The sawtill was a group project of the OLDTOOLS group and I don't
remember any historical references, but do recall that there were
several already built rough versions of the till. After much discussion
about how to best store saws the group settled on vertical and from
there the design was refined and finalized. I still have and use the
till featured in Popular Woodworking and it holds 20-30 saws. It sits
next to my Foley equipment(filer, toother and jointer) which allows me
to take beater saws and bring them back to life. The jointery of the
till could be better, and did have to be re-glued. The shelve at the
bottom is very handy and the file storage at the top is unused since I
have it french cleated to the wall above my main bench.

To better understand my obsession with saws, see the Disston panther saw
and flying eagle saw handles that I have carved. http://galootcentral.c-
om/index.php?option=com_copperminevis&Itemid=2&place=gallery&cat=10358

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