Had a little fun, a nice break from my chair build and finally did something to benefit the shop, I just happened on a simple hand saw till by Lee Valley and on a whim I decided, what the heck, I have some scrap, and a little time, and a few saws that are currently hanging on nails on my wall. They need a home, and I liked the idea that it sits on french cleats and I can remove it and have it nearby where I am working, if needed, I seriously doubt it, my shop is small enough that a little 10 walk to the wall where the till is hanging, aint gonna kill me.

 

Anyway, I had some scrap prefinished maple ply from a project I did last summer for my day job. You can see the ply I had to work with on that project, the scrap I have today came from that job.

 

This is not an in depth how-to like my chair topic is, this was just a quick down and dirty fun thing I did, and I used my Shopsmith for 100 percent of the work. I used the Table Saw, the Band Saw, the Lathe and the Drill Press to build this handy little tote.

 

I turned the 1" dowel from some walnut I had. On a side note, our dog Woody, last year he turned deaf, before he hardly ever hung out in the shop, he didn't like the noise, not just machinery noise, the hammer, a piece of wood dropping, anything. I am sorry he went deaf, but as a neat byproduct of him going deaf, he hangs with me all day in the shop now, he'll lay down right next to that Shopsmith when it's running, he can't hear anything!

 

 

I have the sides and the dowel mounted, I just need to mount the kerfed blade holders, I have the longer holder for the longer saws, and the two slot holder for the two smaller saws, that holder needs to be mounted a bit lower to accommodate the small saws. My longer saws are neat ol saws, two cross cut and two rip, the first long one with the shiny handle was a gift from oldest daughter 3 Christmas's ago. I recently purchased the two smaller Lie Nielsen Carcass and Dovetail saws.

 

 

The walnut is sanded to 400, once I get the kerfed supports mounted I'll just hit it with oil and call it good. Then I'll mount the french cleats on the back and on the wall to hang it.

 

 

The first saw is a nice Disston D-9 12 tpi.

I'll put some maple edging on the maple ply back board.

 

 

Attached hereon are the plans from Lee Valley for this till. Very simple, down and dirty. I have 5 or 6 other saws hanging around, the ones in this till are my favorites, the other saws I'll sell or give away, I only want to keep what I need, I am not into collecting.

 

Thank you Lee Valley!

 

Lee Valley Saw Till.pdf

A nice little project John.  So glad that you have been able to get out in the shop more... and sharing the results with us.

7 minutes ago, Cal said:

A nice little project John.  So glad that you have been able to get out in the shop more... and sharing the results with us.

Thanks Cal, I finally decided that things in life are going to keep coming up, and if I don't forcefully carve out the time to be in the shop, it'll never happen. So carve away I've been doing! No complaints so far from the world!

I like it.  Looks good and opens up some needed wall space.

Neat job. What gets the handle in the last picture? 

6 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Neat job. What gets the handle in the last picture? 

 

It's better that it be "what" than "who"

 

7 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Neat job. What gets the handle in the last picture? 

Look at the third image Gene. You'll see what the handle belongs too.

19 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Look at the third image Gene. You'll see what the handle belongs too.

Aha! 

Sweet!

 

Funny how animals adapt to their situations so much better than humans.

2 hours ago, John Morris said:

Thanks Cal, I finally decided that things in life are going to keep coming up, and if I don't forcefully carve out the time to be in the shop, it'll never happen. So carve away I've been doing! No complaints so far from the world!

You have saved me!! 

11 minutes ago, hatuffej said:

You have saved me!! 

You ready to carve Hat!

Far better solution than my hanging saws on the wall. I've far too many "in progress" projects started already that this will have to wait and go on the "to do list". Not sure when I'll get back in the shop. My trip to Alaska left both the little lady and myself sick thanks to a few sick couples that seemed to constantly be around us. Ugh....

 

John, sorry to hear about your dog but the companionship is nice to have....

3 hours ago, John Morris said:

You ready to carve Hat!

You bet! I have to get back into WWing. I make gifts for family and friends but not for general sale, so after the holidays, I usually don't have much to do. I want to make a jewelry box with how-I-do-it photos. 

15 minutes ago, hatuffej said:

You bet! I have to get back into WWing. I make gifts for family and friends but not for general sale, so after the holidays, I usually don't have much to do. I want to make a jewelry box with how-I-do-it photos. 

Hat, that would be a great tutorial. Love to see that. Go for it!

11 hours ago, sreilly24590 said:

Far better solution than my hanging saws on the wall. I've far too many "in progress" projects started already that this will have to wait and go on the "to do list". Not sure when I'll get back in the shop. My trip to Alaska left both the little lady and myself sick thanks to a few sick couples that seemed to constantly be around us. Ugh....

 

John, sorry to hear about your dog but the companionship is nice to have....

I take it you went on an Alaskan cruise? Something on my bucket list, I hear it's absolutely beautiful!

 

I hope you get into the shop soon Reilly, and thank you for the sentiments about Woody or doggy. You know, he does the strangest things now, it's almost as if he's happier deaf. He'll sit in the back yard and look up at the sky and bark and bark and bark, with his tail wagging happily.

He rolls around on the grass more, he runs after our bigger dog more, perhaps he feels invincible with his new power to ignore and not have to hear anything?

10 hours ago, hatuffej said:

You bet! I have to get back into WWing. I make gifts for family and friends but not for general sale, so after the holidays, I usually don't have much to do. I want to make a jewelry box with how-I-do-it photos. 

As @Gene Howe said, I'd love to see that tutorial! What are you waiting for Hat!

8 hours ago, John Morris said:

As @Gene Howe said, I'd love to see that tutorial! What are you waiting for Hat!

I plan to start soon. Its this thing called life, like graduations, yard work, Honey-Do lists. Hmmmm! 

@John Morris, maybe he's really not deaf. He's just practicing selective listening. Try some different shop music. Like Three Dog Night.

1 hour ago, hatuffej said:

like graduations

I'll be there next week Hat. I wish my kids would stop growing.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

@John Morris, maybe he's really not deaf. He's just practicing selective listening. Try some different shop music. Like Three Dog Night.

Well he is around 100 years old, by that age I am sure even dogs get smart about life.

Three Dog Night, yer funny Gene, really funny.