Organizing Machine Shop Tools with Aaron: feat. Smokey and Kolby

[@MrPatdeeee]

Wow! Talk about a "carbon copy of a good time!". That precious young man, is a miracle from Heaven. May Jesus bless you and yours always kind Sir!

[@bid6413]

You are a god. Every machinists I knows dreams of the kind of order you just showed how to do. Thanks

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Thanks Sheffield- it takes patience and time, but in the long run I spend less time looking for tools and more time doing work.

[@lathropedition]

Such an awesome idea! Great to see that father/son bond.

[@jeffanderson1653]

I am so jealous of your shop-machine tools-organizational skills-skill level-OCD, Nice shop man. I am glad to see your young one included in the video. You rock dood.

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Thanks Jeff!

[@ypaulbrown]

Indluding your son and kitty was so kool, nice job on organization.....cheers from Florida, Paul

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Thx for sharing, just acquired 6 more nice rolling tool boxes, now to start transferring from 4 smaller boxes to super large one's, and like this concept. With 2000+ more taps this is a great way to organize,

[@totalcardetailing2022]

Talking about the money for the trays. I know some people will think it is a lot of money and time to do this. But the time you save over the years not have to look for what you are looking for is well worth it. IT also let you know by looking what you need to reorder. Looks good. When you get a free moment you can come and do my drill like that . LOL

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Thanks for pointing that out- I won’t regret this one bit.

[@Cws351]

Good morning all. Great entry.

[@bostedtap8399]

Excellent organisation, when I finished my apprenticeship, the first item I bought ( big pay rise), was a drill index. Great vlog thanks for sharing.

[@stevecallachor]

A neat shed is a sign of a sick mind! I've been tidying up my shed for 55 years and ive nearly finished. I have a simple storage regime , front of the bench, rear of he bench or somewhere else! I'm envious of your set-up but really can't afford it. You would love how I store my socks and underpants............in the drawer, on the floor or in the wash-house. Stavros the Envious

[@grumpyone5963]

Steve Callachor, 🤣 It sounds a lot like my system. I have some things where I can see them, and others where I can’t!

[@GT-oq4jj]

Love how you tore the bag open when scissors were six inches away from your hand.

[@E-Glide]

Aaron, what I learned at a CNC class at G&L almost 40 years ago....a center drill is used to make a hole for a lathe center...period! Spot drills for spotting holes. In their tests, ya, they actually did tests, the best locational accuracy was achieved with spot drills with the same angle as the drill and also a thinned point. And spot drill deep enough that the hole will be chamfered. 5/8" and 1" spot drills cover about 99% of drilled and tapped holes for most shops. The only time we used a center drill, and then just the very tip, was for very small holes or places inaccessible to the spot drills.

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

And yet people still think there’s nothing wrong with using a center drill for starting a hole. Using one doesn’t mean it will end in disaster, but if you want accurate holes and good drill life, use a spot drill, people!

[@JP-kk5vw]

There are times a CD is better than a spot drill. When running production on a CNC lathe, say a .500 bushing. You need to drill deeper than the part length to allow clearance for the boring bar operation. What this does is leave a bit of a counter bore or semi drill point in the stock end after cut off. On subsequent cycles, The spot drill will have trouble centering the new hole because of the existing drill point in the material. A center drill will do the job perfectly. Slower yes, but there will be no wandering and the boring bar will clean and size the ID every time. Ask me how I know this? Hundreds of rejects with drill gouges on the ID from the drill wandering from using a spot drill. Remember, I am talking thousands of parts on a lathe now!

[@shrumsolutions879]

I'm a spot drill guy and my dad is the old school center drill type machinist.😄

[@philipallard8026]

I like the circle knife. I use one for felt and cloth for my piano repairs. The cut flush and square.

[@slypig24]

Great organizations of all those drills. Good to see your family involved too. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@TJAkin]

Very nice setup. Lista translates to “ready” in Spanish. It’s a joy to know one’s tools are not too many steps away and ready.

