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8th February 2020, 08:10 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Mill tool storage
I was asked the other day how to store mill tooling in a drawer. I store mine vertically -
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but the question was put to me, so using a supermarket chopping board (yellow I think is uncooked poultry...), came up with this. The back is just some flat strips. The front was one piece where the holes were roughed with a hole saw and then cleaned up with a boring head. The base is some galv steel sheet. The back is screwed to the plastic strip, the front strip is sandwiched between an upturn and a strip, with a slight lead in on both edges to help guide the holder in (and keep it there when in position).
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The only issue (and why I think vertical is a better storage option) is that when the holders have a long overhang (long and/or heavy cutting tools), they can tip or not want to sit flat. Solvable with a loop at the back (or a peg in the threaded part), but extra mucking around.
Michael
(Bonus information - the paint pen rings (red or blue) on the second picture indicate metric or imperial draw bar threads. The draw bars are similarly marked so that if I'm going to screw things up, I do it properly)
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