How are you guys organizing your extensions?

[TheGrooveking]

Show me how you guys are organizing your extensions. Especially in your service carts, for me I have extensions all over the place - chrome - impact - straight, wobble, locking - 1/4", 3/8" & 1/2" adds up, this needing some form of organization.

TheGrooveking

 

[abvw]

I put them in a cutlery tray. Doesn't work too well with 1/2" or anything longer than 10" though..

 

[zkling]

I don't have that many so I just keep them in a narrow drawer on my tool box. Tool box drawers are 16" front to back to even the 10" ones fit.

A few slick ideas I have seen

1.) Snap like drive sizes together to make one long extension chain. Some people think this is hard on the springs?

2.) Socket rail, put different drive size clips on one rail.

3.) Round bar clips, that grip the extension by the middle/round portion. Usually mounted to a board or the lid.

4.) Magnet bar at the back of a drawer, like the socket rail, but faster and not drive size specific.

5.) Silverware tray like abvw mentioned above.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181815&showall=1

Just spitballing

 

[dslabuda]

Really don't have a lot (approx 15-20) so they go in the drawer with ratchets and breaker bars.

The ratchets are laid vertically/front-to-back/longitudinally/however-you-want-to-word-it according to size left to right at the front of the drawer. The breaker bars being longer are laid at the back of the drawer 90° to the ratchets. The extensions are laid the same way in front of the breakers. The breakers and ratchets keep them nicely corralled. No fancy trays or whatnot, just a rubber mat in the drawer. I keep the shorter extensions attached to each other by type and size: wobble & standard, 3"/6"/etc, 1/4-3/8-1/2"drive, finally el cheapos that I hung onto are off to one side for when someone wants to borrow one.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

This is halfway ok, but I still need to get it mo' better. This is a top 40" drawer.

 

[MrSimba]

Just 2 sections with 1/2" - drive thru in one & 3/8" & 1/4" in the other

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Simba...I like that! BTW, What brand of crowsfeet are those?

 

[MrSimba]

Simba...I like that! BTW, What brand of crowsfeet are those?

There the Sealey Crowsfeet (8mm-24mm) & I just used a couple of magnetic knive bars on the back of the draw to keep them in order

http://www.motorsport-tools.com/sealey-crows-foot-spanner-set-15pc-38sq-drive-metric-ak5983.html

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Thanks Simba....those look nice.

 

[1982fxr]

This is halfway ok, but I still need to get it mo' better. This is a top 40" drawer.

if i had that many extensions that is exactly what the drawer would look like

 

[KSB]

I only use a minimal amount of extensions but I found some scrap metal at work and made this to keep them from rolling around.

I think I used a 1U blank rack panel, found it in the scrap bin.

I just marked it out and cut it with a cut off wheel, painted it to finish it off.

They reside in one of my drawers in my 26" top box.