Line wrench storage ideas?

[Crawlin]

I am moving stuff around to have more room, for other sets of wrenches I want. In the pic, is the plastic tray that came with them, and I finally realized it takes up way to much room. Many would say to leave them laying there but everything else has wrench racks and I am OCD about organizing stuff I do not use them very often either, and have 6 metric and 5 standard. They are MACs and are too thick for the wrench racks I have used before. Thanks

 

[Merkava_4]

As far as I know, no one makes a wrench rack for line wrenches; I still have mine in the tray too.

 

[Crawlin]

Ya, I love the plastic trays, but by having them in a rack, they take up almost less than half the space.

 

[Ducroix]

Get a craftsman wrench rack then take a cut off tool and trim to your needs. I use the bottom portion of it and i used a file to trim the notches that hold the wrenches because the line wrenches I have are a little thicker that regular combination wrenches, if your really **** about it like me you can also sand the rough edges then paint the finished product so it looks clean not jerry rigged

 

[Crawlin]

Have a link to which ones. I dont know if I have looked at their racks before.

 

[Ducroix]

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...&+Tool+Storage&sName=Tool+Storage+Accessories

 

[Crawlin]

Thanks man!

 

[Fedwrench]

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...&group_ID=3225&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

Get yourself some wrench rails from any tool truck or Ernst. You can trim them to fit most any size wrench set and most drawers. No wasted space, no reverse wrench racks, store what you need where you need to, and maximize your storage capacity. They run about $10-12 a set. They also make them for larger wrenches.

 

[Crawlin]

That is very cool, one set would get all 11 wrenches too, thanks.

 

[Brad54]

Go find a couple more of those blue wrench holders you have and cut them down.
OR, I found a couple of small holders of the same design at the local auto parts store. The holders might be SK? One is red, and holds 7 wrenches I think. The other is blue, it's not angled, and holds about the same. They were cheap. Only had the two, or I'd have bought a couple more.
I like that design because it locks the wrenches in when I carry the rack to the work.

-Brad

 

[Crawlin]

Yea, I have like 6 of these racks, there are made by SK. I get them cheap online, so I was thinking about getting a couple more also.

 

[wch]

Get a craftsman wrench rack then take a cut off tool and trim to your needs. I use the bottom portion of it and i used a file to trim the notches that hold the wrenches because the line wrenches I have are a little thicker that regular combination wrenches, if your really **** about it like me you can also sand the rough edges then paint the finished product so it looks clean not jerry rigged

Hey - I did exactly the same thing. It works pretty well for me...

 

[nissan_crawler]

plastic racks ****, get the foam ones from Craftsman.

 

[Merkava_4]

^ Someone has tipped your whole hanger up on its side.

 

[eschoendorff]

plastic racks ****, get the foam ones from Craftsman.

That actually looks pretty good.. sideways, but otherwise pretty good.

 

[wilbilt]

I wish I had big drawers.

I keep bringing sheets of foam home from packaging received at work. Then I look at my nasty drawers, and end up throwing it away.

 

[Stuey]

I wonder if something suitable can be easily fabbed out of wood.

 

[Crawlin]

I forgot about those Nissan, Are they taped to your drawer liner or just laying there?

 

[dps]

Ernst racks will hold them; pick out the most appropriately sized series needed and trim away the smaller and larger slots (which can be used for other wrenches). Here using them for six line wrenches:

 

[Crawlin]

awesome

 

[Uncle Buck]

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...&group_ID=3225&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

Get yourself some wrench rails from any tool truck or Ernst. You can trim them to fit most any size wrench set and most drawers. No wasted space, no reverse wrench racks, store what you need where you need to, and maximize your storage capacity. They run about $10-12 a set. They also make them for larger wrenches.

The type Fedwrench has shown in his link are fantastic for most wrench applications I have found, much better than the plastic trays.

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

plastic racks ****, get the foam ones from Craftsman.

I need to find some decent magnets in roll form (like sign material). I have ALWAYS wanted to use those, but don't want them permanent, as tool collections grow, and storage changes. I am surprised that they don't offer those with a magnetic base.

But I also use wrench rolls, since I have need to take things with me.

 

[nissan_crawler]

I forgot about those Nissan, Are they taped to your drawer liner or just laying there?

They're taped down, they come with the tape on them. Works great, they've been stuck down for 6 years (the ones I haven't moved around, anyway).

I need to find some decent magnets in roll form (like sign material). I have ALWAYS wanted to use those, but don't want them permanent, as tool collections grow, and storage changes. I am surprised that they don't offer those with a magnetic base.

But I also use wrench rolls, since I have need to take things with me.

It's not a big deal to get the tape off when you move them, mine have been moved quite a bit. Scrape waht you can with an exacto knife, put a rag wet with MEK over it for a bit, and it'll wipe right off.

 

[Crawlin]

Bumping this back up......Didnt want to start a new thread. Anyway I got a gift card to sears for my birthday and picked up the metric and sae pro deep offset wrenches. Will the foam holders from craftsmen work for those too? I couldnt get them to work in my rubber SK ones.

 

[nissan_crawler]

They work fine. With really thick wrenches, you might have to cut a little "v" where the go in the slot to get them to go in one-handed, but it takes about a minute to cut them in all the foam, it's no big deal.

 

[Vinko]

Sort of off-topic, but: I think the Mac aesthetic, i.e., the logo, the design of a lot of their wrenches and hard-handled tools, looks often better than S/O. Tool for tool, I find a lot of the Mac stuff to have a great design. I'm speaking aesthetically here. I'm not qualified to really judge functionality like some of the professional mechanics here.

But then again, I like the raised panel C-Man wrenches too. As well as the red/blue/clear screwdrivers. Though not as much as a black-handled S/O.