrown Pinus sylvestris respectively) or the nicer but pricey Southern Yellow Pine (the commercial name for the "Yellow" pine family from the southeastern US)... both are easy enough to work (with a sharp blade) and will finish well, but tend to be rather knotty.

If you want these racks to be more of a show-piece than a functional thing, why not use an indigenous hardwood?
Elm (English - Ulmus procera or Dutch - Ulmus × hollandica) would be a nice choice in my mind and for a lot of people European Oak is the archetypal nice indigenous hardwood (I'm not a huge fan, but quartersawn pieces with prominent ray figuring can be stunning).

 

[Dangermouse]

What ever you do don't use Oak as the Tannin in the wood will stain your plane metal black. !!!!! ( unless you can seal it with varnish etc)

 

[marcros]

I wouldn't use oak, since there is likely to be metal in contact with it. Bit of moisture and you will get black marks. Elm is v nice- can be hard to source- ash, cherry etc could all look nice.

 

[Jelly]

What ever you do don't use Oak as the Tannin in the wood will stain your plane metal black. !!!!! ( unless you can seal it with varnish etc)

I kind of assumed that one would end up putting a highly durable varnish on it given it's likely to be a high wear application... exposed Oak would probably end up staining as you describe... (should have mentioned that initially )

 

[tobytools]

thanks guys, oak is a no go. cherry or elm. hummm. i work for a tree surgeon company so could get these wood and make planks for the build but thats alot of work, so a project for another say, would be fun, what about ceder??
does anyone have a link or design for the rack. might just make it up but any help or guide lines would be a great help.
how do you, or any one have their plane in shop, garage ect.
some one said to me that you should store them on their sides?

 

[marcros]

remember, if you plank your own wood, an inch a year for seasoning- o if you plank it now, you wont be making anything for a while!

i would think of 2 solutions.

for the "users", i would go for a form of shelf- fitted out maybe, with some spaces for each plane, and a small piece to keep the blade off the self. If you are short on space, some people seem to store them vertically. I quite like this idea http://lumberjocks.com/projects/40694

For the display ones, i would probably go for something similar, but built into a frame, with a glass front.

 

[Scouse]

£25 Ikea pine desk top and a bit of scrap beading for separators.

 

[tobytools]

thanks for the link marcros, ok so planing own wood is a no then lol, thanks for the info.

WOW, that what i want will you sell it to me with tools thats the inspiration in needed to start asap. i will build own but and going to check ikea and see if they still have the top. do you have the name of item or code, number?
i must say i will feel a little ashamed of mine after completion compared to yours scouse. masterpiece

 

[adidat]

£25 Ikea pine desk top and a bit of scrap beading for separators.

We are not worthy! [-o< [-o< [-o<

what a collection!!!

you are over complicating the issue tobytools get some mdf from b&q or nice birch face ply, thick stuff to give you meat to screw into. They will cut it to the exact size you want. anything to avoid a trip to ikea!

adidat

 

[Jelly]

how do you, or any one have their plane in shop, garage ect.
some one said to me that you should store them on their sides?

My every-day planes are on a shelf, on the bottom of my tool-board... The whole thing is an ugly heath-robinson affair*, but none of my normal tools are ever further than arms length.

With using predominantly woodies, I've got into the habit of releasing the wedge before putting them back on the shelf, it keeps the iron from getting dulled, and it stops moisture movement from trapping the wedges in place; As you're using Bailey pattern planes mainly, I'd probably add some little stops to support the sole at one end, keeping the iron off the surface.

*Whitewood hangers screwed into the rafters, with OSB for the back-board and shelf.

 

[Roughcut]

I just made something out of Redwood with an MDF back and finished with Danish Oil.

 

[tobytools]

thanks for the great replies, your right i do over complicate things its just a habit i guess. i have ply wood tho but as its a station bit of kit no need to worries about looks as long as it works. im going to have a little think about what i want, first i wanted a solid wood unit now im thinking a simple but effective shelf/case.
ps. if i did go to ikea i would leave with more than the desk top, (wife aka gf)

ill up load some pics when i get started if your interested. many thanks

 

[adidat]

a car full of Swedish chipboard! but you cant beat the meatballs and 50 of the little pencils are handy in the workshop.

