Norm would be proud.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
>Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 1:47 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [TN] FW: [TN] Swage Tooling Identification...I made me a
>swage tool holder!
>
>Hi Everybody!
>
>Well, I made me a swage tooling holder. It's kinda' crude, doesn't look
>all that fancy, but I think it will serve it's purpose.
>
>I took Steve Mikell's idea and ran with it. Steve is right, when you
>need something but have limited resources, you learn to make do with
>what you have. What's that ol' saying; "Necessity is the mother of
>invention"?
>
>What I did was take a section of a 2 X 8 and drill a grid pattern of
>holes in it. The holes are a just a tad larger than the swage tools. I
>then labeled each hole with a number and the three colors corresponding
>to that number (I used the basic resistor color code). I then bought a
>Testors enamel paint kit for $7.00 and painted each of the tools with
>it's appropiate colors on the surface of the tool where there is not
>going to be any wear either from inserting the tool into the press, or
>the actual swaging operation. I figured the colors will stay there with
>no problem, and the enamel paint is pretty darn durable. I've only got
>the labels taped on the holder, but I'm having our conformal coat
>operator spray it with some urethane coating this afternoon after he
>gets through spraying some boards. That should keep the labels put.
>
>So now we have a holder that is easy for the operators to see where to
>find the tools they need, and easy for them to put the tools back where
>they belong when they are done. Those that aren't quite up-to-speed on
>their resistor color codes might even find that this will help them a
>little more to learn them.
>
>I know this don't look "store bought", but I think it will serve us
>well. Take a look at:
>
>http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/Swage_Tooling_Holder.jpg
>
>Thanks again Steve Mikell for your wonderful suggestion!
>
>-Steve Gregory-
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Mikell
>Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 2:51 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [TN] FW: [TN] Swage Tooling Identification
>
>Richard said:
>
>"If I understand correctly, you can live with a hole inside the shank
>end of the anvil, correct? If so, is there a way to thread a piece of
>wire through a very small hole and use the wire to attach an
>identification tag without having the tag interfere with the operation?"
>
>Richard;
>          If only it were so. That gets to the fundamental problem with
>many tools, these in particular.
>There is no way to attach a tag, and if there were, it would go missing
>just before the ISO audit. The steel on the older tools is very hard. It
>is difficult to mark. The tool slips into the receptacle on the press,
>bottoms out, and is held with a setscrew. About half of the tool is
>buried in the press; the tag would dangle on the board under work.
>(watch out, here come the ESD police!!)
>
>I like the tool case with the cut foam. But I still have to uniquely
>identify the tool at all times. These tools last approximately a hundred
>years or so, or at least some of the ones I've inherited over the years
>seem that old.
>
>In an ISO-9k environment, I always had to prove the tool was correct,
>even if it was in a marked container. Often, we could never find any
>original purchase documentation to prove we had the "right" tool.
>Stuff happens over time, especially in a contract shop.
>
>What you say.... Control of tools through a tool crib..........  Love
>it, been there, done that!!!!
>What's that you say... tool crib attendant was laid off, and now
>everybody has access to the crib. Damn the bad luck... curses, foiled
>again...
>
>Steve Gregory lives in the contract-manufacturing world...  Think CHEAP,
>small contract houses simply don't have the profit margin an OEM has in
>order to be fancy... and the OEMs are feeling that pressure more often
>Ideas must be based on what's at hand, and costs next to nothing, or
>less.
>Ideas must be effective, easy to maintain, easy to communicate at the
>sixth grade education level... Idea must be capable of withstanding
>unimaginable abuse, employees, etc...
>
>Please remember the following (from  25 years experience in shops from
>20 people to 500 people):
>The box the tool came in will be gone in less than a year.
>Tags will be removed... "They got in the way, etc..."
>New boxes cost money
>Excel requires a computer
>Steel die stamp sets, fine if you already have them I have access to a
>drill, a file, and several colors of ink.
>Alway remember, don't buy anything you can make instead because: "People
>are free, because they were going to be here anyway, I don't have to
>spend anything extra."  operating philosophy at Slaves Chained Inside
>aka So Cheap Incorporated.
>
>Don't like colors?, do narrow and wide grooves with black ink. Use Morse
>code, or UPC codes.
>Again SteveG, good luck.....
>And don't pay for it out of your pocket, ... again
>
>Steve Mikell
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>
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