Inherited a load of taps and dies...
Next project, Dirty Dozen.JPG
The dies....with 2 holders. And the pile of taps..
Next project, pre-sorting.JPG
From a No. 8 up to a 3/4" size....Finally sifted these down a bit...
Next project, all sorted.JPG
There was a wrench for the 2 smallest taps...
Next project, will only fit these.JPG
But they only would fit the #8 or the #10....and nothing else. Stashed these two away, into the small tool Tool Chest. Which left a single tap holder/wrench
Next project, wrench only fits these.JPG
That will only fit maybe half of the sizes. Will be looking around for the larger sized holder...So, for now, I will ship off the extras...
Next project, send to Gunny.JPG
To a friend of mine. And then build a box to hold the rest . And the dies, and the wrenches. There is also a set of taps for doing pipe threads, and a 1/8" NPT die...will see about a box for them, though, not quite as big.
For now...have bought seven Poplar "Project Boards" 1/2" x 5-1/2" x 24", and a 2 x 2 x 3' stick of Poplar. Will be standing the taps up, and they will sit in holes in the 2 x 2s. Then I build a case around the holders (3), with 2 gaps....that I will fill 1/2 way, and add a way to store 12 dies.
Next Project, holder layout.JPG
Then a lid of some sort....maybe cut from a glue up of these 2...
Next Project, lid blank.JPG
First, need to haul the boards to the shop.....sweep the floor, bring the trash can and the trash scooper to the shop...and clean off the bench....we have work to do..

Stay tuned....just a Build-along thread..