Glowforge Making - Number Drill Storage

 The Glowforge has (as with all new tools) aloowed for the creation of objects that I would never have tackled before.

So there are two layers of drills with storage beneath in one drawer and fractional in the other.

I came across this MonoCraft storage box and repurposed it to the job of storing spare number set drills.

I had previously had them each in a different container; terrible!

I spent the hours to lay out the format and add the text. 

Using the Maple 1/8th board from Glowforge for the top and 1/8th Draft board for the bottom of each I nailed them together. 

The veneers from GF are pre-finished this is actually super nice. If you were making hundreds of things you would have to try something else.

Having made a couple of things I now understand that the thing you have to figure out before you start cutting is how you are going to attach these vary thin parts.

I've been doing prov-out cuts in paper and this is really important!

I always make a change or find a mistake, in this case I checked that all the bits would fit and found a typo.

Tap and Drill holders - Glowforge + 3D45

 In between projects I like to do some shop organizations.

This is an organization of my taping tools that makes the process of picking and taping much faster. 

The decision matrix for which tap to use and what hole size to drill comes with experience. 

After deciding large hole vs small hole then it's  which type of tap, I use one of three types:

1. long lead in
2. 2 flute
3. bottoming

FYI, there is only one reason I have sooo many taps and holders; Estate Sales

I have a huge reserve of these items that I pay between 1/4 to 1/10 full price. 

The set up required a drawer slide shelf 

This slides out from the peg board wall across from the drill press

This is crown jewel, I wanted Hi-Low-Med drill sizes and the three aforementioned taps grouped together, it is a real grab and go set up.

The drill range is around 55% - 85%

In addition I have the most common sizes loaded into both short and long bar handles.

The short tap handles are in this rack

The long are in this rack

I buy any long taps I come across because I would likely never buy one for a one time use.

So the opening for all this is the 3D45 printer, and the Glowforge 

I've been experimenting with the use of 1/8" draft board and eco-abs from Dremel.

Basically I would not 3D print a flat sheet so that's where the GF comes in

The 3D45 then is for parts that can be thought of as castings. I print the the tap hole and then tap them afterwards.

The draft board needs to be finished after cutting, I use 2-3 coats Minwax water based Poly.