[@erikjohansson1814]

Perfection, nothing less is expected in your shop.

[@JimWhitaker]

Smokey is clearly thinking - "Just give me a gun, any gun and see how much I like being picked up".

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

He’s actually a super snuggly boy- loves being in our arms.

[@chesterfield7770]

The first time i watched one of your video my first thinking was why do you need to get your tools so clean and organized ? 10 minutes later i suscribded to your channel . The day after i cleaned and organized my tool . . . Thank you !

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Awesome! Getting organized and being able to find what you need is worth the effort.

[@captcarlos]

Having enough room to house the cabinets that have the capacity to organise my tools as beautifully as that would be awesome.

[@markhopes4924]

@chesterfield... 😂👌I’m hearin ya.

[@dfpolitowski2]

I would locate lathe tools next to that lathe they are used on. Endmills right next to the milling machine/machines. Our shop shares tools among all machines and machinist and it takes forever to find the tool I need. Also centrally located tools make for a less efficient shop. I'm talking about a shop with 10 or more guys. 80000 sq foot shop. Small shops are an exception. Still your shop ideas are great.

[@rodbennett4790]

G'day Aaron, Weirdness? What weirdness? The first time I watched your intro I thought this is a man after my own heart! Everything is super clean and super organised. Love it! Gotta get me some of those trays.

[@randallsemrau6911]

Pick up some 1-1/2" thin wall pvc pipe, cut it in half lengthways, cut a bunch of thin 1/1/2" wide divider strips of metal/plastic/whatever, as wide as your drawer, glue it all together with PVC cement. $20 per drawer and you're done.

[@Robert-ko6wr]

This was excellent, per your usual! Happiest of holidays to you and your family!

[@tuscanland]

Great video, thank you foe sharing.

[@Unrivaledanime]

I only wish I could be so organized as you. Question what are you doing with the empty drill cabinet. If your selling I would like to purchase

[@carlwhite8225]

Aaron, That is a nice set up, I hate having to dig thru a tray to find the correct drill bit. Thanks

[@markhopes4924]

Nice setup. 👌👌👍👍 I’d be doing well to have 1 of every drill you have, let alone so many multiples. Nice job on your drawer system.

[@mikeb7837]

Another option is the Schaller Corporation's plastic box/ organizer bin system. I am not sure how the price compares but the system does provide options for storing things that are a bit bulkier than drills.

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

I use Schaller bins too- great for storing mill clamping parts in a drawer.

[@tedmattingly7564]

Your level of CDO (the letters go alphabetical 😄) is impressive. I have a few Vidmar cabinets that I use for toolboxes and now being retired from being a diesel mechanic, my home shop is getting set up for machining and fabricating

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Hopefully this helps guide you for what’s possible 👍🏻

[@tedmattingly7564]

@@AlwaysSunnyintheShop I have a drill index like you moved your bits from, if you decide to sell yours, depending on how much (& shipping), I might be interested

[@glencasson9046]

That is one of the worst cases of OCD I have seen. Fantastic!

[@1pcfred]

That's not so bad. I made holders for some of my bits i.imgur.com/fZgluOF.jpg Because i got tired of dragging through piles looking for one.

[@leriksenbendigo]

Maybe you can set the printer to use a fixed-width font, then the kerning and hinting in variable-width fonts goes away. Still an awesome job, v nice.

[@bcbloc02]

I need to get onto more shop organizations. Been doing Monster Monarch repairs though so still a worthy task I think. :-)

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

New breaks or still fixing the stuff that’s been wrong since you got it?

[@bcbloc02]

@@AlwaysSunnyintheShop Getting the coolant going and welding up the butchered notch in the carriage that had been driving me crazy. All old issues I had not yet resolved.

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Oh good! Nice feeling to get squared away on stuff that’s been bugging you.

[@E-Glide]

On the LISTA trays...it probably won't matter to you, but we ended up rotating the trays 90*. Between people in a hurry and some not caring, drawers get slammed, the little dividers break loose, and all the nicely organized stuff ends up in a pile at the back of the drawer!

