How do you store your files/rasps?

[Kevin Stricker]

Just an idea, but the Japanese like to transport their pull saws in leather pouches that have a divider leaf to keep the blades separate.  If you were to sew the leafs up and keep the top open you could store some really large files.  Hida tools in Berkley has some for reasonable prices.  For the smaller rasps they have chisel rolls with pockets sewed into top and bottom, so you could alternate to get spacing.

FYI mine are taking up a whole drawer in a toolbox, but I have already bought the Kaizen for the day I have nothing more important to do. I only bring a Shinto rasp, multi file, and small triangular file on jobs and they live in the Veto.

 

[madmaguire]

Well Paul, What did you come up with??

 

[PaulMarcel]

D'oh! I meant to come back to this post to follow up.  Thanks for the  [poke]

I eventually make a long board using the Domino to make slots for the files based on the posting Ron (ronwen) made.  Mostly these are the files (Iwasaki plane files; a lot like floats).  My rasps are in plastic square tubes.

I blogged about it here after getting off my butt to do it

And in the drawer:

Surprisingly enough, they take the same amount of space as before, but easy to lift out to the work area and don't get banged up.

 

[ScotF]

Paul Marcel -- Great idea!  I like the corner-bead detail too...

Scot

 

[PaulMarcel]

Thanks, Scot... the corner bead is from a hand plane; it is easily my favorite profile; a friend of mine got an article accepted to PWW where he shows you how to inlay on the round of the bead.  Should be out by November.

You'll note the left side bead is truncated... this was a scrap.  Kinda regret not cutting off the truncated bead and putting on a new one.  Could do that someday.

 

[RONWEN]

D'oh! I meant to come back to this post to follow up.  Thanks for the  [poke]

I eventually make a long board using the Domino to make slots for the files based on the posting Ron (ronwen) made.  Mostly these are the files (Iwasaki plane files; a lot like floats).  My rasps are in plastic square tubes.

I blogged about it here after getting off my butt to do it

And in the drawer:

Surprisingly enough, they take the same amount of space as before, but easy to lift out to the work area and don't get banged up.

Do you remove & replace the handles each time you use your files & rasps? (please don't say you use them without handles...  [scared]).

 

[joraft]

I recently found this cabinet tucked away in the back of a warehouse in San Francisco. Handmade for an architect around the middle of the twentieth century. The workmanship is impressive.

Made for large documents, the drawers are 45" wide, 33" deep, and 2" high. I think it will be great for chisels, saws, files and rasps, and many other small tools. It's perfect for my BCT profile collection.

Of course with my meager tool collection I won't be able to fill all fifteen drawers, so any and all donations will be greatly appreciated.  [smile]

 

[RONWEN]

I recently found this cabinet tucked away in the back of a warehouse in San Francisco. Handmade for an architect around the middle of the twentieth century. The workmanship is impressive.

Made for large documents, the drawers are 45" wide, 33" deep, and 2" high. I think it will be great for chisels, saws, files and rasps, and many other small tools. It's perfect for my BCT profile collection.

Of course with my meager tool collection I won't be able to fill all fifteen drawers, so any and all donations will be greatly appreciated.  [smile]

Perhaps Fred can help???  [unsure]

(You'll want to be careful of loading tools toward the center of those drawers designed for drawings.)

 

[joraft]

Perhaps Fred can help???  [unsure]

(You'll want to be careful of loading tools toward the center of those drawers designed for drawings.)

Fred could fill all the drawers for me and not even miss the tools.  [big grin]

Ron, the drawer bottoms are 1/4" ply, pretty strong. And the shallowness of the drawers makes it hard to concentrate too much weight in one area.

Still, I did wonder about how it would handle tools instead of paper before buying it. I guess I'll find out.  [smile]

 

[PaulMarcel]

Well that's the classiest solution yet!  Very nice...

 

[tbellemare]

drawers designed for drawings

A drawer like that full of D-size drawings is pretty heavy. E's and F's are much worse.

