I've seen various tap storage boxes, but they usually only have space for a taper tap, a second (aka plug) tap and a bottoming (aka plug) tap. I wanted something to organise all of my taps, including serial taps, spiral flute taps, spiral point taps, fluteless taps and long series taps.
It only holds metric coarse taps; the metric fine ones come out rarely enough that I don't mind rummaging in one big drawer. Antediluvian nonsense like BSF or UNC come out even more rarely so the same applies.
I designed it to be completely printable, but I had some bed adhesion issues when printing the frame so decided to just make it out of plywood, which was a lot quicker, although it's a bit shabby.
After posting it on reddit, I was asked if the models were available so I'm sharing it here. I doubt anyone else has the same selection of taps as I have, so I've included versions without the debossed text saying “FLUTELESS”, “SERIAL #2” etc. These are prefixed “NoText”. There are editable STEP files in case you want to add your own text. To be honest, the text on the smaller drawers is a bit shabby looking, but it is readable.
The die stock and tap wrench drawers are identical, so there's only one file provided for both drawers. I've also provided a STEP file for the wooden unit I made.
I'd recommend printing the drawers with a 0.4 mm nozzle on standard settings (I used PETG). The handles are dovetailed into the drawers; these can be printed on the same settings. For best clarity of text, the labels should be printed with a 0.25 mm nozzle with a colour change for the last couple of layers.
If you to decide to print a drawer unit based on this design, please do share a make as I'd be really interested to see what you come up with.
If you decide to print the drawer unit instead of making a wooden one, use the biggest nozzle you can find and I'd recommend an enclosure for your printer to avoid any issues with it lifting off the bed.
The author hasn't provided the model origin yet.