KAOTIK Motorsports
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Let's see what you guys have came up with for home made socket organizers / trays......
Need some ideas for my box..
Thanx guys
Need some ideas for my box..
Thanx guys
Home Made Socket Organizers......(LET'S SEE THEM!!!)
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Matt Irvine
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I don't have a photo, and my box is at work, but I have a piece of 16mm hardwood with dowels in it, that the sockets sit over, lacquered to help resist the grease
twertsy
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now that's awesome!
Well, its sorta homemade. Not very pretty, but functional.
Its actually a mac or matco socket display rack.
Please forgive the huge mess, I recently became unemployed.
The guy, a really good guy btw, is more or less retiring. Doesn't have enough work for two people anymore. Which is a bummer, but I can use his shop pretty much whenever I want so all is not lost. Anyway, after about 25 years of working for other people I trying to give it a go on my own this time.
So far all I have is a huge mess with tools everywhere. Trying to do jobs without getting set up is horrible, but I'm making progress.
Anyway, the rack can fit 12 racks of sockets in a fairly small area and gives easy fast access to them. It also leaves the space open underneath for your various whatnots. Can also put 4 more shorter loose individual racks on it without getting in the way of the others.
Only downside to the rack is it wouldn't work out unless you are in a trusted environment as it sticks up fairly high so no lid. I could lower it some, a couple inches or so, but that would make accessing the lower row harder.
I suppose if one had the capacity, time, and desire they could make a deeper top to take care of that. However, right now you can access most of the stuff on the cart from any side and a lid would interfere with that.
Its actually a mac or matco socket display rack.
Please forgive the huge mess, I recently became unemployed.
The guy, a really good guy btw, is more or less retiring. Doesn't have enough work for two people anymore. Which is a bummer, but I can use his shop pretty much whenever I want so all is not lost. Anyway, after about 25 years of working for other people I trying to give it a go on my own this time.
So far all I have is a huge mess with tools everywhere. Trying to do jobs without getting set up is horrible, but I'm making progress.
Anyway, the rack can fit 12 racks of sockets in a fairly small area and gives easy fast access to them. It also leaves the space open underneath for your various whatnots. Can also put 4 more shorter loose individual racks on it without getting in the way of the others.
Only downside to the rack is it wouldn't work out unless you are in a trusted environment as it sticks up fairly high so no lid. I could lower it some, a couple inches or so, but that would make accessing the lower row harder.
I suppose if one had the capacity, time, and desire they could make a deeper top to take care of that. However, right now you can access most of the stuff on the cart from any side and a lid would interfere with that.
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doan
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Here's one I made for my stubby Allen and torx sockets. A little easier than a normal socket set because I only needed 3 drill sizes. I did the layout in PowerPoint. Using the align and distribute tools made it easy. Printed to actual size and taped it to a 1 x 4 oak board. Center punched all the holes (Yay!, no measuring) and went to town with the drill press.
Here's another in the socket drawer of my tool cart. SAE/MM standard and deep 3/8 drive. This is my 1st one made out of a 2x8. It was intended just to be an experiment, but it came out pretty good so I kept it. Ideally, I would have made it smaller.
The other simple one I've done is to use pegboard with 1/4" bolts poked in from the back. The spacing is about perfect for 3/8" drive.
For some of the 1/2" stuff, I just used Masonite as a divider since the spacing on 1" pegboard is too small for bigger sockets.
Here's another in the socket drawer of my tool cart. SAE/MM standard and deep 3/8 drive. This is my 1st one made out of a 2x8. It was intended just to be an experiment, but it came out pretty good so I kept it. Ideally, I would have made it smaller.
The other simple one I've done is to use pegboard with 1/4" bolts poked in from the back. The spacing is about perfect for 3/8" drive.
For some of the 1/2" stuff, I just used Masonite as a divider since the spacing on 1" pegboard is too small for bigger sockets.
sberry
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QwikKotaTx
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Kudos on the ingenuity but I believe I got my socket organizers for $12 at Lowes, looks even cheaper now. 3 sets each metric/SAE. Stand up kind. Made pretty well for the price. http://www.lowes.com/pd_393408-22328-86984_0__?productId=3798979
http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=393409-22328-86985&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3798983&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=rel&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1
http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=393409-22328-86985&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3798983&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=rel&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1
sberry
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All the drive stuff and metric combo and a few general tools ride on the bbq cart and most can be reached from either bay. There is a wrench circular for sae also. We used pegs but it turned in to 2 sets, this setup puts most of it in the middle of a quite a bit of floor space and to the hoist.
454ragtop
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dylanr_97
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What i did was get 1/2" plywood and arrange the sockets how i wanted and then drilled holes and hammered in dowels to put the sockets on. Nothing moves. Easy on and off. Easy to see if your missing a socket. Fully customizable. Cheap. Doesnt rattle a whole bunch like plastic trays. Ya i love it hahah
superautobacs
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Here's one of the more elaborate ones I did for the 1/4" drive stuff out of scrap wood:
I have one for the longer 1/4" bits and drive accessories. Another socket holder is there as well. It has it's own lip/hanger and slides on the vertical divider of the box. There's a row of E-torx sockets underneath it, also made out of scrap wood.
I have one for the longer 1/4" bits and drive accessories. Another socket holder is there as well. It has it's own lip/hanger and slides on the vertical divider of the box. There's a row of E-torx sockets underneath it, also made out of scrap wood.
