So as I'm slowly moving into the new shop I keep looking for storage solutions for all the "stuff" we woodworkers acquire over the years and now I'm up to the bench planes. I find that I always have several planes hanging out on the bench and I'm constantly moving them out of the way. I had first considered a mobile cart with planes on one side, saws on the other and some drawers under that. but now I'm considering a large drawer under the bench for my most used planes. The bench is 38" x 109" and the space available for this drawer is around 50" wide. I might need to make 2 drawers depending on the weight.

I like the open look of a bench without cabinets underneath so I hadn't planned for one so a drawer 6"-7" would still keep that open feeling.

Anyone done this and is it a workable solution?

How do you deal with them?

Brian

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