This is something I would want hanging in my shop. Esthetically beautiful and it addresses my concern of exposed blade teeth from holders that have the teeth facing forward. I must say, you are a talented free-hand drawer as well as a talented woodworker. The two go well together. Thank you for showing that by adding a little extra to a design, it adds functionality as well as beauty to the space you work in. When putting my shop together, I added flare, or my personality to each piece. It not only makes a cabinet or set of drawers last longer by using rabbits, dovetails, and thru dovetails to name a few, instead of butt joints. I hear woodworkers say all the time "well, it's just shop furniture, who cares what it looks like...". I disagree with that sentiment. Whether you are a hobbies or full-time woodworker, you are going to spend a fair amount of time in that space. Making it look nice will make you happier and more productive. But most importantly it allows you to practice joinery. You wouldn't want to practice on a nice piece of furniture your making for a client and have it fail or look horrible. No amount of sawdust/glue combo is going to hide your mistakes, especially if the joint fails. Plus, it is fun to learn new joinery methods. I have been woodworking since the age of 10, 50 years, and my grandfather taught me that. You don't have to use expensive woods, like walnut wood or Purple Heart to make your shop look beautiful. You can achieve the samething with plywood, pine, or repurposed woods. Plus, if you are making items to sell , what better showcase than your own shop! If a customer sees a nicely appointed workshop, it will reassure them that you will put as much effort into something for them. My family have been cabinet, furniture makers since 1647 when the first cabinet maker came to America to fulfill a dream to open his own store someday. I have the tools he brought over from Ireland in 1647. Everytime I walk into my small, humble shop, the first thing I see are those tools. And anytime I make something for a family member I use a logo that is just for family, is put on the item. This indicates that i used one or all of thos tools in the gift i have made for them. Now I am rambling. Excuse my indulgence. Thank you for being an inspiration to new and old woodworkers like myself. At 62, I love learning something new, or trying out a new design such as this humble saw rack.
I like your design and nice work for the saw cradle. Just a note regarding your cold shop, my shop is quite cold too, I have to special store glues, paints, etc. so they don't freeze in the winter. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing this. I didn't want to use the self locking rubber balls for my hand saw storage, and was glad to find your video. Nice work! I love your "old school" way of doing things. I use scrapers, chisels and hand saws also.
Thank you, glad you liked it! I should say though, I've not been happy with this design over time, and I'm trying to come up with something different. This one can't quite take the weight of the saws, it has developed a permanent sag. I'm sure you could reinforce it to work better but I'm thinking about other designs too.
@@GillisBjork The horizontal plank's rigidity is severely weakened by all the cutout slots for the saws. It can be reinforced by adding a brace between each slot.
@@jiroyamada1139 We think alike! That's precisely what I did for my clamp rack in my most recent video, works very well. Somewhat time consuming to build for clamps but one tends to have fewer saws so it might be even more suited there.
That is a wonderful demonstration that you don't need a bunch of expensive power tools to do good work in woodworking. Bravo! I am wondering though, in the cold shop that you have, if the glue did well in adhering to the wood? Many glues I am familiar with give a lower temperature limit of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Perhaps you could have brought it in the house to dry?
Thank you! I did have problems with the glue not bonding very strongly back then. I have heating now, I only turn it on while I'm in the shop, but it solved a lot of problems!
Well done - both on the project and the video. I just stumbled onto your channel this morning while looking for plane till ideas and this is the third of your videos I’ve watched. Simply put - you deserve more views,!
Hej Gillis, your work deserves the term handmade. You weren't completely exhausted after that extremly saw setting😬? Well done, nice craft. Greetings from Germany
Thank you! You would just have to make the slot a little wider at the front to accommodate the spine. Two short cuts parallell to the main slot and chisel out the waste.
Would be better with a thicker horizontal. The front lipping cannot add stiffness in the usual way because it has been cut through. It may sag and trap the blades. How does the glue dry if it's so cold?
I guess that's the Bahco with yellow handles? They are my dad's old chisels, probably bought in the 80s as well. I have a half-inch and one inch. Generally not a fan of plastic but I reach for these two all the time
@@GillisBjork thank you for that, my two are 5/8 and 1 1/4 " and also the go to pair for hand work on the bench. Even though i have set of irwinMarples in a case. Glad you said Bahco as the markings have tarnished out. Very good steel and edge.
like the way the cutting edges face the wall....good safety feature! Nice Job ....all the hand tool work keeps you warm!
I really love this design
Good on you mate, no fluff, no filler, just the business at hand.👍
Subscribed btw.
This is something I would want hanging in my shop. Esthetically beautiful and it addresses my concern of exposed blade teeth from holders that have the teeth facing forward.
I must say, you are a talented free-hand drawer as well as a talented woodworker. The two go well together. Thank you for showing that by adding a little extra to a design, it adds functionality as well as beauty to the space you work in. When putting my shop together, I added flare, or my personality to each piece. It not only makes a cabinet or set of drawers last longer by using rabbits, dovetails, and thru dovetails to name a few, instead of butt joints. I hear woodworkers say all the time "well, it's just shop furniture, who cares what it looks like...". I disagree with that sentiment. Whether you are a hobbies or full-time woodworker, you are going to spend a fair amount of time in that space. Making it look nice will make you happier and more productive. But most importantly it allows you to practice joinery. You wouldn't want to practice on a nice piece of furniture your making for a client and have it fail or look horrible. No amount of sawdust/glue combo is going to hide your mistakes, especially if the joint fails. Plus, it is fun to learn new joinery methods. I have been woodworking since the age of 10, 50 years, and my grandfather taught me that.