 

[tobytools]

a car full of Swedish chipboard! but you cant beat the meatballs and 50 of the little pencils are handy in the workshop.

good shout on the pencils but i dont fancy the horse meat ball lol, yummy tho

 

[Jelly]

im going to have a little think about what i want, first i wanted a solid wood unit now im thinking a simple but effective shelf/case.

It seems from your other posts that you have a wide variety of planes, some of which are quite rare and/or nice... Perhaps, you might consider a functional shelf/ rack for your every-day users, and then make something more befitting for the really special ones?

 

[tobytools]

im going to have a little think about what i want, first i wanted a solid wood unit now im thinking a simple but effective shelf/case.

It seems from your other posts that you have a wide variety of planes, some of which are quite rare and/or nice... Perhaps, you might consider a functional shelf/ rack for your every-day users, and then make something more befitting for the really special ones?

thats what i was thinking, im also thinking about making one for my smaller planes, block, shoulder ect, latley i have brought alot of planes, you seem to know your stuff, and i was at a car boot on weekend and brought a grubby looking metal block plane with a lever on the back i know now its a stanley 103, i got this for 50p haha. i was over the moon they arnt great users but i like it and want to display all my wierd and wonderful bits and bobs,
also i got a i.sorby small block plane, i didnt think he did plane just the irons, chisels ect. but the name is raised into the front and made in england at the back. the iron has name and a clown picture what can you tell me about that?

just posted a new thread about boston planes have a look at pics and if you can help many thanks

 

[Jelly]

im going to have a little think about what i want, first i wanted a solid wood unit now im thinking a simple but effective shelf/case.

It seems from your other posts that you have a wide variety of planes, some of which are quite rare and/or nice... Perhaps, you might consider a functional shelf/ rack for your every-day users, and then make something more befitting for the really special ones?

thats what i was thinking, im also thinking about making one for my smaller planes, block, shoulder ect, latley i have brought alot of planes, you seem to know your stuff, and i was at a car boot on weekend and brought a grubby looking metal block plane with a lever on the back i know now its a stanley 103, i got this for 50p haha. i was over the moon they arnt great users but i like it and want to display all my wierd and wonderful bits and bobs,
also i got a i.sorby small block plane, i didnt think he did plane just the irons, chisels ect. but the name is raised into the front and made in england at the back. the iron has name and a clown picture what can you tell me about that?

just posted a new thread about boston planes have a look at pics and if you can help many thanks

Gonna have to defer to the better informed on the history of planes, I'm but a young paduan when it comes to the history of tools...

Though I will add that you should give the 103 a chance as a user, I've got an ancient and beat up 102 (the even more basic version) and whilst it's not incredible, it can be mighty useful for trimming minor protrusions flush, touching up marked surfaces, tiny little components, knocking off arrises and other light work... With them being so small I can literally surround mine with my whole hand giving a lot of control.

With regards to I. Sorby, they seem to have made metal planes that were a bit heavier and better manufactured than Stanley and Record, though apparently never gained much market share; I imagine there's some info to start you off on I. Sorby on the Robert Sorby company history page...

 

[marcros]

i have a LN 102 and it is a great little thing for trimming things.

 

[Scouse]

Thanks for the compliments, but I just ripped off Lie Nielsen's idea, covered the table top in cork sheet (cheap from a model makers shop) and put strips up to keep stuff separate,

I'd love to take credit as a woodworking genius, but I'm just a lazy fat b*****d who got fed up losing stuff in piles of sawdust and couldn't be bothered making anything from scratch and wanted to avoid a big piece of MDF off-gassing formaldehyde all over the place. Here's the link to what I used, it's called 'Vika Furuskog table top' in case they move the link.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40136558/

It's really practical for getting at stuff, but doesn't allow much flexibility when more tools claim political asylum in the shop...!