Sweet!!!

 

That's downright pretty. Nice job.

 

Very nice

 

That's really nice. Mine are hanging on pegboard hooks.Purely functional

 

How do y'all find enough space for racks like this? All my shop walls are jam packed.

 

Tom, as you can see in the background my walls are packed also. I am going to put this saw till on the wall in my game room in the basement located right next to my shop. I wanted it to look nice on the wall next to my cabinet of hand made molding planes (which are already there). Since I ran out of shop room...it is my only option.

 

Reminds me of a gun rack but a whole lot better looking.

 

nice color on the back of the piece - great job.

 

Great idea and great looking rack.

 

Now that's real nice!

 

Nice saw throne, Gary.

I was wondering what you used for the drawer bottom, I've been using hardboard for mine, because I'm thrifty (cheap).

 

Tom,
I used 5mm plywood (7/32") for the bottom of the drawer. I had an old piece in the bin that was very blonde, and branded my name on it. The cost at Lowes is about $15.00 a sheet.

 

Stick - I think one of your saws needs a little elbow grease :moil:

 

which one...
the one older than either of us or the one older than both us...

 

I have one that looks like the one on the left but only a little less than half my age. That's what they look like when you use them on green wood and then put them away for another 10-15 years. The only time I use it is when my Japanese saws are too short and my chainsaws will leave too rough a finish. I wish I had had the room to bring back that frame saw I posted. It's probably similar vintage to your's Stick and I do love old tools that are still functional.

 

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a dovetail saw from a retiring cabinet maker down the road from me. I couldn't stay in his shop too long as I was drooling over his collection of planes, saws and chisels. Saw was made by Thomas Turner and Company, Sheffield. 10 inch tapered with a pistol grip. I haven't had a chance to try to put an age to the saw but the company was founded in 1802 and stopped producing products in 1952. I'm guessing the saw is anywhere from 75 to 100+ years old.
It cuts well, but I just cobbled together a saw vise based on one by Thomas Lie-Nielsen, so that I could give it a sharpening - yup I still like hand tools

 

Having seen a number of tills over the years, its always a pleasure to see one well done!!

Excellent job Gary.....

 

If any are interested, I used sketch up for designing it and could post my plan...And for those of you who don't use sketch up...they have a sketch up viewer that can be downloaded from them.

 

Here is my Sketchup File



The only thing not included is my "M" trim on the top, which was an afterthought.