Hand plane till with "hidden" storage

Great till, Lukie. I made one and it didn’t last long until I was out of space! I’m sure you’ll have the same problem too. Out will go that sand paper etc. and you’ll be using the hidden storage space for more planes. Scraper planes, rebate planes, router planes, you get the idea. :-) Great work and welcome to the slippery slope.

Oh and I really like the orientation of the planes on this till. It seems that fixing them by the knobs seems nice and stable. Did you have any problems with low knobs versus high knobs etc?

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It seems like this would be a lot more convenient if it opened sideways, even with the door at an angle. Is there a specific reason for it to open vertically? Once I start making provisions like this for my tools, I think my collection will get a boost as well! Great job

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Very nice. It appears you have planned/engineered this plane till with alot of thought. As for running out of room, that isn’t the worst problem in the world. Just think, the next till will be even better. Thanks for sharing.

-- Doug

Nice job and thanks for the inspiration to make something like this for my ever expanding collection of hand planes.

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Nice work.

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So nice…..I really like this and great planes as well….enjoy!

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Excellent.
Worthy to be copy.
Thanks for sharing.

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looking good :-)

Dennis

Hey, where are the No. 1 and 2 planes? :)

Just kidding. Very nice job and a creative solution.

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Thanks for all the nice comments guys!!

Brandon- Most of my Stanleys are from the same era so they all have the high knob. The only problem I had with the knobs was the #6 and #7 required a bigger notch, 1-3/8 instead of 1-1/4 like the rest.

Vacman- With the weight of all those planes on there it just made more sense to me to put the hinge on top, I thought that it would sag with the hinges going vertical, plus I thought on the top they would be less noticeable.

Brett- LOL, I think you know why there’s no 1 or 2, but if you’ve got any, I’m always looking:-)

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Great looking plane till. And if you are crazy… you are my kind of crazy.

LukieB, I’ll send you one of each—as soon as I have one of each for myself. :)

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Go out to you wifes minivan and steal the hydraulic lifts from the tailgate. Then add all the weight you want.

I like it.

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Luke, I just stumbled on this. I really like the design. I am looking to make a till for myself too and am looking as the storage space behind so having a till that flips up like yours or opens sideways is a mandatory thing. Having the planes ‘tail up” is sure different and I like it although I am undecided on how I will ultimately build mine.
Storage wise, I am going to plan space for additional planes as I build mine as I will be putting the till in a wall cabinet so I don’t want to build a second cabinet.
Thanks for posting the project, It gave me some ideas for mine.

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