"proper" Way To Store Drills In An Index (?)

[BGHansen]

Shank down for me , don't want the tips bouncing around
Did you pull the HF bits out of the trash

I did! They weren't too bad for a rough hole.

 

[Downwindtracker2]

You should have left them in the trash. Poor drills cause more frustration than the next culprit by 100X.

 

[T Bredehoft]

Bit down, no reason, just habit, I guess

 

[great white]

I've always stored them flutes down.

Dunno where I picked that up. Guess it just makes sense to me.....

 

[kvt]

flutes up, just because the came that way I guess. I also would have pulled them out of the trash, Good for various thing, like wood, cleaning holes, etc.

 

[Mark in Indiana]

Flutes up until a burr developes on the shank.

 

[toolroom]

Been doin' that since 1978 when I started my Washington State Apprenticeship Program. An O'le Sweede told me that, an' I been doin' it ever since. OMG, that's been 46 years?
Yowza

 

[John Hasler]

Flutes up until a burr developes on the shank.

And then remove the burr and put the bit in flutes up.

 

[Ulma Doctor]

flutes up, remove burrs before redepositing.

 

[JimDawson]

You guys mean that you're not supposed to pull the drill bits out of that box thingy, use them, then just throw them on the work bench where you can get to them easy???