Homemade organizer for drills and threading tools. Sheet metal 2mm.
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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!!
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.
Very nice work, how did you get the brass finish it looks great.
Marv,Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
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.....
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!
I'm not certain about the one pictured in the URL; I only used that to demonstrate what I was talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi
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.
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by volodar
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.
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!)Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
-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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Rotating racks, especially those with several tiers, one above the other, are great - especially if they can be placed in a corner. Efficiently using the space in a corner is not an easy thing to do and rotating racks work best. That's why you often see them in kitchen corner cabinets. All my corners have lazy susans, some purchased and some homemade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi
However, in this case I'm not sure it's best. Since in this case you're storing material that will be only very occasionally accessed, the relatively low storage density of a rotating rack may not be warranted. A box or drawer with the vials closely packed but having the labeled tops visible may be a better use of space.
My box of tightly packed vials is covered with several other boxes that must be moved to access the vials yet I need to access it so seldom that moving stuff to get to it is not annoying.
Of course, my shop is tiny and really crowded; you may have enough space that this is not a concern.
[QUOTE=mklotz;93832]Rotating racks,
A box or drawer with the vials closely packed but having the labeled tops visible may be a better use of space.
I like your idea of storing the vials vertically in a box or drawer but beware of only labeling the lids. Make sure that you label the sides of the vial as well because there is a good chance of mixing up the lids. Found out the hard way with spice jars labeled only on the lid. What a disaster that was. Now I would never just pull a tap or drill from a vial and not check it, but it would still be annoying checking all of the other vials if you found one with the wrong crossed over lid.
p.s. Just found your earlier post on colour coding the labeling and I like that idea too.
[QUOTE=Moby Duck;93871]Thanks for the warning but I can't remember ever having two of the vials open at the same time. In addition, my OCD is strong when it comes to keeping things in their proper containers.Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
There's a more common mistake to watch for when threading. Taking the tap and clearance drill (both of similar sizes) to the mill at the same time can easily lead to drilling the hole to be threaded with the latter. I've only actually done it once but have come close on several occasions.
[QUOTE=mklotz;93879]Especially true with the size taps you are most likely to use in model makingQuote:
Originally Posted by Moby Duck
