Plane Till?

Brent Dowell

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So, I'm thinking about making a plane till to hang on the wall to keep my meager little collection of plans handy.

I'd expect the collection to grow a bit over time, but definitely will not get quite the size of collection as Jim or Ken or Bill.

How big do you think a plane till should be to hold a decent collection of planes? Enough to do the basic hand plane type tasks...
 
user cabinet..

brent this is my user cabinet,, got few more that are stashed eslewhere:D
but this works for me as my go to users,, till i find another one that needs to be in this group:) its 18" wide, 32" high, and 12" deep..
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Well, lessee... Mine is about four feet square, and holds about sixty planes - about half my collection. :D:D

Seriously, I'd think a rack as high as your longest plane (a #8 is about 24", btw) and long enough to accommodate what you've got now, plus a few more, would likely be enough for now.

Mine holds the planes at about a 5° angle, and I embedded some half inch Neodymium magnets in the rack under the shorter planes - to ensure they don't fall out.
 
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