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Good thing to point out- you’re right though, I should be ok since I’m the only one opening the drawers and I’m not a slam-things-shut kind of guy. Thanks for watching!

[@jst6757]

Aslo have seen that problem

[@loraelgin7345]

Aaron, If you're interested in 3D printing your own dividers that fit your SGT-4 trays. I have STL files for drills 60-1, 16th - 1/2" in 64th increments and all the lettered bits. All have 3D labeling of sizes on top with a 4 place decimal on the bottom. I also have 3D printable for STD-4 dividers for taps, UNC, UNF up to 1 inch.

[@rossilake3430]

Now I know what my retirement job should be, besides machining. Injection molded imports. $5 each is expensive, especially when we need a million of them. My Aloris AXA has the typical set, I buy Chinese AXA holders for $15. That’s a bargain, well worth it, decent quality. Your not weird, I get us.

[@mkeyser]

You make a sheet of Avery stickers for production runs.

[@andyZ3500s]

I can't see a clock from here --- priceless.

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Can’t blame him, right? 😂

[@matthewhelton1725]

Dymo (Rubbermaid) label writers are very useful for labelling; They offer small tags which can fulfill the need which are very easy to peel.

[@dcobel60]

Aaron, great video,....in past videos ( the clutch bearing ) we both were working on, were you able to determine if the grease slinging was still a problem and do you have a vendor source for the Mobil grease you used ?

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Hi Dan. The slinging was just because of the grease packing and the open port on top. I’ve checked since running the machine and everything is still clean.

[@dcobel60]

@@AlwaysSunnyintheShop Thats great, do you have a source for the lube you used in that bearing, I looked around but have been unable to find a source to order from, I also sent you an e-mail for a possible fix for that clutch noise, as soon as I get the grease replaced Im going to use on mine ! thanks as always!!

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Hi Dan- sorry I don’t get notifications for replies- so annoying! My wife had to point out that I never answered you. I ordered the bearing grease from MSC but I think McFadden Dales here in town has it.

[@dcobel60]

@@AlwaysSunnyintheShop Bless our spouses, they keep us on an even keel dont they!! Thanks for the follow up

[@russkepler]

Where do you put the #61-#80 drills? 🤔 I need the cabinet space for other things, so I still use indexes for most of my drills. 2 115 indexes for jobbers and jobbers carbide and 2 sets of 3 indexes for screw machine and taper length. In a Lista that would be 4-5 drawers, space I can't afford. Before anyone give me crap for only having 'onesies' of drills I also have a pile of envelopes of drills by the dozen as well as the capability to sharpen anything from a #60 up to an 1 1/4" in HSS and 1/16 to 1" in carbide. If I bust a drill on Sunday I'm ok, just have to sharpen it.

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Nice that sounds like a comprehensive setup. If I ever own a 61+ I’ll be surprised!

[@russkepler]

@@AlwaysSunnyintheShop Fun is guides for optical fiber. Fiber is .005" so you drill a .006 hole. #80 is .0135, more than twice that. Drill the bottom of a bigger hole where only .040 remained and live with a 25% success rate. Probably do it with a laser anymore.

[@mikemarriam]

Calling something a clip instead of a magazine in certain circles will raise some ire also.

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Ooh good example

[@zachaliles]

To quote my drill sergeants from basic training (quite a few years ago now) "A CLIP IS WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR HAIR TO MAKE YOUR BOYFRIEND WANT TO F*CK YOU!". I went to basic at Ft. Knox, it was an all male training facility. I used to hate when people called it a clip. Now I don't really care. I still call it a magazine out of habit but I don't correct anyone anymore.

[@madmodifier]

@@zachaliles The Sargent but have never run the M1 Garand. That one you put a clip in the magazine to load it.

[@texastad1989]

@@zachaliles went there as well in fall of 2001, our barracks got turned into female accommodations afterwards.

[@DavidHerscher]

$5 a pop!?! F&*k that, hold my beer. (fires up 3d printer)

[@texastad1989]

I need to do the same, hardest part is finding an affordable cabinet.

