Stupid people and die storage

[Junk]

First, I love stupid people, or maybe it's lazy people. I went on a binge and bought a few Huot storage cabinets for drills, taps and need to get one yet for reamers. Well, the SAE tap cabinet was purchased used. It showed up today and it had a shitload (yes, that's an official term) of taps in it. Not crappy ones either, but most were good butterfields. The drawers were so full that some sizes were spilling over. In the buttom of the box he shipped them in, it had a bunch of huge taps (up to 1-1/2") and NPT taps. I called him and asked why he sent them as he surely could have gotten more money if he advertised it that way and he said, ah, it's no big deal, I was just gonna pitch them out, but I thought maybe you could use them or throw them out yourself x10. I just went through all of them, and for some sizes there must be about 20 like in the 1/2" up to 9/16" in both NC and NF. I have no idea why some folks are so stupid or so lazy, but I think I have enough now, combined with the ones I had floating around, that my grandkids won't ever have to buy any. I must have 3-4 in the 1-1/2" size.

So my unrelated question is, how do most folks store their dies? I was thinking of just taking a chunk of wood and putting some grooves in it to line them up almost like coins in a wrapper, but with enough space between them that I could label the slots.

[Cruiserdrew]

Just keep them in your purse, packed like lifesavers.


More seriously, that's a great score and the guy did you a huge favor.

[450 DUDE]

Maybe some plastic or foam of your choice and route out a spot for them.

ken

[WristPin]

use two boards for this, cut them both the same, but one for NF, one for NC. personally i would choose somthing nice, like black walnut.

use your combo square to scribe horizontal lines on it, drill holes in the right spots, and put bolts through the wood. with each bolt corresponding to the die. secure the bolts with a nut. i would use a short bolt, so you only need to secure the die with a few turns.

then hang it on your wall right above your vise, where you do all of the threading.

i think it would look equally nice to do the same with the dies. with the exception of bolts. just drill holes.

[stayalert]

share the wealth keep the good karma going. I have some metric taps and dies but could occaisionally use the standard ones. I'll pay shipping plus ten times what you paid

[Spud]

I keep them in a case, has a nice piece of plastic that lines it. The plastic is molded to fit the taps and dies real nice. Whole thing was about $20 from some crap China company.

[reffug]

send me your excess.

we all know your never gonna have grankids................

[e9999]

so, why is the guy stupid or lazy for being nice to you...?

[Brentbba]

Damn - nice score Junk!

[-Spike-]

Originally Posted by e9999

so, why is the guy stupid or lazy for being nice to you...?

You don't know Junk, do you? That's some of the highest praise he's given out this month.

-Spike

[reffug]

Originally Posted by e9999

so, why is the guy stupid or lazy for being nice to you...?

Originally Posted by -Spike-

You don't know Junk, do you? That's some of the highest praise he's given out this month.

-Spike

you have to consider the mind set of the second poster as it is truly the one in question.

and yes he does know junk.

[D'Animal]

Congrats on your score!

I keep mine in the ACE box they came in.

Let me know if you need some Black Walnut to make your Die Rack from.

[-Spike-]

Originally Posted by reffug

he does know junk.

Yeah, I figured he did. Anyone who's been here a few weeks knows all they need to know about Junk.

-Spike

[e9999]

Originally Posted by -Spike-

Yeah, I figured he did. Anyone who's been here a few weeks knows all they need to know about Junk.

-Spike

and then they spend their remaining time here trying to forget it ....

[El Cazador]

In my Dad's shop years ago the tool room manager just had a little pot, heated electrically. A soft, when cured, plastic was always in it and when heated it melted. Dies, end mills, drill bits, etc., were dipped into the molten plastic and removed. It cooled and adhered quickly. When you wanted one for use on a job you just peeled off the plastic and tossed it.
Are these things still made?

[El Cazador]

Oh, here's one. Spendy though when bought new. Maybe eBay or craigslist?

Melters for strippable plastic coatings

[JONNYFJ]

Originally Posted by El Cazador

In my Dad's shop years ago the tool room manager just had a little pot, heated electrically. A soft, when cured, plastic was always in it and when heated it melted. Dies, end mills, drill bits, etc., were dipped into the molten plastic and removed. It cooled and adhered quickly. When you wanted one for use on a job you just peeled off the plastic and tossed it.
Are these things still made?

I work for Boeing, and thats how all of are bits,taps and dies are stored. The tool crib has a melting pot it works good. I think it's home made, hot plate coffee can and plastic pellets.

[El Cazador]

JONNYFJ, simpler is usually better. Love the fact that a company as sophisticated as Boeing uses a hot plate & coffee can to make do. Hilarious.

[JONNYFJ]

Well when you have a company that has thousands of dollars of waste a day in dull bits it pays to have a low tech way of solving the problem. We use are ID cards to check bits and taps out of a vending machine on each item there is a price how much you think a depleted uranium 3 1/2 Tap cost..........6,300$$$ it pays to have a way to keep the sharp.