MAGNETS! do you?

[Craig Salisbury]

I recently knocked up a small house for my planes, just used screws so i can move the dividers for upcoming additions. Do you chaps use magnets? I found they are excellent for holding those pesky Veritas planes where the handle sticks out. Also great for smaller planes to keep them grounded. these ones are 15mm x 5mm with 2.8kg pull force

 

[spb]

My plane storage just uses divider strips with a 45 degree bevel on the bottom edge - the toe of the plane hooks under the bevel and then the heel sits on the divider below. As the weight of the plane wants to pivot it away from the wall, the bevel holds it in; to remove it you just need to pull the handle outwards instead of down.

 

[Malc2098]

I've got them all over the workshop; holding spanners for the cnc, hex and allen keys for the BS, behind every chisel in the rack………

The best one is on the end of the cnc probe to attach to the spindle cutter. Most are supplied with crocodile clips which don't like round things. Magnets don't mind.

 

[AndyT]

To store more planes, I just made the (horizontal) shelves deeper.
Most of my planes are wooden, so it seemed like the simplest solution!

 

[Dr.Al]

Mine are mounted a bit like yours:

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However, the wooden base is tilted such that the planes lean slightly into the wall at the top. If you pull the front/top of a plane slightly towards you, gravity will pull it back against the wall.

I've also got 20 mm diameter magnets set into the wooden pieces for a bit of extra security, but as you can probably see from the wooden plane on the left, the magnets aren't strictly necessary.

 

[Craig Salisbury]

I really need to add a lot more and hae no idea why i haven't used them extensively already for holding things up.

The initial reason was a veritas plane which wont just sit behind a lip without jigery pokery as seen, but this is a much easier operation.

 

[spb]

No no, the lip goes at the top (forgive the terrible low light photo):



You might need a spacer behind the bevelled piece for the thicker toe of the Veritas low angle planes, but the handle protruding from the back isn't a problem - a Stanley #4 does that as well, and I have two of those stored in this method.

 

[spb]

To get back to the original question, though - most of my chisels and rules are held on a magnetic knife bar, just out of shot to the top left. I don't like embedding magnets in things because I want to be able to rearrange tools easily, but the magnetic bar is really convenient for those.

 

[Windows]

I’ve got a bunch of 32mm x 5mm disc magnets scattered about the shed holding various tools to the walls. They claim 90 lb pull force. Certainly strong enough to hold hammers and pry bars and such without extra support. They have a hole in the middle to screw through. Just have to be careful not to tighten the screw too much and crack the magnet.