This week, I finally built a case to house all of my planes that have been gathering dust and taking up valuable space on my bench.  I built the case from walnut and tulip that came from my local county.  I used tulip to accent the darker planes but built the dividers from walnut.  The angled display board is hinged so that I can stuff extra "parts" behind it.  Never waste space in a small shop.  I do with that I would have built the rack at a 60 degree angle instead of 70 degree.  The planes are stable but I would feel better with 10 more degrees of tilt.  The sides are dovetailed for strength and the glass is simply 1/8" glass.  I toyed with putting tempered glass in but didn't want that much extra weight hanging.  The door has a pair of rare earth magnets to keep it closed. The case is hung with a french cleat.  For those of you guys who have been in my shop, I put it on the south wall next to the window.  I'm running out of wall space so I may have to build a new shop.

  As for the planes, there are three that I wanted to protect to hand down to my son.  The Bailey 24 on the top rack was my grandfathers plane, the Stanley next to it was my father's and the Stanley next to it was probably one of the first tools I ever purchased about 45 years ago.  Notice that I left an extra space next to the Firestone.  My son's plane will go there so that the whole thing may be passed to my grandson.  Here's the pictures empty and full.

 

Edited September 25, 201510 yr by Ron Dudelston

Sweet looking case! I know what you mean by wall space!!!