xtremek
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Ok guys and gals, how do you store your taper drills and adapters? Can I see some pics?
Taper Drill Storage
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This is the storage rack for the smaller #1 and #2 MT taper bits.
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Here is some tooling that is stored in blocks of wood. I have some larger MT drill bits stored in the same way. Also have some #3 and #4 bits in drawers.
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This is the storage rack for the smaller #1 and #2 MT taper bits.
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Here is some tooling that is stored in blocks of wood. I have some larger MT drill bits stored in the same way. Also have some #3 and #4 bits in drawers.
lg
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: Seriously thanks for your help. Anybody else?store bought work for you?
https://www.colletizer.com/store/c22/Morse_Taper_Drill_Racks.html
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https://www.colletizer.com/store/c22/Morse_Taper_Drill_Racks.html
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OccupantRJ
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Ok, since you begged....
The drawer holder is made of some wood that my Dad brought home years ago that had some scollops cut into them. They were repurposed for the holder.
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Oregon rock crusher
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I have quite a few MT drills and a few ways of storing them. I have a big carousel steel rack I love that holds most of the bigger bits up to MT 5 and 6. It is shop built but would be difficult to make. I do keep most of the sets in home made holders though. What works well for me is to punch a shallow cut of the major diameter in the silver insulation covering in 2" thick polyiso insulation board. Then I drill the minor diameter size centered in the hole I punched in the foam cover. Then I just slowly push the taper end in the hole twisting it back and forth until the hole swells and fully supports the taper. On one of them I made I put a sheet of thin aluminum over the polyiso and drilled through it. Here's a few pics so I hope it makes sense when you see them. Ed.
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I knew you guys would come through for me. Mine are all different tapers and sizes, so..... Anyway, if you smell wood burning, it's just my poor little brain trying to figure out which one of these, or combination of these I'll use. Thanks again, you've been a HUGE help. 
OccupantRJ
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At work for 30 years I had a large wood block drilled with each bit to drop into the proper hole with the cutting edge down. This organized the drills by size and also protected the cutting edge and gave a place to store a few taper adapters on the drive end sticking up. Another hole stored the removal wedge.
What works well for me is to punch a shallow cut of the major diameter in the silver insulation covering in 2" thick polyiso insulation board. Then I drill the minor diameter size centered in the hole I punched in the foam cover. Then I just slowly push the taper end in the hole twisting it back and forth until the hole swells and fully supports the taper. On one of them I made I put a sheet of thin aluminum over the polyiso and drilled through it. Ed.[/QUOTE said:
dr_clyde
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A friend has a large machine shop. He keeps all tooling in Lista/Vidmar cabinets. It is the "correct" way to keep cutters. Most guys don't have enough to justify an entire cabinet, so we end up with a hodgepodge.
I don't have a ton of taper shank tooling, I just keep what I have in my toolbox where I have my machinist tools.
How you store them comes down to quantity, ease of access, and size. A drawer full of 1/2" drills will store different than a bunch of drills over 2". Use them often? Need to be easy to get to and identify. Less so? You can squirrel them away into deeper storage.
I don't have a ton of taper shank tooling, I just keep what I have in my toolbox where I have my machinist tools.
How you store them comes down to quantity, ease of access, and size. A drawer full of 1/2" drills will store different than a bunch of drills over 2". Use them often? Need to be easy to get to and identify. Less so? You can squirrel them away into deeper storage.
dr_clyde
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Personally, I keep as much as I can in a case or drawer. Dust and grit gets all over tools left out in the air.
This is my primary argument against tool boards, pegboard, and general open air storage.
The exceptions in my shop are grinders and clamps. I use them so often and they take up an inordinate amount of drawer space any other way that they have a rack of their own.
This is my primary argument against tool boards, pegboard, and general open air storage.
The exceptions in my shop are grinders and clamps. I use them so often and they take up an inordinate amount of drawer space any other way that they have a rack of their own.
toolmiser
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I've just drilled holes in a block of wood inserting the taper first. Looking at the responses makes me think I could maybe use a large drill index. Or make one by drilling oversize holes corresponding to the individual drill sizes.