You can find the free, step-by-step plans to build several Saw Blade Storage solutions at WoodsmithPlans.com.
Finding a place to store all of the saw blades for my circular saw, miter saw, and table saw has always been a problem. I needed to find a way to store them in an organized fashion and protect the carbide teeth from chipping.
The blade storage cabinet you see below is what I came up with. The pull-out trays let me store a number of blades in a small space. And the blades nestle in custom cutouts in the trays to protect the the teeth from chipping.
To make the box, I used 1/2" Baltic birch plywood. The height of the box is determined by the number of blades you want to store. (My 7 1/2"-high box holds six blades. For the sides of the box, I cut a series of 1/2"-wide dadoes spaced 1/2" apart. These create the slots to hold the sliding trays. Then I cut rabbets on the ends of the side pieces to accept the top and bottom panels of the box. The last step is to cut a 1/4" rabbet on the back edges of all four pieces to accept the back panel. I assembled the box with glue and screws before making the trays.
Each tray is made from two layers of 1/4" hardboard as you can see in the drawing below. The top layer is cut out to house the blade. I used a circle-cutting jig on my hand-held router to do this. I sized the circle about 1/4" larger in diameter than the blade to make it easy to remove from the tray. After gluing the two layers together, drill a 1"-dia. hole in the bottom layer. This lets you easily push the blade up to remove it from the tray. Two 3/4"-dia. finger holes in the front of each tray make it easy to slide the tray out.
You can find the free, step-by-step plans to build several Saw Blade Storage solutions at WoodsmithPlans.com.
