Im asking because im terrible at organizing. Really need some pointers.
I'm not that good at it either.. Its tough in a shop.. There are SO many things that need a place, and
you are constantly acquiring shit...
My endmills.
Old bolt bins from the hardware store.. Endmills 1/4" and up goes in there... Heres how my drawers
are labeled.
1/4"
5/16 and 3/8"
1/2"
5/8" and up.
Roughers.
Aluminum specific endmills (I don't need a lot so no need to break down by size)
Long endmills
Ball mills
Special radius stuff.. hand grounds and then the non-standards, .060's, .090s, .120s.
Key cutters and slotting saws.
Chamfer cuttes and mill drills.
Beaters (the endmills that shouldn't be in rotation, but aren't ready for the scrap bucket yet.)
In that same bank of drawers are reamers.
0-.150
151-275
276-400
401-600
601-800
801 and up...
Also in that bank of drawers is
Big Taps (any over 3/4)
2 drawers of Big Drill, pretty anything over 5/8, I don't use BIG drills a lot.
Also a drawer of boring bars.
And then those cheap plastic cabinets that you can get anywhere..
endmills under 1/4" in those, broken by 16th's
and one drawer for under 1/4" ball mills.
Twisty drills are in those same type of cabinets, 3 of 'em.. each size
has a drawer from itty bitty to 5/8", all labeled.
Taps up to a 3/4 are in those shitty little plastic cabinets also, broken by
size.. EX.. 1/4-20 gets a drawer, 1/4-28 gets one, 1/4-28 STI gets one... And
on the odd chance I have a course STI tap, it goes in the fine STI drawer...
Acme taps have a drawer where the nuts and bolts are (that's just how it happened)
As for inserts, my system broke down and I just have boxes all over a counter top.
Its a lot of shit to keep organized, and I'm for the most part a one man shop..
At last count it was 470ish endmills in rotation, 600ish inserts and there are
between 2 and 3000 twisty drills.. 400 or so reamers.. Then all the oddball shit
and customs, port tools, double angle cutters, back counterbores, dove tails... Etc...
I'm quite pleased with myself that I've kept it as organized as I have..