How Do You Store Your Ready To Use Power/Battery Tools

[427HISS]

I'm one that seems to just put my corded drill guns, battery powered screwdriver's etc. in a deep drawer in my tool box, then when needed the batteries are dead and dig through the drawers to get a corded tool. So, show me how you organize your power tools, in tool box's, mount on the wall, chargers etc, so their easy to get to and ready to use !

I'm buying more of the battery packs from a manufacturer that will power their tools. I just bought a Makita chainsaw that use's the same batteries for my drills and will buy more, but storing them so that their ready to use is in question ?

 

[moab11]

I've bought into the Ryobi system. Tools go in drawers of a cabinet, batteries are kept on a pair of 6 port chargers mounted to the wall.
Theoretically keeping the batteries on the charger can be bad, but I have had great luck with this and always have a whole bunch of charged batteries ready to go.

 

[seber]

Drill and 1/4" impact sit on top of the tool cabinets. Everything else in it's proper case.

 

[engineer2]

I use a double-prong slat-wall hook for my string trimmer. I don't have slat-wall so it's just screwed to the wall of my shed. Any big-box store sells them.

Cordless hand-held tools reside in the top of my tool chest.

For my chainsaw I use a couple of extra shelf brackets (one big, one small) screwed to the shed wall. A small bungee cord to holds the saw in place. I also screwed a small plastic container under it to catch drippings from the bar oil reservoir.

 

[Hammer1963]

I have a dedicated tool cart for my cordless tools. M12 tools are stored in two different depth drawers according to size and the same for the M18 tools. That way I do not have to scramble to find what I am looking for. Same for the batteries and I also have two multi-battery charging stations

 

[MushCreek]

I have all of my M18 tools on a shelf. I keep a battery on each tool, and have a couple spare batteries on the shelf. I don't know how long the batteries hold a charge, but I've never had one go dead from sitting. I move the batteries into the basement during the winter, as they don't like cold weather.

 

[427HISS]

Can you guys post some pics ?

 

[acer66]

I have a dedicated tool cart for my cordless tools. M12 tools are stored in two different depth drawers according to size and the same for the M18 tools. That way I do not have to scramble to find what I am looking for. Same for the batteries and I also have two multi-battery charging stations

Can you post some pictures please?

OP beat me to it.

My “System” is a mess, chargers tangled up at the bottom of a base cabinet and the batteries sit on a shelf in the base cabinet.

 

[welder4956]

I hang mine under the shelf over my workbench with clips I got from Amazon. Batteries are separate from the tool. So if they need charging, I put them on the charger when they come off the tool and when they are finished charging they get hung under the shelf. That way any battery that is hanging under the shelf is a charged battery and ready to go.

Dewalt 20V Tool Holder

Dewalt 20V Battery Holder

 

[acer66]

I hang mine under the shelf over my workbench with clips I got from Amazon. Batteries are separate from the tool. So if they need charging, I put them on the charger when they come off the tool and when they are finished charging they get hung under the shelf. That way any battery that is hanging under the shelf is a charged battery and ready to go.

Nice, never saw storage brackets for batteries like that before.
Makes it look less massive.

 

[subroc]

I have a mess. Some stuff individually set up with blades or associated cutters/bits in a bag. Other stuff together in a big bag. Drills and lights are everywhere. Yard tools have a place in the garage. Some saw stuff (circular, jig, reciprocating saws with blades) is together in a deep drawer in the garage. My charging station in the house has most of the batteries. In the garage i charge what I am using as I use it.

 

[Tuc04]

Snap On makes a power drawer and myself and others have copied the general idea. Here is a thread with pictures and part numbers.

Power drawer for non snap On boxes

Has anyone bought, or made, anything like the power drawer available on the Snap On boxes that holds your cordless tools in a deep drawer? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

www.garagejournal.com

 

[Sneezer]

I have some rolling wire shelves in the garage that hold my larger corded tools - miter saws, scroll saw, router, etc. My Ryobi tools hang on lanyard clips from the ends of the shelving unit. My corded drills go in a canvas bag that sits on a shelf with the circular saws. My other cordless tools (Kobalt and Bosch) go in an empty hand tool box, an old Rubbermaid, probably around 22”. The batteries get stored in another canvas bag. I have one charger for each system, if a battery needs charged it goes on the charger, and tossed in the bag when done. It still isn’t pretty, but I don’t have room to add dedicated shelf hangers, so this was the best I could come up with.

Lawn tools go out in the shed. Weedwhacker, hedge trimmers and blowers go into a corner with a bungie cord to keep them in place. Batteries all stored in the garage. My yard tools are either Ryobi 18V or Kobalt 80V. The 80V batteries just go in a stack in an unused corner of my workbench/landing pad.

 

[finn]

Four shelves, 8’ long x 16”deep, built from 2x4s and plywood. The commonly used tools are on the bottom two shelves, less commonly used are at shoulder height.

Drills and drivers are in their carry bags, corded tools are old enough that they don’t have bags. Corded tools usually have a thick coating of dust, since they are rarely used. Tools are loosely sorted by type, ie grinders, polishers, drivers, saws, etc.

One shelf has two sets of quad outlets for chargers. Loose batteries are near the chargers and outlets. Spare chargers are stored in the travel bag with their appropriate tools, ready to throw in the truck and go to other properties as needed.

The newer lithium batteries seem to hold a decent charge almost forever, but I do make it a practice to rotate batteries. Haven’t had a dead or near dead battery on a stored tool since I upgraded to lithium years ago.

Impact wrenches live on the red HF five drawer rolling tool cart, near one of the lifts.

 

[Skoal3]

Can you guys post some pics ?

I realize this isn’t exactly an active post anymore but here is my attempt to organize my mess. Not a huge fan of peg board but it does work for this with some modifications to the pegs.

 

[427HISS]

I realize this isn’t exactly an active post anymore but here is my attempt to organize my mess. Not a huge fan of peg board but it does work for this with some modifications to the pegs.

That's interesting, as I thought of buying a metal pegboard too. That way there I would be able to move battery's, the chargers etc around, and it looks nice too.

 

[Skoal3]

It works well for me. The only downside is the amount of heating and bending, cutting and welding of the pegs to get everything to sit mostly level. Depending on your level of OCD that may or may not be a problem.