Easy Button Die Storage Solution

Hi Ian ,

I’m in western Sydney near Penrith .

I find it odd that bunnings doesn’t sell them as they seem to sell everything else and I haven’t noticed them at H&F , i will have a look at total tools but I can’t recall ever seeing them there in the past.

any links to tool shops is always welcomed !

Ian .

Ian, cypress pine is also another timber that goes blue/black in the presence of iron.

I’ve had some tools which stored in wood have surface rusted (some R8 collets) and others which have not. I’ve never worked out what the difference is, maybe the type of wood? All the wood is well seasoned (over 100 years since the trees were felled). I know some of my Tap & Die sets came from the factory in wooden cases, but they look like they were oiled/varnished/sealed (hard to say as they’re pretty old). I now oil any wooden holders I make with linseed oil which has stopped any surface rust, but I’m not sure if the oil has any negative impact on the tools.

Concur, i think they call it a tough crowd....

Nice solution to a problem.

The negativity is no surprise from certain quarters......

Keep posting!

Jim

No need to go out and buy forsner bits, if you have a big old milling cutter that will work just as well.

True but with the ER 32 collet holder i am limited to 20 mm .

A lot of the rust problems are caused by touching things with your fingers and hands , i learned his from a boss i had many years ago - a toolmaker by trade and for some reason he.decided to show me his prized set  of mitutoyo gauge blocks of which i decided to pick out a block and pick it up with bare hands - shock and horror to him and i copped an earfull from him about how corrosive fingerprints are etc etc but in the long run he was right and it is something i am constantly mindful of .

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I've used high density foam to make a layer to hold astronomy eyepieces - made a cutter by sharpening a 1.25" aluminium tube, bevelling it on the outside so it cut slightly undersize.

A long time ago I did similar things to a piece of old camp mat to make a holder to fit in a box for my 'ME' series dies.

Neil

My granfather's set of BA taps and dies are in a mahogany box of BH's design.

I made a mahogany box for my ME taps out of the same. (Round nose endmill to make the slots).

N.