magnetized drawer liner

[solitaire]

Anyone know where you can buy a large magnetic sheet to line the drawers of a toolbox so my ratchets and sockets wont roll around in the drawer ?

 

[jabberwoki]

Thats not a bad idea try a sign shop. Or they do have non slip draw liners.

 

[JASTECH]

Why not something from Ernst? You can Google the mag. sheet.

Thanks, JASTECH

 

[magnetnerd]

Hm, awesome idea. I wonder if a strong magnet sheet under a regular liner would work?

 

[dwm]

I've bought a decent amount of magnetic signs and material over the years. The magnetic field isn't anywhere near strong enough to prevent a ratchet or socket from rolling around. Even the 1/4" thick flexible strips won't do it.

Foam works well if you've got a lot of time on your hands to cut out the shapes or want to buy pre-cut foam. For the sockets, holders (magnetic or otherwise) work well. For my go-to sockets I like the Lisle magnetic trays. Here's a pic of the 6-points from my metric chest. 1/2", 3/8" and 1/4" drive deep and shallow. Ignore the drawer labelling and extra space, this picture was taken while I was rearranging drawers.

Same drawer, from the side:

Another drawer in the same chest has sets in Hansen trays, which I also like but the Hansen trays are easy to spill if you take them out of the drawer. I use those sockets when it's convenient to have the chest near the work.

 

[solitaire]

Anyone know if those craftsman magnetized drawer liners would act as a magnet on the tools laying on top or not ?

 

[egdede]

I don't like my tools picking up little bits of metal schmutz. Even a weak field like a tool would generate after lying on a magnet sheet will attract ****.

 

[Tyler Williams]

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=storage&Group_ID=13838&store=snapon-store

 

[Tyler Williams]

I highly recommend these for holding sockets. This is all I use and all I ever will use.

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=storage&Group_ID=2461&store=snapon-store

 

[dsan]

Anyone know if those craftsman magnetized drawer liners would act as a magnet on the tools laying on top or not ?

I have used them and they were not too strong

 

[Rated ///M]

Anyone ever used these??

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/MAGCLIP-Magnetic-Socket-Holder-Strip-2RNL4

I might grab one to try it out.