Cloth rollup wrench holders, who makes them?
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MAD
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Thanks, "wrench roll" is the key for searching. This one at Sears looks like its also sold as a Boss Bucket, and is pretty close to what I think I want. I'll be looking it over next time I am in the store.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00940616000P?vName=Tools&keyword=40616
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00940616000P?vName=Tools&keyword=40616
ColdDuckTime
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ColdDuckTime
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This is all a matter of opinion of course...but I like to do this:
1) Grab socket set in-a-box and/or roll o' wrenches.
2) Take to car.
3) Crawl under car.
4) Grab assorted sizes as needed.
What I think of as inefficient is going back and forth to a non-mobile refrigerator sized box in the corner.
My plan would be to unroll the wrenches in the top of the service cart, maybe leaning up on the back wall of the top tray, which I keep lined with shop towels.
If I get a box, and I do have my eye on a CSPS stainless thats local, I think I would use the racks system and just grab what I think I need and make a pile at one end of the service cart top tray.
Tool rolls would keep the stuff nice and allow me to keep using something less than a real box, like my current herd of Homer orange tool boxes from HD.
If I get a box, and I do have my eye on a CSPS stainless thats local, I think I would use the racks system and just grab what I think I need and make a pile at one end of the service cart top tray.
Tool rolls would keep the stuff nice and allow me to keep using something less than a real box, like my current herd of Homer orange tool boxes from HD.
ColdDuckTime
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I admit that I like the idea of a service cart...my magpie instincts make me want one of those Rat Fink Matco carts.
Here's another idea for tool storage and buying, now that I'm musing out loud.
Besides:
1) Big ol' tool box filled with giant assortment of sizes and styles of fastener unfasteners.
.or.
2) A shelf full of tool rolls, metal cases, and plastic cases with sets of tools...plus a bench drawer full of odds and ends.
I'll suggest another, which I think would be interesting if I were to start over and quit carrying around several decades of accumlated junk on my back.
3) Go to Harbor Freight and buy 2-300 bucks worth of wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, anything your heart desires. Put in a Rubbermaid box in the corner...
..as you need actually need a tool, rummage through here, use it, and put it in a different box.
...after a year or three, go out and buy either a Snap On or Toolnazi(tm) (Stahlwille/Hazet/Wera/Wiha) brand of the things you actually have used. Go ahead and buy a few variants on those same things (ie. different length sockets, or a wobble socket, whatever....)
If you're me, a crummy weekend hobbyist who owns the same kinds of cars over and over, I'll bet that the entire box of uber-tools would be hand carryable. I'll admit that if I did this for a living at a generalist shop, doing a head gasket for a 1983 turbo Quattro in the morning, a clutch in a V6 minitruck in the afternoon, and sparkplugs in a 1975 V8 Monza right before the closing bell, I'd have one of the 20 foot long 6 axle Matco rigs filled with every conceivable gizmo...of course I'd probably also have a bottle of fine Tequila in the bottom drawer after a day like that.
Here's another idea for tool storage and buying, now that I'm musing out loud.
Besides:
1) Big ol' tool box filled with giant assortment of sizes and styles of fastener unfasteners.
.or.
2) A shelf full of tool rolls, metal cases, and plastic cases with sets of tools...plus a bench drawer full of odds and ends.
I'll suggest another, which I think would be interesting if I were to start over and quit carrying around several decades of accumlated junk on my back.
3) Go to Harbor Freight and buy 2-300 bucks worth of wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, anything your heart desires. Put in a Rubbermaid box in the corner...
..as you need actually need a tool, rummage through here, use it, and put it in a different box.
...after a year or three, go out and buy either a Snap On or Toolnazi(tm) (Stahlwille/Hazet/Wera/Wiha) brand of the things you actually have used. Go ahead and buy a few variants on those same things (ie. different length sockets, or a wobble socket, whatever....)
If you're me, a crummy weekend hobbyist who owns the same kinds of cars over and over, I'll bet that the entire box of uber-tools would be hand carryable. I'll admit that if I did this for a living at a generalist shop, doing a head gasket for a 1983 turbo Quattro in the morning, a clutch in a V6 minitruck in the afternoon, and sparkplugs in a 1975 V8 Monza right before the closing bell, I'd have one of the 20 foot long 6 axle Matco rigs filled with every conceivable gizmo...of course I'd probably also have a bottle of fine Tequila in the bottom drawer after a day like that.