[@RockingJOffroad]

I saw those drill bit cabinets for sale on Craigslist today, I was wondering if they were yours.

[@omicrondec]

At that high of a cost, it makes sense to buy a 3D printer and print your own organization system with free online STLs.

[@markharrison1160]

No jig to cut or place labels down to the 10th's ?

[@markharrison1160]

20 yrs from now dooh that guy on YT with his comment still stuck in my head everytime I look at my drills

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Ha yeah I was sloppy! 😆

[@The_Unobtainium]

I don't know where you are taking those numbers from but 16 pieces of 4-groove elements plus 64 dividers is US$ 169,95. THIS FCUKIN EXPENSIVE thing!

[@profuse007]

Lust for Lista

[@AlexHernandez-rs3sq]

I'm a tool crib manager and I never liked those damn Lista cabinets you can easily mix things up

[@classicrestoration]

A "bit" of work but well worth the effort👍🏻

[@waldemarii]

Interesting to see Fiskars products on American channel. :O

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Really? I even had Fiskars scissors growing up in the 90’s in the US. They’re pretty common here.

[@waldemarii]

@@AlwaysSunnyintheShop I sharpen around ~1000-2000 scissors per year, mostly Fiskars. Some how I always thought that these are not so common over seas. But happy to hear that after Nokia we still have Fiskars. lol

[@andli461]

It surprises me that I can’t find any import knockoffs for the rather pricey trays. Everything else (tools, machines etc) can be found, but not a simple part like a plastic tray where quality doesn’t matter (that much). I just don’t get it. Why... 🤔

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Yeah I guess the demand is too low. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@andli461]

AlwaysSunnyintheShop Must be. But a little strange anyways, since who doesn’t like to have an organized shop? 🤔

[@thefixerofbrokenstuff]

Fine lookin haircut on that boy.

[@stuartandrews4344]

Shame I can't these in the UK

[@JimWhitaker]

You can, but you won't like the price. For example: www.kaiserkraft.co.uk/office-workplace-accessories/drawer-accessories/c/74107-KK/brand-Lista

[@xenonram]

It’s 2020. You can get ANYTHING from/to ANYWHERE on the internet. You just have to look.

[@melgross]

Nothing like a couple hundred percent profit. Those tabs cost less than five cents each to make. They’re not the only ones to vastly overcharge for these things.

[@kevinplowman8982]

3D printer would be a good project for those trays

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

Yes especially if you don’t have as many of each size- then the grooves can be narrower and your density can go up.

[@PorchPotatoMike]

I wonder how that would compare economically. I know the Lista stuff is expensive, but I’m sure it’s injection molded. 3D printing usually isn’t great for mass production, but it would allow you to make them exactly as you like.

[@osgeld]

holy crap 72 bucks for your first drawer before you got the dividers in

[@anthonycash4609]

Yea I like them also but a little to costly for me. I was not expecting them to be that much. By the time you do a hole tool box you've dropped quite a bit of money.

[@ehamster]

He didn’t disclose the value of all those bits, but a drawers worth is probably well over a thousand bucks.

[@EmmaRitson]

lol. a rubber suit would be weird.

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

😂

[@JHorvathCinema]

On behalf of all graphic designers, I apologize for being so pedantic about language, we’re just all very jaded by years of people telling us to “just make it pop”

[@AlwaysSunnyintheShop]

😂😂 oh boy I bet!

[@secretsix6]

i cant afford the drill bits never mind the trays

[@kookiethebear]

Looks nice, but $2k is not in the budget for most who want organization.

[@Si-Al-Ti]

I just call it keeming

[@pinkhead6857890]

1:42 You call that pricey? I just realized that I have been Huot's favorite bitch for the past 2 years....

[@AlejandroPerez-pu5zc]

I love this idea but somehow see our guys still messing it up. SMH. Seems like every time we reorganize tooling they find ways to mix everything up

[@cgazmommyof3]

So, you used something that’s been around for 20+ years…?