Dreaming of Router bit storage

As long as Charlie is dreaming about the perfect shop what about the perfect place to store router bits?

I only have about 20 bits right now but some are in a small box others are in the plastic bag or plastic box they came in and the whole mess of them are laying in a drawer. Time to do something with especially since I just got the PC 4212 dovetail machine (2 more bits) which needs a storage place.

What is the ideal storage system for router bits? (If you already built it add a link)

Reply to
RayV
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Here is my solution:

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Reply to
Charlie M. 1958

not that I have any I just heard they were that color ;-) .

Reply to
RayV

Me? Cheap Woodcraft router bits? :-)

Reply to
Charlie M. 1958

Now that's a more manly and practical solution than mine. I see a couple of green bits in there too though, Ray. :-)

Reply to
Charlie M. 1958

If and when you decide to move your router bit collection to another organizer you can use this one to store your wifes tiara in. Joe G

Reply to
GROVER

One of the mags suggested cutting different sized squares of 3/4 stock with properly sized holes in the middle of each. Large squares for those monsters and smaller for the straights, ogees, roundovers etc. (sized a bit larger than the radius of the bits) The blocks are friction fit in a box or drawer so they can be lifted out. Why they are loose is a mystery to me. But, the blocks being rigid keeps the bits and their edges well separated. My foam system isn't all that stable and the bits can lean into one another.

Since my storage is in a couple drawers similar to Karl's I'm thinking I'd size the blocks to fit those drawers, less a divider to hold the wrenches away from the bits.

Reply to
DZIN

Wood magazine

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is one Also try September 2001 issue 135 page 20 for another one

Reply to
Dave

have this much free time?

Reply to
bob.kirkpatrick

FWW, perhaps too simple, but it works for me:

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box, with no top and which can be moved to the router, workbench, etc; lined with a commercial foam "router bit" holder; all in a drawer dedicated to router paraphernalia.

Reply to
Swingman

She doesn't want any of my "dust collectors", as she calls them, in the house. So I'm forced to make extravagant shop items for my own enjoyment. :-)

Reply to
Charlie M. 1958

I'm sure it's far from ideal, but my current setup is a piece of 1" butternut (no reason; just had a lot) with 1/2" and 1/4" holes drilled in it, which sits in a toolbox drawer. Added a dowel to one of the

1/4" holes where slotting cutters sit, and drilled a larger hole where the unused collet sits. I could post a picture if you really want, but it's pretty straightforward - spacing of the holes just depends on the size of your bits. Mine just isn't quite big enough in terms of capacity. I just picked up a discarded 3.5" floppy disk storage container - basically 2 drawers, about 10" deep, that once held disks (remember those?) vertically. Kind of like a double-wide one of these:
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'm thinking a piece of ~3.5" wide scrap in each drawer, with several holes drilled most of the way through, will make it into a nice enclosed router bit holder (whenever I get a round tuit). Maybe the thing can be mounted under my router table - we'll see. I should include some space for the collet wrench. Ideal router bit storage (in many climates) should probably be enclosed and include some dessicant, unless you're really good about oiling/waxing/protecting all your bits. Good luck, Andy
Reply to
Andy

Take a slab of 2" wood, and drill a bunch o' 1" deep holes in it. Voila! I have mine in a big drawer in the router table, so I can just open it and grab the one I need.

Bob

Reply to
bob

RE: Subject

The method used in the NYW router station is very straight forward.

Lew

Reply to
Lew Hodgett

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I use old 35mm plastic film canisters for smaller bits. Label the top lid with the bit info, drill a grid of holes the size of the film canister (but smaller than the lid diameter) and drop them in. Can be mounted vertically or horizontally. The larger bits hang in their original packaging in an old medicine cabinet with a sheet of 3/8" plywood fitted internally.

The advent of digital SLR cameras means that the supply of film canisters will likely be drying up, however.

scott

Reply to
Scott Lurndal

  1. Take a 3/4" thick board

  1. Drill 1/2" holes in it not quite all the way through. Make a pretty pattern :)

  2. Size board to fit drawer

  1. Put board IN drawer.

If you have both 1/2" & 1/4" bits, put a piece of 1/2" dowel in board hole(s), drill 1/4" hole in dowel.

Reply to
dadiOH

One man's ideal is another's nightmare but these work just fine for me.

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Reply to
WoodButcher

I have a piece of 3/4" thick plywood with 1/2" diameter holes drilled 1/2" deep. I stick the router bits upside down in those holes.

Reply to
Leon

Here's the way to do it:

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Reply to
Steve Hall

A 33/64" drill makes it a lot easier to get the bit back out of the hole.

Reply to
CW

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