sotc
Dormant hero!!
How do you guys store your saws in the shop? Too many laying around my shop cluttering the place up, just looking for a way to keep them more efficiently but still readily available.
Saw storage
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brendonv
Tree Hugger
My old barn i installed a cedar log post. Bore cut through and leave the bar in the cut. Looks cool and keeps them off the ground. Holds a ton of saws too. Will prob do the same on my next building. Right now they live in fort knox, aka bucket truck boxes the previous owner did a fabulous job on.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
What Brendon said.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
I made a book case/shelf affair to put in an exhibition. Nobody was interested in buying it, so now it holds most of my saws. Kind of has a lot of oil on it.
Page
TreeHouser
my saws are kept in the tool box mostly, but sometimes on the floor of the shop. I intend to put them in to a log as stated above. I guy I used to work for did that and it worked pretty well. at the shop of a guy I do a lot of work for now, he's got some big shelves we put his saws on. one shelf for broken saws, one for saws that need sharpening or small ajustments, and one for good saws.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Concrete floors, I've heard, can eat at the casings of a chainsaw. That might be good for some home owners to know, but a treeman don't let his saws set for very long.
Now, one time I stowed our saws in the bin of the work truck. They sat for the weekend and when I came back on Monday the cases were half eaten through by electrolysis. It happened because of fish slime and salt water between the aluminum and steel box. And that came from a day of surf fishing on the way home from a job, and I stowed the bucket of fish in the truck. When we arrived at the shop I took the bucket of surf fish out, but the key ingredients where still there in the box. Long story short, don't stow your saw in a mixture of saltwater, fish slime and steel. at the rate it was going the electrolysis could have eaten all the way through the cases in less than a week.
What an odd learning experience that was.
Now, one time I stowed our saws in the bin of the work truck. They sat for the weekend and when I came back on Monday the cases were half eaten through by electrolysis. It happened because of fish slime and salt water between the aluminum and steel box. And that came from a day of surf fishing on the way home from a job, and I stowed the bucket of fish in the truck. When we arrived at the shop I took the bucket of surf fish out, but the key ingredients where still there in the box. Long story short, don't stow your saw in a mixture of saltwater, fish slime and steel. at the rate it was going the electrolysis could have eaten all the way through the cases in less than a week.
What an odd learning experience that was.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Some micesters consumed much of the handle on a small Husky saw that never got used and sat on the floor in a dark corner. Seems odd that they would like eating that plastic or whatever it is. I believe that they were ingesting it, no debris on the floor.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Ultimate mouse trap
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
Pegs on the wall. Hang em from the pistol grip.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
I have them on shelves in the shed .
The concrete thing has to with the fact that one component of portland cement is alumina which comes from blue clay .It has a tendency to absorb aluminum components .One reason for example why you cannot use aluminum conduit in a concrete pour such as a floor or wall .
If you take notice as a another example of how an older aluminum screen door deteriates if in contact with concrete that's exactly what it does to a saw. Aluminum is known as a sacrificing metal.
The concrete thing has to with the fact that one component of portland cement is alumina which comes from blue clay .It has a tendency to absorb aluminum components .One reason for example why you cannot use aluminum conduit in a concrete pour such as a floor or wall .
If you take notice as a another example of how an older aluminum screen door deteriates if in contact with concrete that's exactly what it does to a saw. Aluminum is known as a sacrificing metal.
Page
TreeHouser
How long does it take to do noticeable damage to something? years?
flushcut
TreeHouser
A shelf and power boxes for me. I'll take a pic tomorrow.
Grendel
TreeHouser
I cut a sheet of plywood and made up 6 simple scabbards and mounted that to the barn wall. Also made up a partitioned box for the back of the truck to hold the three main go-to saws.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Seems to me that two stout posts (maybe 1-2 inches diameter, 6 inches long) could be mounted perpendicular to a wall, offset them a few inches (one maybe 3 inches lower than the other)...how far apart is determined by bar length. Then put bar tip under one and over the other. I have not tried it but....
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NickfromWI
King of Splices
I think the saw would flip sideway. Maybe if there was also an inverted L bracket that overhung the bar to keep it from tipping sideway.
NO! Better idea! Make the pegs 3" in diameter, and have a 1" groove in each peg (or the top on at least) and that would keep the saw steady...
NO! Better idea! Make the pegs 3" in diameter, and have a 1" groove in each peg (or the top on at least) and that would keep the saw steady...
Mick!
TreeHouser
The "Excalibur" idea is cool but my saws all have bar covers. Off the floor on an old door screwed to some old chairs.
flushcut
TreeHouser
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Finally some good pictures. I like the square cases...have not seen those before. The "tailored to fit" ones from Stihl are hard to stack/pack.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Where in the world did you get those square containers? I've never seen those before.
Reddog
TreeHouser
GrappleYarder
TreeHouser
Saw this setup on Kijiji the other day. Could have it a little lower or angle the saws so they are easier put in and out. Still takes up wall space.
