A bit of organization

[Sshire]

Shop organization

I've been spending too much time looking for the correct tap and the table at my mill has begun to overflow. Time for a bit of organization.

I found dividers that are used by pen makers to display their wares.
They come in 4 or 5 colors. I went with basic black.

Apologies for the shaky pix. Couldn't be the fine Scottish produce.



The first to be done was the taps.



Then a run to Ikea for a kitchen base cabinet and free coffee.



Then, drawer by drawer. Cutters first.



Next drawer, DTIs, Blake, etc.



3d drawer, vises, collet blocks and a few others.



For now, I have abrasive papers in the bottom drawer. That may change.

I'm sure that there are many vendors for the dividers. I got mine from www.pendorapens.com. No connection to them. It was the first Google hit that came up.

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Very nice. I am soon going to have to do something like that for my milling cutters. When I had 3 or 4 it wasn't too bad, I had a shelf for them. Now they have multiplied and overran the shelf, and even though I keep them in their individual plastic containers to avoid dulling them, I spend as much time looking for the right cutter as I do using it.---Brian

 

[Swifty]

Will have to sort out my milling cutters as well, they all rattle against each other in a drawer, I'm forever sorting through them to find the size that I want.

Paul.