In the Tools & Shops issue that recently came, Norman Pirollo described four bench jigs for handplanes that I built from his plans. They work like a charm, but now I have four more jigs to store in a small crowded shop. I solved the problem by drilling holes in the planing board to accept the bench dog dowels in the planing stop and the large bird’s-mouth stop. when not in use, the two stops can be stored on the planing board. A hole in the end of the planing board lets the whole package hang from a dowel in a holder in my french cleat hanging system.
I drilled the extra holes after the jigs were made when the inspiration hit, but it would be easier to position the jigs on the planing board and drill the bench dog dowel holes in both at once for perfect alignment then glue and wedge the dowels in as described in the article.
Also, Instead of making hardwood wedges for the bird’s-mouth stops, I simply split the plywood wedge into two wedges which work well and saved some time.
If one wanted to skew the plane on the end away from the stop on the planing board, a longer side support option could be made or a second short one added in line with the first one.
Bill
Edited 12/13/2008 9:11 am ET by billl6
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Bill,
Thanks. I know what you mean about small shops and jigs. It gets crazy trying to store 'em with out damaging them. Hanging looks like a good way to go.
You got me eyeing my table saw cross cut and precision miter jigs. They may be nested and hung up soon as you recommend. Now I am thinking about putting them in the crawl space . . . hmmm, some what unheated, bare earth floor, humidity dif. ? hmmmm
roc
Roc,
I hang most of my jigs the way I did these, and many are nested or stacked as you are contemplating. I hang my crosscut sled also. BillBill
Dear Bill,
My name is Gerald and I am a web editor at Fine Woodworking. I really love your storage solution. Have you considered posting these images to The New Gallery. It is a new visually oriented part of our site. I feel like a lot of users will benefit from seeing your solution there, as most of our members are always looking for a smart tip.
Here is a link to the area: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/gallery
There are directions on the right side of the page on how to open a free profile.
If you need any assistance, I am free to help.
Sincerely,
Gerald
Edited 12/14/2008 2:31 pm ET by GLASTARZA
Gerald,
Thanks for your comments. I am perfectly willing to post pictures in the Gallery, but I cannot seem to upload one picture let alone three from my Mac using Safari browser. The site seems to accept the photo name, but when I ask to preview it asks me to post a picture. If I try to upload several pictures, it only accepts the last one and then won't post it. I even reduced the size of one picture but the same thing happened. Will I have better luck with Foxfire browser perhaps?BillBill
Bill,
Thanks for your trying.
Posting can be tricky. I will make a step-by-step post list for you tomorrow with our tech dept.
Sincerely,
Gerald
Thanks Gerald. I'm not sure why posting should be so "tricky", but I will be interested in the information the tech team provides.
Cheers,Bill
Bill,
Hope your day was good.
Sorry uploading has been difficult, but I think I may have the solution:
When you go to post your images, adding photos is the second step.
The tricky part is this:
each image needs to be uploaded one by one. So direct the browse button to the image you want to show. Add a caption and a photo credit if you want. And then make sure you hit the orange button that says add photo. Most people skip this step and go down to preview and then you get the add images request. Make sure you hit the orange button for every image.
Here is a direct link to the gallery: http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/share/gallery/
Hope this helps and please feel free to get in touch with me if you need any further help. Look forward to seeing more of your work inThe Gallery.
Sincerely,
Gerald
Gerald,
There is another little subtle but critical part of the process also, at least on a PC, not sure about a MAC.
After Browsing for the pic you want to attach, and selecting it by clicking on it, at least on a PC you have to click on Open in the PCs Browse dialogue box, then you click on Upload in the Mzinga dialogue box.
Now, here's the subtle part that I think a lot of folks aren't aware of. You need to wait for the pic/file to be actually uploaded. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection this can take a few seconds, also depends on the size of the file you are attaching too. My point is that you need to wait for a message like the following to appear before clicking on the Done button or attaching another file. I have bolded/underlined them for clarity.
Upload a file for attachment to the message
Document Red_Oak_Parts_1.jpg UploadedSize: 34KB
If you press Browse, be sure to select Files of Type: All Files from the resulting dialog box or you won't see any graphic files.
1. Enter Filename to upload:
2. Now press
3. If you are done attaching file(s), press
Current List of Attached Documents
Software © 2008 Mzinga Inc. <!---->All rights reserved.<!---->
All Material Copyright The Taunton Press Inc.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Mzinga does some strange thangs it seems or mebbe it's Mr. Gates that's messing about.
In the above copy/paste I posted it should say:
2. Now press UPLOAD
3. If you are done attaching file(s), press DONE
There are an Upload and a Done button at the end of steps 2 & 3. Somehow they aren't carried forward into my post.
Hope this helps and sorry for any confusion,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
KiddervilleAcres,
Thanks for the input. That was helpful.
We soon may make videos that show members how to upload to The Gallery and get the most out of the site. Do you think something like this would be helpful?
Sincerely,
Gerald
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