How's Your Hammer Hangin'?

[BigJackDaddy]

Group,

I'm at the stage where I'm about to hang tools near the workbench. I'd like to see or read about what you have at arm's reach and how it's hanging.

I've got a good idea of what tools I'm going to want nearby (ball peens, screwdrivers, some pullers, etc) but want to see what others have 'cause there's always room for improvement.

Thanks.

 

[wilbilt]

Mine are all locked up in the boxes, except for a few prybars, tire bars, etc. Mostly stuff that doesn't fit in a tool box.

 

[DynoDave]

Personally, I find it handiest to keep my hammers on my peg board wall. Always at hand, easy to find, etc.

 

[Rader Rods]

Cool clock, early 60's?
Nice calender.
Saturn of Austin???

 

[autoist]

Ditto on hanging tools - auto tools, however, stay in box.

 

[rowbow41]

Take 2 long (approx. 18") & 2 short rods and 2 angles. Space the 2 long rods wide enough for the hammer handles to go thru and weld the short rods between the 2 long rods, one at the end and the other in the center. On the other end sandwich the rods between the one side of each angle, with the other legs sticking away from rods and weld angles to rods. Drill holes in legs for attaching to wall or whatever.

 

[DynoDave]

Cool clock, early 60's?
Nice calender.
Saturn of Austin???

Thanks Rader Rods.

The clock was a wedding gift to my parents in 1953.

The calendar is from a company called Historical Hangups (P.O. Box 111, Royal Oak, MI 48068). Write to them and they'll send you a small catalog. My mother-in-law got me the first of those a few years ago, and I've been buying one every year since.

And yes, Saturn of Austin (TX). My wife was at the dealership on business a few years back.

 

[Rader Rods]

I was gonna guess 50's, cause my Mom & Dad had one in the kitchen, but I don't remember it till the early 60's....as I am only 51.

 

[cc_rider]

I don't hang up any tools. Not enough wall space, for one thing; the wall above my workbench is covered with nut-bolt-hardware bins. I keep the tools in tool cabinets; a big ss CSPS job for the Snap-On and other good stuff, an old Craftsman stack for everything else.
It doesn't seem to be TOO much of a problem, because I'm rarely working AT the bench anyway. But I really need is another bench!

The nut and bolt bins are just the little plastic drawer type. I cannot STAND having to dig through every dang bin to find a set of screws that match. I have a couple of 'misc' bins that I go through every once in a while, tossing the oddballs and organizing the matches; they go into an empty bin or a medicine bottle. Once you've sorted the bins a couple times, it gets very easy to find the hardware you need; you develop a sense of what you have and where it is. I have saved myself MANY trips to the hardware store because I was able to find what I needed.

Another tip: when you buy a box of screws or whatever, cut the label off the box and drop it into the bin with the screws, facing out if possible. That's the quickest way to label bins; those guys who type up each label are REALLY obsessive...

c.

 

[SteveL]

I'm a neat freak, so NOTHING and I mean NOTHING hangs on the walls except cabinets with doors and art work. That's what tool boxes are for. Label the drawer fronts and everything is easy to find. Freinds and family think I'm nuts as the garage looks like a steril laboratory most of the time. All garden tools are stored in the attic and everyday stuff is behind doors or in drawers.

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

I am completely rearanging my shop, so I can't answer (single and finally have so much stuff, I am saying what they heck and converting the whole basement, even with it's SHORT ceilings).
However access to your shop, will be a consideration. I see lots of tools in those pictures, that could be used to break into the toolboxes, especailly those prybars. And since I live in a bad area for meth, I am back to the idea, or using the old coal bin, as a tool crib, and placing anything large in it.

 

[RAYJAY]

here's mine

 

[wilbilt]

I see lots of tools in those pictures, that could be used to break into the toolboxes, especailly those prybars. And since I live in a bad area for meth, I am back to the idea, or using the old coal bin, as a tool crib, and placing anything large in it.

A definite concern of mine as well. I have a long wrecking bar as well as truck tire bars, hammers, etc., hanging between my tool boxes. I could break into them in about 5 seconds using those tools....imagine what a tweaker could do...