Tools

[Steve]

I keep box-end and combination wrenches on a pegboard.

 

[vping]

Not up to the peg board/Slat wall stage ot the garage yet but when I am, it on the list.

 

[anthony7777]

vping, thats a great deal inheriting all them tools, they are very good ones as has been expressed here i myself am a "snap on" guy mostly for the convenience of having their truck come to the airport twice a week and going bird hunting with the owner, ive moved tools around many times and can tell you trying to lift those boxes loaded can only be done with a forklift and i agree they can become dangerous in transit, i once helped a friend move his loaded tool box using a u haul truck and a fork lift much against my advice he said hed remove the tools once we got to the destination and just remove the empty box we tied that thing down as much as possible but in a sharp turn the box leaned over and fell the corner of it went through the wall of the van not just a dent it actually went through, needless to say i didnt attend the van return party, ive always believed in having and using the correct tool/tools for any given task and if not available make one, i congratulate you on your new acquisition but i must at this time ask what have you been using up till now? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/savewave.gif

 

[Steve_S]

Pegboard is a product of /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif It is forbidden in my garage.

Wrench trays are ok but they do take up a lot of space. For sockets, you can buy plastic organizers that work well. I built my own socket organizer from a bunch of socket trays. I cut them to length and riveted a grid together.

 

[tony barnhill]

Sears has a set of plastic boards with holes in them...you lay them down in the bottom of a drawer & stick the sockets in the marked holes - have them for standard & metric, short & long,,,I've got about 4 drawers with them.

 

[AweMan]

I like the plastic case of sockets my boys bought me for my B day {Its the top o the line sears set} {Craftsman}. Fits in my toolbox drawer like a champ. Has all the sizes both S.A.E. and Metric. Has all three ratchets. Has a nut driver and some other goodies. It` the cats meow! Only one drawback is it only has one short extension. I have a zillion extensions and adapters anyway. But it would be nice if they too fit in the plastic box. One drawer clear full of screwdrivers various types and sizes I would like to have a simular plastic case for them also *SIGH* someday!
I like the plastic case cause you can carry it to the jobsite with you, For instance working on my MotorHome, you can`t possibly take a whole toolbox inside with you. {the only way you can work on the top side of the engine is from inside}

 

[DrEntropy]

I use the Snap-On or Sears socket racks. Add or subtract as many clips as needed. I keep all SAE and metric sockets seperated, swivels and deep reach as well. Wrenches are all in drawer racks of plastic, Snap-On.

 

[Tinster]

A donation of the tools to the "Raise the Crypt Car
from the driven to death foundation" would be appropriate.

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[vping]

Picked up the tool box yesterday.

 

[tony barnhill]

& made it home okay, it appears!

 

[drooartz]

That should prove useful. Glad it made it safely to your garage.