Tap organization

[projectnut]

I’m impressed

 

[Batmanacw]

These are my organizers for taps. The small drawers offer enough room for several taps per size and I did separate drawers in popular sizes to separate spiral point, spiral, and hand taps.

The bigger drawers did great for taps up to 1 1/4".

 

[Batmanacw]

same here. The old Akron mills units. Now they are all plastic.

I buy old Akro-Mils organizers at the flea market and scrub them with hot soapy water.

All the drawers on the left are steel Akro-Mils and the two to the furthest right. I rarely pass them up without buying them.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Wow, you win the Akron Mills container prize!

 

[Winegrower]

I not only had a tap organization problem, I had a screw and bolt problem...so I combined forces. A bunch of drawers organize the threaded stuff, and I keep the appropriate taps right in with their matching threaded fasteners. Seems to work well. I also have a divided box of taps for spares and random sizes.

 

[Video_man]

A poster in another machinist's group recently said he uses the compartmented ammo cases from Cabela's to store taps and other such tooling, looked like a good idea. Cases are pretty inexpensive and come in a range of sizes. He takes the lids off, of course.

 

[Batmanacw]

Wow, you win the Akron Mills container prize!

My bolt storage in the picture uses 5.5 square feet of floor space. .

768 individual bin and drawer locations.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Not true! Akro Mills still makes steel framed units. They're great! Oh, and almost $200... The drawers are deep enough to hold quite a few sizes ( the exact number varies by unit).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00018AR5Y

GsT

Holy jumping Tom cats, I had no idea they were that expensive.

I have one in my basement shop that I have no idea where it came from.

It just……. appeared. Good thing I didn’t ditch it when that thought crossed my mind.

 

[Batmanacw]

Holy jumping Tom cats, I had no idea they were that expensive.

I have one in my basement shop that I have no idea where it came from.

It just……. appeared. Good thing I didn’t ditch it when that thought crossed my mind.

I buy old Akro-Mils organizers for $10 to $25 each at the flea market. Just have to be patient.

 

[GeneT45]

Holy jumping Tom cats, I had no idea they were that expensive.

I have one in my basement shop that I have no idea where it came from.

It just……. appeared. Good thing I didn’t ditch it when that thought crossed my mind.

They've never been cheap, but they used to be fairly reasonable. They had a steep price increase a year(?) or so ago.

GsT