Curious about plane storage angle....

[bandit571]

I seem to remember setting mine at about..22-1/2 degrees?
 

   

[Hank Knight]

My bench planes are stored vertically.

Image 9-11-18 at 5.11 PM by Hank Knight, on Flickr

I built a rack for them that captures the toe and the heel of the plane with cleats - no magnets. To remove a plane, all I have to do is lift it an inch or so until the heel clears the cleat and it's free. It's a very secure arrangement.

Image 9-11-18 at 5.13 PM by Hank Knight, on Flickr

The bed of the rack is lined with cork so I can store the planes without having to withdraw the irons.

[knockknock]

... I expect part of what drives that angle is how much clearance is needed between the plane and the inside of the door as well as how much space might be needed above the planes for other tools.

I followed that rule also, and have no idea what the angle is. As long as the center of gravity of each 'hand plane' (tool), is behind the 'vertical plane' (geometric plane) of the stop, gravity keeps them in.

   

[Big Dave]

I expect part of what drives that angle is how much clearance is needed between the plane and the inside of the door as well as how much space might be needed above the planes for other tools.

This, too... ^^^^^^

As it just so happens, that worked out to about 17 degrees for mine, too...


Dave

[Mike Brady]

What? No hanging from rawhide loops?  How about electo-magnets?

[Admiral]

What? No hanging from rawhide loops? 

That is another option.  A loop to secure the knobs works well

[Steve Hamlin]

That is another option.  A loop to secure the knobs works well

A princely solution. Prince Albert, that is.

[BrokenOlMarine]

The first year I was on the forum, I asked the advice of the peanut gallery on making my small shop more efficient.  The one thing they all agreed on was to get rid of all the shelves along the sides of the walls, and make ONE cabinet at the end.  Then toss the containers that the tools (routers, saws, drills, etc) came in and store each tool in the one cabinet.  When I did that, I made a custom drawer for planes.  There was a top sliding tray for smaller planes and a deep bottom section for larger planes.  Has worked very well.

The top section, (The padding slipped, but I have since straightened it back out.):

   

With that tray slid back, you can see the planes in the lower section:

   

In the drawer below this one, I store the molding planes and spokeshaves.

   

* The drawers were all built using the Ibox Jig and years later are all still as solid as a rock.

[EdL]

Mines at 30 degrees. it's what worked out with the depth of the cabinet.

Ed