Son of plane cabinet

[Anonymous]

Hi all

Some will remember the recently completed plane and chisel storage unit here and here

Well, I still needed a place to store the saws, squares, spare blades and frog, rulers and hammers. After a bit of consideration, I decided that doors do not make sense for me as they take up too much room when open (and they will always be open :wink: ) and so i decided to build a second cabinet to match the first.
Also, I finally :roll: found a 1um bag for my Charnwood dust extractor and very liitle dust floats around the workshop which means the cabinet hasn't needed cleaning since it was built

Construction is exactly the same with mahogany sides (hand dovetailed for strength), oak storage pieces (biscuits for speed) and a french cleat to mount it on the wall.

Took a weekend to make and hang on the wall and is a nice little project

Overall, I am chuffed to bits with them both and my workshop is much tidier. The BIG advantage for me is that i have all of the important tools (my hand tools) close to me whenever I work

 

[MikeW]

Wow Tony--really nice addition! Really compliments the main cabinet.

Take care, Mike

 

[Philly]

Bravo =D>
Looks great, and as Mike said, really compliments the plane cabinet.
You are excelling yourself :wink:
Philly

 

[Bean]

Whooooo Tony looks good \/

Bill

 

[Aragorn]

Hi Tony! How ya doing?

That is a superb addition. Looks really nice.




Envious Aragorn

 

[Alf]

I worry you're not leaving enough room for expansion, Tony... [-X :lol: Neat job. Actually the Japanese saws really do worry me a bit; I can't tell, is there anything holding the handles? I wonder if the blades might be in danger of bending? :-k (Sorry, I'm not actually setting out to spot problems, but I figure better to say now than "I thought they might" six months down the line. )

Cheers, Alf

 

[MattMoore]

Looks great, Tony!! will there be another cabinet made for the left handside? just to even it up of course...
and if its a lil empty then all the more reason to buy more tools!
all these tool cabinets have got me thinking..
maybe its about time I make a more permanent home for my hand tools...


Matt

 

[Anonymous]

Alf, you spotted the deliberate mistake Ordered the skew block since building it and the #50 arrived after completion too :roll:
Good point about the jap saws. nothing holding the handles at present, but I will have a think about a late addition.
In the first design, all saws were the same way up as the jap ones, but it works better this way

Hi Aragorn , nice to see you around again

Matt, can't put one on the left unfortunately, as that is where my sliding compound mitre saw sits and all the dust from it would be kicked into the unit :?

 

[dedee]

Tony,
very nice, you've obviously got the dust extraction licked as well. - No curves though so not the comp project :wink: what's the comp project going to be?

Andy

 

[CYC]

Nice job, the timber is just beautiful. Must be all the hand planing that brings it's grain so well :wink:

 

[Waka]

Tony

Very nice looking, can't wait to see Son of Son as you expand.

 

[Pete W]

Thing of beauty, Tony

But for a man so plane-rich, you're awfully saw-poor :wink:

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi Pete

But for a man so plane-rich, you're awfully saw-poor

ROTFL.

You haven't seen the other wall, have you? :lol:

Cheers
Neil

 

[Anonymous]

Thing of beauty, Tony

But for a man so plane-rich, you're awfully saw-poor :wink:

Neil's right :wink:

Well box anyway

 

[mickp]

very nice tony.

I know a few aussies well 1 in particular who would envy your plane collection

 

[Pete W]

Neil & Tony - I'm relieved. I'd hate to see Tony struggling in an under-equipped shop .

:lol: :lol: