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I hate using cans to hold tools (NOT). If you have a metal workbench or metal shelves for tools, glue some magnets to the inside bottom of a can. The can won't fall over. Why glue them in place? Sometimes they stick better to the tool. Notice in the picture the punches stand straight up.

Dan,

You are my hero today! I was just fumbling about with my files that are in a can almost like this. I will try this out!

I have been thinking about using magnets to "rack" my tool bits for the lathe. There are a few of them I use all the time, but the rest just lay there in the cardboard they came in. I need to treat the tools with more respect.

Either one big one or several little ones. This is a can from sliced mushrooms. The best magnet is one from a dead hard drive. Very powerful. Of course you have to tear the dead HD apart. I do this to destroy the data completely. My wife's travel agency has me do it because their HDs have credit card numbers on.

This is a great idea! Thanks for the tip.

I just bought a set of tool holders for my mill bnmt-30 250.00 bucks for 7

We use a lot of 3\4 7 layer plywood at work for steel rule dies, and I grab up hunks that are off fall 6X14 or so
stack up 3 layers and drill out spots for holding stuff, you do not want some tools to hit others, like don't let 2 files rub each other, and never touch the cutting edge of a tool, mills, reamers and other cutting tools will dull if the acids in your skin contact them.

I like the magnetic can idea Dan, I could see a cookie can lid with magnets to hold small parts during a build

Good points Jon

My end mills are in separate plastic containers in drawers. The files here are cheap HF tools.

Uh, Jon? What the heck is a cookie can?

those round tins you get cookies in

You can glue or tape magnets to plastic/paper lids/boxes and they do the same job.

Strange that "cookie can" didn't register in my head as "cookie tins"-- Mr Beam (I call him Jim- we're pals), hadn't even come off the shelf yet.

Look what I started.

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