How do you store your taps and dies?

Several years ago I bought this drill & tap rack (complete with the full set of pretty high quality D&Ts) at an industrial supplier in Oregon. It had been gathering dust on their shelf for what looked like quite a while, and I recall getting a great deal on it. I have lots of other taps, generally half-organized in a variety of drawers, bin boxes, etc. But this is my "go to" set and sits atop the workbench. You can still get the plastic stand/organizer in either inch or metric from Mcmaster-Carr.
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This will make the purists cringe...
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I would like to say I don't store my taps this way, but I do own these, and they are stored that way. In my defense, I bought them like this about six months ago, and was just starting to sort them. I think I will organize them in a wooden block like is also in the picture.
 
I kinda like your system ! :encourage: The smaller taps are very easy to store , but when you get into the larger things , trouble arises . I have these , but they take up too much room and are for organized persons , not me by any means . :rolleyes: I'll put them in the pile below .

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Wow, you all have LOTS of taps. I keep mine in the the little plastic case that holds a three tap set. and all of them fit in ONE drawer of a tool box with room to spare for other tools. I get away with this because the range of TAPs I have is from 4-40 to 1/4-20.
 
The problem with single hole storage solutions is having multiple bits. Then all except the "chosen one" still sit in a drawer or on a bench somewhere, only to be lost to obscurity as to their size. Then out comes the micrometer.
That is why the Huot cabinets make sense to me.
 
The problem with single hole storage solutions is having multiple bits. Then all except the "chosen one" still sit in a drawer or on a bench somewhere, only to be lost to obscurity as to their size. Then out comes the micrometer.
That is why the Huot cabinets make sense to me.
This is where i felt the foam hole plate idea sorta shines in that it is very easy to poke another hole in the spot marked for its size if need be especially the smaller easily lost sizes. The biggest benefit to how i was setup was knowing which bit i was missing (forgot to put away, lost, broke) with a quick glance which was my main reason for my organization setup, keeping them from banging into each other was more a benefit then goal!
 
Several years ago I bought this drill & tap rack (complete with the full set of pretty high quality D&Ts) at an industrial supplier in Oregon. It had been gathering dust on their shelf for what looked like quite a while, and I recall getting a great deal on it. I have lots of other taps, generally half-organized in a variety of drawers, bin boxes, etc. But this is my "go to" set and sits atop the workbench. You can still get the plastic stand/organizer in either inch or metric from Mcmaster-Carr.
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Very nice! I find if I can keep things organized I can move along on my projects. Thanks for sharing!
 
This will make the purists cringe...
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I would like to say I don't store my taps this way, but I do own these, and they are stored that way. In my defense, I bought them like this about six months ago, and was just starting to sort them. I think I will organize them in a wooden block like is also in the picture.
I bought some taps and dies that were stored in wood. The stain in the wood got up into the pieces, also the wood does hold some moisture which leads to rust. I cleaned them with carb cleaner then acetone and finally Evapo-Rust. They came out looking fairly good.
 
Wow, you all have LOTS of taps. I keep mine in the the little plastic case that holds a three tap set. and all of them fit in ONE drawer of a tool box with room to spare for other tools. I get away with this because the range of TAPs I have is from 4-40 to 1/4-20.
In the pile of taps I got, there was one 0, 1,3 and some 4’s. I must have 20 1/4-20 taps. Tossed a few broken ones. Got a number of Greenfield taps.
 
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