I am trying to get all my drill bits in one place, trying to get some ideas on how best to store them in a systainer. Also looking to get the US centrotec set but it seems there is no space in that for storing other bits - so kind of half defeats the purpose.
How do you store your drill bits?
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Thanks TTF,
I used FastCap's Kaizen foam; their extended markers to trace my cuts; and their skinny knife to cut out the foam. I bought the foam from Kaizen Inserts because they machine cut them perfectly for the Systainers (I have kaizen inserts for L-Boxxes as well). They all fit perfectly in the drawers and come in various thicknesses to enable you to stack the "trays" like I did with this Sortainer. I highly recommend kaizen inserts for their precision and reasonable price (~$12.50 per insert) as compared to the crappy pick and pluck foam inserts available for various drawers.
http://kaizeninserts.com
As for tips, they have all the instructional videos you need on the kaizen insert website. Be careful, you can become consumed with organizing your tools using this stuff. I've already been admonished by the wife for not having the same degree of organization inside the house. She clearly doesn't understand
I used FastCap's Kaizen foam; their extended markers to trace my cuts; and their skinny knife to cut out the foam. I bought the foam from Kaizen Inserts because they machine cut them perfectly for the Systainers (I have kaizen inserts for L-Boxxes as well). They all fit perfectly in the drawers and come in various thicknesses to enable you to stack the "trays" like I did with this Sortainer. I highly recommend kaizen inserts for their precision and reasonable price (~$12.50 per insert) as compared to the crappy pick and pluck foam inserts available for various drawers.
http://kaizeninserts.com
As for tips, they have all the instructional videos you need on the kaizen insert website. Be careful, you can become consumed with organizing your tools using this stuff. I've already been admonished by the wife for not having the same degree of organization inside the house. She clearly doesn't understand
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Flatsawn said:
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How do you like that kit from Makita? I've been eyeing it as I can't stomach the price on the Festool.
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Rhino1789 said:
Are those PB Swiss bit holders?
Rip,
Yes, a couple of the bit holders are PB Swiss. I got them for next to nothing on Amazon and when I went to buy more the price was raised significantly (although the they're now back to $2.99 per strip). I tried the red ones, which were shipped from China and they are terrible. I then bought the black toolcool holders and I'm very happy with them. They are less than $1 a piece on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HZ5H136/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Yes, a couple of the bit holders are PB Swiss. I got them for next to nothing on Amazon and when I went to buy more the price was raised significantly (although the they're now back to $2.99 per strip). I tried the red ones, which were shipped from China and they are terrible. I then bought the black toolcool holders and I'm very happy with them. They are less than $1 a piece on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HZ5H136/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I wanted the Festool Centrotec Imperial Drill and Driver Bit Installer Set but it didn't come with much I didn't already have or didn't care to have. The Makita set was 75% less and comes with drills and bits I had but the bottom tray was useful to me.
I didn't like taking out the top tray so I put a few holes in the it and inserted copper rings for handles. Not bad for $50.
Mark
This would have made more sense if I could have entered the pic.
I didn't like taking out the top tray so I put a few holes in the it and inserted copper rings for handles. Not bad for $50.
Mark
This would have made more sense if I could have entered the pic.
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An index, have a full one at each drill press
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Flatsawn said:
I am guessing your pics are just too large, otherwise it should take about a minute to post pictures.
Any 3MB JPG can be shrunk to 150KB or less and look fine online.
If you are using Windows you can use irfanview or any other software that edits jpg's. I would change image size to 1000 pix and save at 75%(using slider) using save or save as.
Here is a link for irfanview, it's free, safe and works well:http://www.fosshub.com/IrfanView.html/iview442_setup.exe
Once you install the software just use it to open the jpg. Then click image, click resize. Change it to 1000px or whatever you want. Then click file, click "save as", then slide the quality to 65 or70%(as low as 50%) and save. Rename the file and compare sizes with the original.
To check size of the files right click over the picture and click properties, if the picture is in the MB and not the low KB sizes it's going to take too long to upload to the FOG.
There's another post with a review of the makita bit set systainer.
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-and-tanos-systainers/makita-bit-set-in-a-'systainer'/msg408949/
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-and-tanos-systainers/makita-bit-set-in-a-'systainer'/msg408949/
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