You don't have to use expensive woods, like walnut wood or Purple Heart to make your shop look beautiful. You can achieve the samething with plywood, pine, or repurposed woods. Plus, if you are making items to sell , what better showcase than your own shop!
If a customer sees a nicely appointed workshop, it will reassure them that you will put as much effort into something for them. My family have been cabinet, furniture makers since 1647 when the first cabinet maker came to America to fulfill a dream to open his own store someday. I have the tools he brought over from Ireland in 1647. Everytime I walk into my small, humble shop, the first thing I see are those tools. And anytime I make something for a family member I use a logo that is just for family, is put on the item. This indicates that i used one or all of thos tools in the gift i have made for them. Now I am rambling. Excuse my indulgence.
Thank you for being an inspiration to new and old woodworkers like myself. At 62, I love learning something new, or trying out a new design such as this humble saw rack.
Thank you for the compliments and for sharing your story!
Thanks for showing the design at the start. Everything else makes so much more sense when you can visualize what the end result will be.
Nice job. I enjoy watching you with hand tools. You have good knowledge of them. You Tube brought up your video for me to see.
A nice shelf for hand saws. The design for the tools is nice. Congratulations. good idea...
I like your design and nice work for the saw cradle. Just a note regarding your cold shop, my shop is quite cold too, I have to special store glues, paints, etc. so they don't freeze in the winter. Thanks for sharing!
Great idea - I'm definitely going to have to make one of those for the accumulation of saws I seemed to have amassed, without even really trying to.
Thanks for sharing that, well done
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this. I didn't want to use the self locking rubber balls for my hand saw storage, and was glad to find your video. Nice work! I love your "old school" way of doing things. I use scrapers, chisels and hand saws also.
Thank you, glad you liked it! I should say though, I've not been happy with this design over time, and I'm trying to come up with something different. This one can't quite take the weight of the saws, it has developed a permanent sag. I'm sure you could reinforce it to work better but I'm thinking about other designs too.
@@GillisBjork The horizontal plank's rigidity is severely weakened by all the cutout slots for the saws. It can be reinforced by adding a brace between each slot.
Exactly. I considered bracing it but I’d rather start over with a more solid design to begin with. Lessons learned!
@@GillisBjork Maybe two vertical planks, 3-4 inches tall, and the small gap between them is the slot for the saw?
@@jiroyamada1139 We think alike! That's precisely what I did for my clamp rack in my most recent video, works very well. Somewhat time consuming to build for clamps but one tends to have fewer saws so it might be even more suited there.
That is a wonderful demonstration that you don't need a bunch of expensive power tools to do good work in woodworking. Bravo!
I am wondering though, in the cold shop that you have, if the glue did well in adhering to the wood? Many glues I am familiar with give a lower temperature limit of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Perhaps you could have brought it in the house to dry?
Thank you! I did have problems with the glue not bonding very strongly back then. I have heating now, I only turn it on while I'm in the shop, but it solved a lot of problems!
Very nice work! You obviously have a lot of skill and perhaps even a “gift”. To watch you work is inspiring. Thank-you.
Well done - both on the project and the video. I just stumbled onto your channel this morning while looking for plane till ideas and this is the third of your videos I’ve watched. Simply put - you deserve more views,!
Thanks! Glad you enjoy!
Hej Gillis, your work deserves the term handmade. You weren't completely exhausted after that extremly saw setting😬? Well done, nice craft. Greetings from Germany
Nice work!
That's not a storage rack, that's an heirloom, man!
Thanks Brother.
Very smart!
I like your design better than any other I have seen, but how do you make slots for back saws thanks mike
Thank you! You would just have to make the slot a little wider at the front to accommodate the spine. Two short cuts parallell to the main slot and chisel out the waste.
So smart 👍
Would be better with a thicker horizontal. The front lipping cannot add stiffness in the usual way because it has been cut through.
It may sag and trap the blades.
How does the glue dry if it's so cold?
Where did you get your chisels from ? I bought two like yours in Oslo in 1980 and they have been going fine since.
I guess that's the Bahco with yellow handles? They are my dad's old chisels, probably bought in the 80s as well. I have a half-inch and one inch. Generally not a fan of plastic but I reach for these two all the time
@@GillisBjork thank you for that, my two are 5/8 and 1 1/4 " and also the go to pair for hand work on the bench. Even though i have set of irwinMarples in a case. Glad you said Bahco as the markings have tarnished out. Very good steel and edge.
If the cuts look tight, is not best to make them a little bigger
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I've never seen an orange handsaw like that before is it local to Sweden or made by Husqvarna? lol nice video thanks
I think it's a Bahco if I recall correctly, so Swedish made yes
ok thanks
Nope