Best way of storing wrenches???

l_bilyk · Aug 24, 2005

Without scuffing or having them all over the place in the tool chest

bje31 · Aug 24, 2005

What workd for me

I lined all of my drawers with a modest priced rubber liner used mostly for kitchen cupboards...The tools don't slip and I use different colored liners for different tool drawers: red for wrenches, blue for screwdrivers, etc...Sears has a heavy duty liner for 5 times the price in red or black as well...

MXtras · Aug 24, 2005

I agree - you can get the stuff at Wally World, cheap. It won't slip and your tools won't either.

Scott

l_bilyk · Aug 24, 2005

Is this the rubber bubble type stuff? We sell it at NAPA. I never thought it would actually keep wrenches from going all over the place.

What about sockets? I have a few of those sliding trays but is there a better method?

trovato · Aug 24, 2005

I use those plastic saw-tooth things that wedge between the front and back of the drawer. I can set up one set small to big and the other big to small next to it. That, and the angle the wrenches are at in the rack makes them take up less room than having them flat. I have considered using similar racks that are "self contained" so I could pick up the whole set and take it with me.

MXtras · Aug 24, 2005

For sockets, I use PVC trays in the drawers of my boxes. These trays are only about 1.5" wide and have short "walls" that are only about .25" tall. They were protective covers on something I bought and work well to organize sockets by drive size, shallow or deep well, metric or SAE, etc....

The lids for cable trays work well, but I don't know how many of you know what they are - they are used to organize and contain wire inside control cabinets in commercial equipment and machines. These lids (or covers) are very similar to what I am using.

Anyway....enough. That's what I use and I like it better than any other method I have tried....and it's cheap, unlike the socket organizers. Doesn't wouldn't work for the mobile tool box user, but for the garage - it works for me.

Scott

Satatic · Aug 24, 2005

For wrenches

For sockets, well I don't have a prety socket set but when I do I'll make something simmilar.

kartracer55 · Aug 24, 2005

Well, Normally, I like laying out my wrences flat, but I have run out of room for that, so they sort aget stacked on top of each other lol. Wrench Wracks are nice, and the comapny "bucket boss" makes heavy canvas rolls that will store an entire set of wrenches and roll up.

For sockets, Hansen trays are nice but$$, metal racks never fail, but I really like those plastic ones sears sells... almost like the plastic version or your traditional metal racks.

Jim

74-77Camaro · Aug 24, 2005

I use a plastic tray orgainizer from Harbour Freight. Northern Tool also sells them.

Bout half of my SAE wrenchs are scattered around the garage ...

Scott

pl_silverado · Aug 25, 2005

Snap-on....pretty cheap too.

I just bought some more and a few bigger wrenches, ill post newer pics tomorrow.

74-77Camaro · Aug 25, 2005

Here's the link to the HF tray:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=36979

They also have one for sockets:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=36978

I use the socket boards from Sears.

rsitzejr · Aug 25, 2005

I have that socket tray, worked good for about 5 years, now the nubs that hold the sockets on are breaking off. If someone has the Hanson trays, could you measure the height? Before I purchase one I want to know if it will fit in a drawer and I'm a bit far from Sears and other such places that sell them.

Cebby · Aug 25, 2005

rsitzejr said:
I have that socket tray, worked good for about 5 years, now the nubs that hold the sockets on are breaking off. If someone has the Hanson trays, could you measure the height? Before I purchase one I want to know if it will fit in a drawer and I'm a bit far from Sears and other such places that sell them.

The 1/2" Hansen is 3 3/4" overall. This one is the tallest of the bunch. The 1/4" Hansen is 2 1/2" and the 3/8" is somewhere in between (don't have any 3/8 here right now) These just fit in my Craftsman 4" drawer.

You won't be disappointed in the Hansen trays. IMO those are the best of the portable organizers.

Cebby · Aug 25, 2005

For wrenches, I have these Sears specials that I cut the top off of. I need all my stuff to be portable since I work with my tools in other places than my garage.

Since these pics, I've filled in all the empty slots...

djjack · Aug 25, 2005

These work good and they're cheap.

http://www.ernstmfg.com/organizers/wrenches_tray.html

rsitzejr · Aug 25, 2005

Cebby said:
The 1/2" Hansen is 3 3/4" overall. This one is the tallest of the bunch. The 1/4" Hansen is 2 1/2" and the 3/8" is somewhere in between (don't have any 3/8 here right now) These just fit in my Craftsman 4" drawer.

You won't be disappointed in the Hansen trays. IMO those are the best of the portable organizers.

Thanks Cebby, I'm guessing that if the 1/2" fit then the others should. Much appreciated.

tkellytn · Aug 25, 2005

I have several of the Hansen trays and love them. I use the ones from sears for the wrenches and they have done great :lol_hitti

Cebby · Aug 25, 2005

rsitzejr said:
Thanks Cebby, I'm guessing that if the 1/2" fit then the others should. Much appreciated.

1/2" is the biggest, but it only fits up front where there's a little sag to the drawer. It all depends on your drawers I'd say. I have liner in my drawer (pretty thin though).

BetterDays · Aug 25, 2005

For wrenches, they stay on the pegboard.

For sockets, they are on racks in the drawers, separated by 1/4", 3/8", and 1/2".

gasjockey · Dec 28, 2011

if your in canada go to princess auto these work good there cheep and take up f all for space http://www.princessauto.com/pal/product/8353898/Socket-/-Wrench-Holders/2-pc-Wrench-Holder-Set or a wrench rool bag like
http://www.princessauto.com/pal/product/8000959/Tool-Bags/11-Pocket-Tetron-Tool-Roll

Outlawmws · Dec 28, 2011

Cebby said:
For wrenches, I have these Sears specials that I cut the top off of. I need all my stuff to be portable since I work with my tools in other places than my garage.

I use two metal versions of the middle one, set 90 deg from each other so the two sets take less space.

wallythacker · Dec 29, 2011

I disliked wrench racks and placing wrenches on edge seems too crammed and laying them flat wastes space.
CTC Maximum wrenches come in very nice racks. In fact, IMO, you can't buy a better rack from anywhere.

I discovered that many of my gearwrench wrenches will happily fit in these nice racks between other wrenches.

As an example my 14pc. metric rack holds the 14 mm wrenches, obviously, and my 11pc. gearwrench flex heads nestle between those wrenches. I get 25 wrenches in the space of 14.

By creatively shuffling I managed to double my wrench count per drawer without having clutter or waste.

98TJ · Dec 29, 2011

Here's how mine have evolved.

Bought some organizers from Sears and figured I'd try them out. It's 1/2" thick foam in a plastic C-channel with double-sided tape on the bottom of the channel. The foam is pre-cut for wrenches to be inserted from the top but the cut-outs are left in place so you can use these as drawer dividers. Link to divider.

Started with some of the wrench sets (ratcheting and reversible ratcheting) then did the line wrenches and stubby ratcheting. All of my regular non-ratcheting wrenches are organized in plastic trays that hold both standard and metric wrenches. I have two of those trays filled.

Got everything put in holders and stuck it all in the drawer. Still messing around with placement so I didn't stick them in place. The two trays of wrenches are stacked on the right and the ratcheting and reversible ratcheting sets are stacked by inch and metric. Front of the drawer has line wrenches and stubby ratcheting.

They now look like this:

I went with the drawer divider because I wanted to cut my wrench racks to fit the wrench count in my sets. If I bought Snap-On wrenches that came with racks, I'd have used those. The trays are great for raised panel and I store my odd extras as well as my only Mac wrench and 1/4" Craftsman Pro wrench in open slots in that tray.

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