| Project by BigRedKnothead | posted 09-16-2013 05:59 PM | 26828 views | 69 times favorited | 50 comments |  |
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Here’s a till I made for some of my hand planes out of white oak and walnut. The no. 5s are on the lower shelf, the no. 6-8s are in the vertical till. I’ll be making another till for the smoothers and block planes.
Ramblings and pics concerning the build:
- The design is pretty straight-forward. I thought I’d spice it up a little putting through tenons on the shelves. My mortising machine wouldn’t reach the mortises, so I got some good practice hand chopping. 
- But the quality stops there. The guts and the back are really a bunch of scraps and screws.
Well, the vertical till has some nice 1/2” oak ship-lapped. Notice in this pic that the middle slats are planed thinner creating a concaved surface. This is intentional so that that I can leave plane blades out without them digging into the till. The lower shelf with the jack planes was also planed with a recess prior to installation. 
- It’s mounted to cinder block with french cleats and cement anchors. I tested the till with my body weight before I put any planes on it;)
I’m really happy with it so far. I know not everybody wants their tools in the open (rust and dust), but this works best for me. I wax my tools and wipe them down with wd40 often, so it should be fine.
It wasn’t until it was completely finished that it hit me…. I had just mounted some of my prized possessions next to the pipe in which our turds exit the house. (snicker) Ahhh…it’s a little funny.
Questions and comments welcome you knuckleheads, Red
-- "At the end of the day, try and make it beautiful....because the world is full of ugly." Konrad Sauer
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pintodeluxe
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#1 posted 09-16-2013 06:02 PM
That is a nice looking rack, and a good collection of planes.
Functional and good looking too!
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#2 posted 09-16-2013 06:06 PM
seems like there’s a few odd ball lie-nielsens in there… best get rid of those, as they don’t fit in (I have space, I’ll take one for the team ;) )
Looks great
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#3 posted 09-16-2013 06:07 PM
Nice work Red. I see many more tills in your future!
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#4 posted 09-16-2013 06:08 PM
That’s all sorts of fine work, good job Mr. Rojo!
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#5 posted 09-16-2013 06:11 PM
Very very nice Red.
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#6 posted 09-16-2013 06:12 PM
Looks good Red! I’ve got some catching up to do I see ;-) Remember.. full extension wooden drawer slides… annnnd go!
-- Eric - "I'm getting proficient with these hand jobbers. - BigRedKnothead"
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#7 posted 09-16-2013 06:17 PM
Nice addition to your shop.
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#8 posted 09-16-2013 06:19 PM
My collection is up to a whopping 4 bench planes, but I’m already tired of hanging them on loops of string. Something like this sure looks nice.
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#9 posted 09-16-2013 06:34 PM
She is a beauty! Great work.
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#10 posted 09-16-2013 06:57 PM
Nicely done, Red. Making the surfaces a bit concave is really smart, I might have to steal that.
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#11 posted 09-16-2013 06:59 PM
That is a really elegant design. Thanks for sharing this and the production process. It gave me a lot to chew on.
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#12 posted 09-16-2013 07:15 PM
It’s mounted to cinder block with french cleats and cement anchors. I tested the till with my body weight before I put any planes on it;)
Did your knees hit the ground during the pull up? Im pretty sure I didn’t see 14’ ceilings in your shop.
Excellent till buddy. I would expect no less from the big red machine.
-- Its not a crack, its a casting imperfection.
mafe
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#13 posted 09-16-2013 07:20 PM
What a lovely till.
It is not only a joy for the eye, it is fine craft for beautiful tools and the tools are just where we want it.
Beautiful!
Thank you for the smile I have now.
Best thoughts,
Mads
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#14 posted 09-16-2013 07:33 PM
That is a sweet till.
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#15 posted 09-16-2013 07:36 PM
and I’ll bet the LN catalog is not far from the end of that pipe.
It all looks great.
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