More Tool Organization

There was a six drawer storage unit with the lathe.  The actual unit was ruined but the drawers were serviceable.  I am making inserts to hold various tools.

This drawer is for woodruff aka half moon key cutters.  This is actually too small to hole them all.  Maybe move out some of the duplicates.  Note that these have both a diameter and thickness.   So although each row looks the same they may vary in thickness.

Used paper as offset to widen the slots.

This one is for the broaches.  There are 13 of them but many are duplicates and no small ones.  And none of the bushing guide things, but they can be machined as needed.   To get a tray of broaches out tilt the box so the broaches all go to one end.  Then push down on the other end of the tray and the other end comes up so you can grab it.  Simple is good.

This shelf has much on it that could be stored elsewhere.   Here the 3/4" holes in this stick are perfect for holding the master mill arbor and cutter holders.  The wood is yet another bit of pellet sticker.  The groove on the back made it easy to screw it to the shelf edge.

Years ago I bought this little Incra fence.  It is bolted to the drill press table and can be adjusted by 1/64ths of an inch via interlocking racks.  The fence along with the clamp produce holes with very good front to back alignment.

Next Day

Looking at the shelf I hung the milling arbors from caused me to realize that I have the storage I need but it needs liberating.   There is another room behind this one.  The shelf divides it.   Need to organize the back room to make room for the stuff that does not belong on the front shelf.  Played with painting it but since I don't know where my random orbital sander is I am just dusting it off.  Such is life.

Anyway should be lots of room for machining tools here.

These are going to the scrap.   Thinking of keeping some of the sheet metal.  Now that I have a metal break it may come in handy.  For example make a cover for the Master Mill's treadmill controller.  Maybe scrounge the PSUs.

May 11

BLogger keeps switching to a NEW and improved or maybe its just the mobile interface.  It sucks.

I am opting to place the little drawers on the big shelf.   Maybe put some bits in place to make them function.

May 12

Continued with the cleaning in the shop in preparation for the arrival of the new chuck tomorrow.
Played with getting play out of the cross slide.   Removed all I can from the front of the screw in the area of the crank.
Still have 20 thou by the DTI when I move the cross slide back an forth against the screw.
Some of this could be in the mounting nut as Chirpy said.  The rest is wear in the leadscrew or its nut.

Was digging through the parts not yet installed on the Sidney and noticed the threading dial barely turned.
Run some of the Dollar General spray oil through it and eventually chucked it up in the lathe and spun it while adding oil.
Then I changed from oil to carb cleaner which mostly took the paint off.  Then 30W.