The Woodshop Shed

Vertical Plane till

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Started collecting and restoring Stanley Hand Planes. Each of these planes is a user, however this collection started inhabiting a lot of real estatate on my table saw side table, and had to be moved each time I wanted to use the saw. I wanted a vertical till so it would not take up quite so much room. Additionally, I am hoping that I can protect the planes from humidity somewhat by housing in a cabinet with doors. The cabinet sides are made of Cherry, the back is made of 3/4 Cherry Ply. This was important because it is holding all the weight of the planes and cabinet. The doors are a combination of Cherry and wormy maple. I was pretty happy with the resulting contrast. The raised panels were all cut on the table saw. The cleats for the till were cut on the band saw and finish shaping on the spindle sander. Wipe on poly for the finish.There is something really zen about hand tools, not giving up the plugged in tools for sure, but if I can use a plane, chisel or hand saw, it is rewarding and often faster.

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Custom Knife and Scales

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A custom knife I call the Gunslinger, I casted the knife scales from maple burl with aluminum honeycomb and epoxy tinted with mica pigment. Specifications in picture. Plus I got a nice fat pen blank out of the casting .

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Hand Tool Cart with Scary Sharp sharpening station

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I never have enough horizontal open space in my shop. Tools, wood, glue, screws, notebooks, etc.. cover all open surfaces (it seems) when working on a project. This project was built to house hand tools (chisels, marking tools, fret saw, handsaws, mallets, sharpening equipment). As part of the design, I wanted it to also provide some additional horizontal workspace and be mobile. Part of the design includes a top that is at the same height as my workbench so if it is not in use, it is an extension of the workbench. The top slides over to allow access to granite tool plate used for sharpening chisels/plane blades. When not in use, the cover protects the paper from collecting saw dust which would have to be cleaned prior to use. There are multiple drawers. These use wood slides just to limit cost. The doors and drawer sides are beech. The cart is birch ply. The top is baltic birch. Finish is wipe on poly. The rollers on this cart can be adjusted to engage a leveling pad if you want to make sure it doesn't move during use. They are a bit of overkill for this cabinet since it doesn't weigh that much but these would be excellent for heavier equipment such as a lathe.

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