I organize my taper shank and larger drills like this:
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OK, so that's just how the lot of drills my dad bought at a flea market for $5 got tossed into an empty drawer of a Kennedy 527B roll-around that I picked up for $100.
I've got two of the Huot 115 drill indexes, one nearly complete of jobber length HSS drills, the other complete set of screw machine length HSS drills. The indexes house wire gauge drills from No.60 to 1, fractional inch sizes from 1/16" to 1/2" by 1/64", and Letter sizes A through Z. Also a couple of smaller indexes just for wire gauge, fractional and Letter size Jobber length drills and one for letter size reamers (that I don't know if I'll ever need.) I've also started collecting metric jobber length, inch and other sizes of taper length and extended length drills, those will be tough to store in any order.
As I sort through and clean up the shop my dad just left me, I'll be seeking better ways to organize those taper shank drills, my taps, end mills and so much more. That's why I appreciate this thread, so keep the ideas coming.
OK, so that's just how the lot of drills my dad bought at a flea market for $5 got tossed into an empty drawer of a Kennedy 527B roll-around that I picked up for $100.
I've got two of the Huot 115 drill indexes, one nearly complete of jobber length HSS drills, the other complete set of screw machine length HSS drills. The indexes house wire gauge drills from No.60 to 1, fractional inch sizes from 1/16" to 1/2" by 1/64", and Letter sizes A through Z. Also a couple of smaller indexes just for wire gauge, fractional and Letter size Jobber length drills and one for letter size reamers (that I don't know if I'll ever need.) I've also started collecting metric jobber length, inch and other sizes of taper length and extended length drills, those will be tough to store in any order.
As I sort through and clean up the shop my dad just left me, I'll be seeking better ways to organize those taper shank drills, my taps, end mills and so much more. That's why I appreciate this thread, so keep the ideas coming.