Backsaw Till
2013.03.10
I never really designed a proper place to store my backsaws. So they have been sharing slots with the panel saws in the saw till. It works, but I have to pull a backsaw out every time I want one of the panel saws.
Recently, Popular Woodworking editor Megan Fitzpatrick posted about the backsaw and tool rack she built for the front of her tool chest. I liked the backsaw storage idea, so I decided to build a version without the holes for chisels and other small tools.
Rummaging through the scraps, I found a piece from the top sliding tray build where I had messed up the dovetails and abandoned it. By trimming the partial dovetails off I had a piece long enough to fit further down in the chest. From another small scrap, I cut out some standoff blocks. I laid out the arrangement on the bench.
2013.03.28
I tried to glue the standoff blocks to the long piece, but the glue was well past the expiration date and didn’t hold. So I used some doublestick tape instead.
I drilled and countersunk holes for some brass screws to attach the till to the front of the chest. I used a scrap and a wedge to hold each standoff tight to the wall of the chest while I tightened the screw.
I had to sacrifice the last slot of the lower till, as there’s now no way to get a saw in and out of there. It was a saw I wasn’t really using anyway, so not a big loss. Both the backsaws and the panel saws are now much easier to access.
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