Going through some of the drawers and cleaning out old junk and organizing the tools inside. The one pictured above is the collet and Allen wrench drawer, put together sets of Allen keys and placed one at each machine, then organized the rest in size order.
Working on a work setup design for tool organization, primarily endmills and tool holders, that will set on top off several moving tool drawers. It's going to sit on top of the endmill drawers I organized a few weeks ago as the first stage in the process.
It's going to be a tool setup and breakdown station with everything you need to get the machines prepped for each job; this will make everything consolidated into one section of the shop and will make putting things away much more effortless. The goal is it have each machine broken down at any given time except when it's running or in a job.
I was also thinking about having preset tools for the most used endmills, like square 1/2", 1/8", and 1/16" endmills for steel and aluminum parts ready to go.
Having all the tool holders out of the machines also makes it easier to have the same style holders in the same machine and not to have to miss match different styles.
I am also getting a key to the shop pretty soon, so I'll be able to open everything up if my boss isn't there. Or if I need to grab something during the day, I'll have access!