Compact Plane Till | FREE Plan!
Compact Plane Till | FREE Plan!
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The tool wall in my shop was due for a re-organization. All of my hand planes were stored on their own little shelves and the smaller block planes were on an angled ramp that really messed with peoples’ “OCD” apparently. So I decided to build a small Compact Plane Till to house my entire plane collection. The design is pretty straightforward, featuring a slanted mounting board and a lower shelf, constructed with dadoes and rabbets reinforced with dowels. The planes are held in place with the help of strong cylindrical magnets and the entire till hangs on the wall via a French cleat.
I provide FREE plans for you but keep in mind you’ll want to size this thing to your own plane collection. To do this, lay out your planes on your workbench, roughly in the order you want them. Then cut some 1/2″ thick spacers from scrap and use those as dividers between each plane. To make sure your planes have a little wiggle room, put a single piece of masking tape on each side of the bodies. Once all this is done, press the whole arrangement with your hands from each side being sure none of the planes are skewing and there are no gaps between the parts. The total width of this arrangement is the total width of your plane till’s panel.
In the video you’ll see that I used small cylindrical magnets that I happened to have on-hand at the time. I later ordered larger, more powerful magnets that work better and those are the ones I recommend: https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D8A
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Riker’s back is going to start hurting with him just standing up there. Better build him something to lean on.
The intro is just…missing something…
Can you share why you chose low angle hand planes as opposed to the other way? Or did you cover that in a video? Sorry if you’ve covered that before.
Liking the screen placement. Would be cool to see you use it like a whiteboard to explain concepts like you did with the plans.
Do the planes and/or the plastic figures come with the plans?
I need one but probably won’t make one lol
Loving the sci-fi hints around your shop. I hadn’t noticed Riker before, love it, but the Enterprise inside the Millennium Falcon is a particular fave of mine (love Star Trek). And the Enterprise-D as well. Nice.
Excellent
I like Mattias Wandel’s method for holding plans. Mostly because it works with out magnets and I don’t want my planes magnetized, and half of my planes are brass….
Thank you for the free plans! So glad you converted to metric as well, as I have no idea what 17/32nd’s is!
Hi All, does anyone know the brand/make of the push stick Marc uses? Thanks in advance.
How to get scrap quality hardwoods, mind – blown!🤯
What’s with the furniture dolly with wheels on both side. #curious
The best part of this video was the headless Tom Silva action figure. The woodworking was ok too 😀
Thanks
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That’s really cool! Well done!
Great!!
What planes would you recommend for someone that is getting into hand tools, I have a lee valley close to me, so am leaning on veritas, but don’t want to be buying planes that I won’t need
Apparently, I missed the episode where Tiny Tool-Belt Guy lost his head. Shop accident, or is Mrs. Tiny Tool-Belt Guy a praying mantis? 😁
Great job as always.
1:41 that cam/lever is pretty sweet.
A beautiful plane till for some beautiful planes!
Great shop project. A plane till is perfect to add to a tool cabinet as well. A saw till is another great shop project
Marc let’s be honest…your shop won’t look like a 12 year old’s bedroom until there is a racing car bed. That’s required.
In all seriousness…I’m considering abandoning the "vintage" planes and buying modern premium planes. What’s your opinion of the Veritas low angles vs. Lie-Nielse standard?
Delightful, butterflies and all. Wazzat wee bounce as the wood exits the planer?
What happened to Tommy’s head?
really nice. more shop projects please!!!
Perfect! The exact style I’ve been hoping to build!👍
Thanks Marc! Really appreciate the great content and the free plans. Small shop here in Bend, OR so I think I’ll give this project a go. God Bless.
It’s awesome, reminds me of……MY plane till. 😁
Oh, what happened to that dude’s head? 😲😲
Amused by, “how do you end up with so many scraps of quality wood. Um……it just happens.
Fantastic. I like the proportions of everything but the big strength I think is that this isn’t massive. You can fit it in on the wall between everything else up there. Anyone deciding between a large tool cabinet and smaller tills is going to have a more difficult time deciding when they see this project.
Yeah… all my planes are made of wood and fell on the floor. The magnets didnt work! You didnt think of that did you Marc! No. Because you only think of yourself…. Jerk.
I’ve seen similar ones and been wanting to make one for a while. Thanks!
I like the vibe, being a tech nerd too and aspiring wood worker :p
I noticed that you have a love of retro video games as well as woodworking. Do you have any woodworking projects that you use for displaying a game collection?
I think you forgot to mention that commander riker is a necessity on this build, and it isn’t a plane stand without one! Great build!
looking forward to built this!
and i will install magnet at the back of the board isnt it possible ?
Those shoulder planes make me nervous. they are so much taller and top heavy compared to the more traditional plans. Seems like they could work their way out.
Given the decorations I see that you’ve made this as a "Number One" project… 🙂
much better all together, looks amazing 😊
That saw clamp is awesome!!
Hey, paisan anyone bothers you let me know ill send the leg breakers your way . Thanks for the video great content. I am needing one for my daddy’s hand planes he left me.. Peace,,
eat more pasta
I thought you had lie Nielsen low angle? 🤔 I just watched you used it on the bread storage thingy
Just in time! I’ve been mulling over a way to organize my planes. Thank you!
Great shop project and thanks for giving away the plans!! Glad to see you’re protecting your hearing against that rattle can 🤣
Maybe you will be kind enough to respond to a question. I see you have a Powermatic drill press, and I know they use to be a sponsor of yours. But I am thinking of buying the Delta 18-900L drill press. Do you have any suggestions or comments between the two?
It looked like your table saw fence was a combination of the powermatic fence and very super cool tools fence. Did you combine them some how or do you have two fences on your table saw?
Your timing is impeccable. A simple plane till is this weekend’s project. I was going to use plywood but you’ve inspired me to use that maple I’ve been working around
I would prefer drawers for a woodshop… besides that, great build! 👍