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    Organizer for drills and threading tools

    Homemade organizer for drills and threading tools. Sheet metal 2mm.
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    -Now to just make these organizers all fit within a cabinet..... be cool in a small shop!!

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    For $18 ...

    Tap and Drill Stands - Penn Tool Co., Inc

    it's almost not worth the time to build unless you have a lot of specialty taps.

    Having the tap and clearance drill right there next to the tap has saved me immense amounts of time over the years.
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    Very nice work, how did you get the brass finish it looks great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
    For $18 ...

    Tap and Drill Stands - Penn Tool Co., Inc

    it's almost not worth the time to build unless you have a lot of specialty taps.

    Having the tap and clearance drill right there next to the tap has saved me immense amounts of time over the years.
    Marv,
    I don't see that in the pic they show for the stand. is the tap right next to the "thread" drill? and then beside the thread drill, a clearance drill too? It looks in the picture as though the taps are on the outside, and the drills on the inside...... I do have a TON of taps and drills for them I use a lot that be GREAT to have a rack for the ones I use the most.....

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    Good idea for keeping often-used drill bits, taps, dies/holders together. I'll make mine out of wood, however. It's much faster...time is not on my side!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hemi View Post
    Marv,
    I don't see that in the pic they show for the stand. is the tap right next to the "thread" drill? and then beside the thread drill, a clearance drill too? It looks in the picture as though the taps are on the outside, and the drills on the inside...... I do have a TON of taps and drills for them I use a lot that be GREAT to have a rack for the ones I use the most.....
    I'm not certain about the one pictured in the URL; I only used that to demonstrate what I was talking about.

    Mine, and all the others I've seen first hand, are arranged as follows, reading left to right...

    NC tap
    NC tap drill
    NC/NF clearance drill
    NF tap drill
    NF tap

    Mine accommodates taps in the range between #2 and 1/2". Taps smaller than #2 are so delicate that I made a small dedicated holder for them and their tap/clearance drills.

    The tools in this holder are my working tools. I have a lot more taps (extras, unusual threads and metric) and dies. These are kept in individual pill vials (old guys take a lot of meds) in a large box. On the cap of each vial is written the major diameter and pitch as well as the tap drill size. For the writing I use a color code...

    black - right hand inferial sizes
    green - left hand inferial sizes
    red - metric

    for easy selection.
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    I've drilled many wooden blocks for storage of bits such as these $18 ones. Great time savers for common sizes...no need to open a drill index box, then flip-up the holders, etc. Just make certain you replace in the wooden block hole after use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by volodar View Post
    I've drilled many wooden blocks for storage of bits such as these $18 ones. Great time savers for common sizes...no need to open a drill index box, then flip-up the holders, etc. Just make certain you replace in the wooden block hole after use.
    The standard 115 drill index can be made more usable by some judicious marking as discussed here...

    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/h...old-eyes-27754

    I've made lots of drilled wooden block stands for tools. I've noticed two problems...

    To keep the size of the block down (my shop is small and crowded), holes should be spaced proportionately, not drilled along an equidistant grid. Working out the proportionate spacing can be tedious and time consuming.

    Wood moves and a hole drilled with the drill meant to go in that hole can easily close up slightly and prevent the drill dropping in easily. I found this especially true with brad point spiral wood drills, the type with the prescorers at the edges of the tip. Of course, one can always drill larger holes but that is just another complication.

    Nevertheless, the drilled block is cheap and easy and, done right, can be a satisfying project.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
    I'm not certain about the one pictured in the URL; I only used that to demonstrate what I was talking about.

    Mine, and all the others I've seen first hand, are arranged as follows, reading left to right...

    NC tap
    NC tap drill
    NC/NF clearance drill
    NF tap drill
    NF tap
    This is exactly what I was referring too! -I had to ask as the way you typed it out makes the most sense in how the holder would work on your bench or in a cabinet built for suck type holders.... (which one day will be my plan!)

    -I'm not an old guy, really, BUT I'm on a TON of meds myself, and those pill vials in the standard sizes I get are saved for such tasks! I put all my "supply" in them, and only keep one of each item (drills and taps) out on the bench! Till it either A. wears out, or B. I break it..... LOL I plan to make a rotary rack to have each lid fastened to a board, on a octagon center, to spin with the same size bottles on every board around the octagon!

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