I won an ebay bid for a lot of 36 reamers of assorted sizes. Now I have to add them to my existing pile and figured out how to store them. Some are really small. What have you all done?
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Hi guys
I will make this post as way of an introduction and to show
@Razzle how I overcame the problem he asked about some time ago.
Firstly I live in Manchester UK and I am a novice machinist, I recently bought a Hobby lathe from WARCO here in the UK, its a Chinese import and probably goes by many names around the world.
I am finding machining really interesting and it fits in well with my other Hobbies of MIG, TIG welding. I am sure as I read through your posts I will learn a great deal.
Now for the issue of Storage of Machine reamers
Like the original poster I decided to take part in an auction (not Ebay) and I won a box full of machine reamers with a few hand reamers in the mix, many were not in any kind of protective tubing and I wanted to be be able to locate them easily. I have been searching for a solution that nearly led me to buy a ready made storage chest (lots of money) and then I realised there was a much cheaper and simpler solution.
I already had an old tool chest that was again won as part of an auction and decided to use 25mm electrical ducting, I bought 4 lengths of 2 meters at a cost of £12 sterling. I dont know if this kind of ducting is available in other countries as it may not meet the required codes, but for those who can get it, it will be an option for their storage needs.
As you will see from the attached images the ducting has a clip on cover and a self adhesive strip which came in handy when sticking inside the tool chest drawers.
I simply measured the required lengths and cut to size with my portaband saw, glues the boxes to the cover strip and sanded the excess away.
I also cut a small piece of the cover strip to place my size labels.
Here are some pics, I hope this helps at least some of you