Tom

 

[joraft]

A drawer like that full of D-size drawings is pretty heavy. E's and F's are much worse.

Good point, that would explain why the drawers are so well made.

 

[RONWEN]

As beautiful as they are there would be a limit of usefulness for a number of 2" deep drawers.
I would be inclined to build several of them into ~4" or greater drawers -- then use the original drawer fronts to keep the same outside look of the chests.  [cool]

 

[Kev]

Most plan/map drawers I've seen have been metal. The large span is enough to cause sag regardless of any weight being added if made of timber.

Pretty unit, but I'd be hesitant putting much in it at all.

Maybe add some bracing ??

 

[RONWEN]

Most plan/map drawers I've seen have been metal. The large span is enough to cause sag regardless of any weight being added if made of timber.

Pretty unit, but I'd be hesitant putting much in it at all.

Maybe add some bracing ??

CAD made a huge number of these cabinets available for sale. 

Most companies scan their drawing files into hyperspace excepting where they are legal documents stamped/registered by architects & PE's.

 

[joraft]

As beautiful as they are there would be a limit of usefulness for a number of 2" deep drawers.
I would be inclined to build several of them into ~4" or greater drawers -- then use the original drawer fronts to keep the same outside look of the chests.   [cool]

Ron, believe it or not I have given some thought to doing just that.

No doubt about it, I fell in love with it because of the looks and the craftsmanship, now I'll have to see the best way to put it to use. A good portion of my Woodpeckers stuff is going to fit, and all my handsaws.

From now on I just won't buy any tool thicker than 2".  [big grin]

This thread has made me think about making a series of lift-out trays for organizing the small tools and carrying them to the workbench.

 

[joraft]

Most plan/map drawers I've seen have been metal. The large span is enough to cause sag regardless of any weight being added if made of timber.

Pretty unit, but I'd be hesitant putting much in it at all.

Maybe add some bracing ??

Kev, the drawers are surprisingly rigid. Everything on the entire piece is made of solid oak. The drawer runners are oak against oak and slide as smooth as glass, almost smoother than rollers.

I don't know how this cabinet has been used, but it's over fifty years old and the drawers are as straight and flat as can be (so far). If that changes I'll have to think about bracing.

 

[mouppe]

Most plan/map drawers I've seen have been metal. The large span is enough to cause sag regardless of any weight being added if made of timber.

Pretty unit, but I'd be hesitant putting much in it at all.

Maybe add some bracing ??

CAD made a huge number of these cabinets available for sale. 

Most companies scan their drawing files into hyperspace excepting where they are legal documents stamped/registered by architects & PE's.

My dad recently gave me his old drafting tool set. Lovely set of compasses etc. He didn't have a box for them so I looked for one on ebay. To my surprise I found hundreds of drafting sets for sale, many in excellent condition for next to nothing. CAD has made all these sets largely obsolete it seems, but I still prefer to sketch my designs by hand.

 

[joraft]

My dad recently gave me his old drafting tool set. Lovely set of compasses etc. He didn't have a box for them so I looked for one on ebay. To my surprise I found hundreds of drafting sets for sale, many in excellent condition for next to nothing. CAD has made all these sets largely obsolete it seems, but I still prefer to sketch my designs by hand.

Drafting tables too!

I recently picked up a nice table for my office, dirt cheap. For me, it's much better for drawing than sitting at a desk.

 

[RONWEN]

My dad recently gave me his old drafting tool set. Lovely set of compasses etc. He didn't have a box for them so I looked for one on ebay. To my surprise I found hundreds of drafting sets for sale, many in excellent condition for next to nothing. CAD has made all these sets largely obsolete it seems, but I still prefer to sketch my designs by hand.

Drafting tables too!

I recently picked up a nice table for my office, dirt cheap. For me, it's much better for drawing than sitting at a desk.

When our company got rid of hundreds I got one -- perfect for building R/C airplanes.

Richard, Along with drafting instruments I'll be happy to sell a few of my "like new" slide rules for just what I paid for them (60's & 70's pricing).  [big grin]