87D100
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This question is for the pro mechanics among us. It seems every time I get a new tool I end up re- doing my whole box. How about you?
Kevin
Kevin
How often do you re-configure your tool box layout?
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Toolhorder
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I almost never do although I'm now considering ditching all the plastic trays and holders to make more room. My box is about full.
Outlawmws
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I'm not a pro, but for tool QTY, I'm certainly at that level.
I've done some minor rearranging from time to time, but generally I won't do anything significant unless I add more storage that might affect the main box. It's been basically the same layout for ten years (when the 11 drawer roller was bought).
Recently I added a Craftsman 5 drawer roller from about 1954 that the kids and I restored, and I moved a lot of truly old stuff from the main box to that one, as it is going to get all my antique/early vintage tools with only minor exceptions. But that did not change the basic layout.
Since then I also added a fabed up pliers rack in the pliers/adjustable wrench drawer, so that drawer got rearranged from piles of similar pliers to rows and piles.
But I still consider the box organization to be pretty static.
I've done some minor rearranging from time to time, but generally I won't do anything significant unless I add more storage that might affect the main box. It's been basically the same layout for ten years (when the 11 drawer roller was bought).
Recently I added a Craftsman 5 drawer roller from about 1954 that the kids and I restored, and I moved a lot of truly old stuff from the main box to that one, as it is going to get all my antique/early vintage tools with only minor exceptions. But that did not change the basic layout.
Since then I also added a fabed up pliers rack in the pliers/adjustable wrench drawer, so that drawer got rearranged from piles of similar pliers to rows and piles.
But I still consider the box organization to be pretty static.
chris fresh
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just did some regrouping for the first time in 15 years,still driving me crazy pulling the wrong drawer,if i end up getting a middle box,it's going back to how it was
When I worked in a shop the only time I changed the layout was when I traded up in boxes. After 24 years of my box sitting at the house and constant adds I still have the same layout. If I were to start all over I would change quite a bit; but as it is I could not imagine my tools any where else than where they are in this set of boxes.
I never use the trays the tools come in. If you have room for those trays you don't have enough tools!
Honda guy
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I've kept things pretty much the same for several years. I try to keep the same layout in my home toolbox, as my work toolbox. Makes it easier to reach for what I need without having to think which drawer it's in.
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BigAl62
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Never, but it seems to rearrange itself when I'm not looking! I keep forgetting where stuff is!
Steevo
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Oh, geeze, lemme think . . .
I bought my main Snap-On rollaway combo back in about 1978, so I've had it for 34 years now, and in that time, I bet I have re-arranged the tools in it . .. . . .
Never.
I stir them up when I am looking for something that has worked its way to the bottom of a drawer, but what comes out of and goes into each drawer has not changed in the last 34 years.
And I may not be a pro wrench now, but I was for more of those years than I want to remember.
I bought my main Snap-On rollaway combo back in about 1978, so I've had it for 34 years now, and in that time, I bet I have re-arranged the tools in it . .. . . .
Never.
I stir them up when I am looking for something that has worked its way to the bottom of a drawer, but what comes out of and goes into each drawer has not changed in the last 34 years.
And I may not be a pro wrench now, but I was for more of those years than I want to remember.
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Mr.Nutcase
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once, when I got a new job at the shop am at now..
When I worked at dealership, I had stored thing different
When I worked at dealership, I had stored thing different
The only time I re arrange is usually due to an expansion. I bought my tool box while I was in college and it pretty much stayed the same for 10 years. A few years ago I added a 3 drawer intermediate box that was too small and an overall pain in the ***. Last year I finally replaced my lower box & intermediate with the 41" HF box. Each of these upgrades resulted in a reorginization.
Currently my box is undergoing my first re-org without an expansion, mainly due to this place! I've been on a tool buying spree lately and I've been forced to reorganize in order to keep everything together.
Currently my box is undergoing my first re-org without an expansion, mainly due to this place! I've been on a tool buying spree lately and I've been forced to reorganize in order to keep everything together.
klhitman
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every-time i open the drawers. i wonder how i can make this better. you will never be done organizing your box. i dont care how big of a box you have, you will always look at it saying what if????
crewchief888
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i've kept the same basic layout in my work boxes since '86.
some changes were made when i moved into my last service truck in '04, but sockets wrenches have pretty much remained the same.
i tried to keep the same basic idea going on with my home boxes, but i have a lot more single wrenches/sockets/ratchets at home than i do at work.
it was a PITA when i moved out of my rental shop space back home to the garage. i had a lot less room for toolboxes at home, so i had to work with the space available.
some changes were made when i moved into my last service truck in '04, but sockets wrenches have pretty much remained the same.
i tried to keep the same basic idea going on with my home boxes, but i have a lot more single wrenches/sockets/ratchets at home than i do at work.
it was a PITA when i moved out of my rental shop space back home to the garage. i had a lot less room for toolboxes at home, so i had to work with the space available.