JB740i
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I've been thinking somewhat along those lines. I keep thinking it be nice to have some sort of label system to label some sockets/wrenches that you always need for a project but do infrequently enough to forget which it is. When I just had a starter 100 piece craftsman set I could always find the socket for my drain plug because it was dirty with oil on the inside.
A few years later, a few cars later and a helluva lot more sockets later that's not practical.
Or to have a way to mark the tool when you use it to kinda of narrow down the choices in the future.
Ideally would be to have those hospital kits with every tool needed for a particular job but that sure wouldn't be possible with cars.
Having just bought a '76 FJ40 and finally have a good excuse to use many of of the tools I've been buying at a record pace this last year, maybe I should put the different tools I use in a box just to carry in the cruiser. At least when I have spares or something. Would sure be a big help when I finally can get it out on the trail.
A perfect example is I only seem to have one old craftsman socket that will get at the lug nuts. I think it's a 11/16th deep well that seems to be thinner than the others that I have. Definitely need to keep that one in the vehicle.
A few years later, a few cars later and a helluva lot more sockets later that's not practical.
Or to have a way to mark the tool when you use it to kinda of narrow down the choices in the future.
Ideally would be to have those hospital kits with every tool needed for a particular job but that sure wouldn't be possible with cars.
Having just bought a '76 FJ40 and finally have a good excuse to use many of of the tools I've been buying at a record pace this last year, maybe I should put the different tools I use in a box just to carry in the cruiser. At least when I have spares or something. Would sure be a big help when I finally can get it out on the trail.
A perfect example is I only seem to have one old craftsman socket that will get at the lug nuts. I think it's a 11/16th deep well that seems to be thinner than the others that I have. Definitely need to keep that one in the vehicle.
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That's a pretty good example of what I'm getting at. It seems to me that an FJ40 is basically a piece of farm equipment, it would be interesting to see a list of every single fastener on the car. I'll bet a kit that would do absolutely everything, handtoolwise, wouldn't be very big.
If I were a nut (well...more of a nut), I'd flip through one of my Chevrolet Factory Assembly manuals and make a quick list of every bolt/screw in a given car. I bet the small list of head size/styles would be a crackup.
russlaferrera
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My 1st guess would be Military Surplus. They are the biggest users..
Yes, the military seem to really like tool rolls, and making up kits of tools and spares as a small set. I also remember buying some industrial equipment and it would include a tool roll with all the items needed to maintain the machine. Same for cars.
Biker stores have tool rolls too.
Biker stores have tool rolls too.
Motochris
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We use the roll-ups from this company... http://www.dirtbagz.com/off_road/rollup_large.htm
..in our offroad vehicles. Keeps the tools from banging against each other. Nice, heavy duty rolls.
..in our offroad vehicles. Keeps the tools from banging against each other. Nice, heavy duty rolls.
Dirtbagz stuff looks really nice, very durable etc., but heavier than what I would like just for toolbox use. I'm thinking soft cloth, like twice as thick as a good shop towel.
I may snoop ebay there are few people there that will make anything you want pretty cheaply, or I may give the Sears a try to see how I actually like using rolls.
I may snoop ebay there are few people there that will make anything you want pretty cheaply, or I may give the Sears a try to see how I actually like using rolls.
Uncle Buck
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A perfect example is I only seem to have one old craftsman socket that will get at the lug nuts. I think it's a 11/16th deep well that seems to be thinner than the others that I have. Definitely need to keep that one in the vehicle.[/QUOTE]
I bet that 11/16 socket you are thinking of is actually 13/16ths!
I bet that 11/16 socket you are thinking of is actually 13/16ths!
I bet that 11/16 socket you are thinking of is actually 13/16ths!
...Which should actually be a 21mm...but...whatever works...
Uncle Buck
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Lug nuts are now being done in metric? AW ****! when did they go and do that to me?
Likely years ago but I would not know that since the closest I have ever been to a foreign car is a Ford ******! 
Lug nuts are now being done in metric? AW ****! when did they go and do that to me?
Yeah...they call it "progress". Go figure. I need to go check the Kilopascals in my tires.
Works the opposite way on my old Porsche, some nut just doesn't fit any wrench I try, and sure enough it turns out to be SAE instead of metric. Places where I think it will be SAE, nope, metric. I was fussing with the battery cable lug, not 1/2", not 5/8", 13mm.
What I love is some old wrench works, and new one same size doesn't.
Maybe as I get some experience my eye for size will improve, until then I need ready access to a wide range of wrenches.
What I love is some old wrench works, and new one same size doesn't.
Maybe as I get some experience my eye for size will improve, until then I need ready access to a wide range of wrenches.