I’ve been working on some new drawer organizers now exclusively in Fusion 360. Im starting to tackle some of the more frustrating things to grab. An example is the collets for the rib-nut gun. I was keeping them in a cup like thing which caused all the parts to more or less stay mixed up. That then encouraged me to keep the most common ones in the drawer outside the cup which allowed parts to get scattered in the drawer. No more.
Next is the hole saw drawer. Most of my hole saws are Morse with the integrated shank. They’re awesome for fabrication but totally **** to store. I’ve resorted to storing them face down which does work well but also scratches the snot out of the drawer itself which drives me nuts. These organizers allow me to store them face up. I’m still working on the Tetris of them and will like change the size of a few to better interlock but I’m close. After going thru the collection I realized I’m about 5 short of a full set 5/8” - 4 3/8” so I went ahead and ordered the remaining few. You might be wondering what the heck I need with so many hole saws…well before CNC router I fabricated templates for repeat operations and used a hand router.
Next up are the tap drawers. I have a **** ton of taps but it turns out I have way less of specific ones that I thought (like taper taps). Instead of having to refer to a drill tap chart I decided to add those details to the trays themselves.
Add that detail, and keeping the drills and taps right next to each other (instead of above/below like in the old shop), it should be way faster to get the setup I need for any given thread.
This drawer will give you an idea of what I’m shooting for but will need to be tweaked more than a little before it’s done because some of the organizers I printed I don’t need. E.g. I’ll always have spiral point and spiral flute taps in every size because I use them primarily in the knee mill and tapping arm. Tapers I like for starting threads when power tapping on the lathe (tho only really good in larger sized taps). That said, I never buy taper taps so I have way less than I used to which eliminates the need for having a dedicated place for them.
Last for how, Celco organizer. Cleco’s are a rarely used tools for me because I rarely do sheet metal work. I’ve been content keeping them in a little cardboard tray in the corner of a drawer but always disliked the digitization of doing so. This will be way better and make reaching for them enjoyable.