Around the shop #9: Just hanging out

Check out Thos Angle and i think Douglas Border on their tool racks.

Great job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Tool rack will have to wait for a time when I don’t have other pressing projects. For now this gets the planes off of where they have been stacked and a bit safer. The zip ties allow them to slip on and off the shelf they hang from with little fear of accidental slips and drops.

-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama

If I’d thought of this I probably wouldn’t have built a plane rack. Great idea.

-- Thos. Angle

that is a good idea, i believe i’ll use it too. i’m in the process of turning a very small one car garage into a working woodshop. it’s quite a challenge but it is slowly getting there. thanks for the good idea for my planes.

-- "Who but a fool would discard seeminly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent engineering" -- Aldo Leopold

I have a few planes where someone has drilled a hole in the bed and simply hung them on a nail…

I imagine if they had seen the brilliant simplicity of your idea, they’d kick themselves in the rear for drilling the hole.

Great idea.

Q

-- I don't make sawdust...I produce vast quantities of "Micro Mulch."

good way of hanging and displaying

-- making sawdust....

Nice job!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Hey guys, thanks for the comments. One item I didn’t mention earlier that is somewhat important. The three loops aren’t there just because I had extra zip ties. Basically the loop that the knob hangs from should be snug and just slip over the knob. By having a snug fit it insures that the plane won’t accidentally liberate itself if you happen to bump it. Just FYI for anyone who is rushing out to the shop with a handful of zipties :-)

-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama