Screwdriver storage solutions

[Josiah_db]

Looking at buying about 20 separate screwdrivers, but don't know how to have them organised in my toolbox,
What options do I have

 

[oldldh]

Do like I do...

Throw them in a bucket!!!

 

[Playwme]

Why do you need 20 different ones?

 

[Rickster]

I just line them up in the drawer but after time they get all bunched up. I've seen guys use a magnetic tool strip that I've been thinking about adding.

 

[ianguilly]

Screwdriver rack the hands on the side of the box.

 

[decaf]

Looking at buying about 20 separate screwdrivers, but don't know how to have them organised in my toolbox,
What options do I have

what does your box look like?

Why do you need 20 different ones?

Kidding right??

 

[Farmall450]

I just use a smaller, "short" drawer...have 30+ lined up in there.

Then again my box doesn't move.

 

[Mike14k]

I recently bought a new set of Craftsman drivers, ones to keep nice and clean for interior work on my cars.

Here is my solution... a dado blade in the saw and some scrap oak.

 

[Holt]

I like that Mike14k

 

[Farmall450]

I like that Mike14k

It looks quite nice!

 

[Mike14k]

I recently bought a new set of Craftsman drivers, ones to keep nice and clean for interior work on my cars.

Here is my solution... a dado blade in the saw and some scrap oak.

BTW, a coat of laquer keeps the oak clean.

 

[SteveCh]

I've done several things like Mike14K's wood solution, for my extensions and so forth. For the screwdrivers, I would do the same thing except that I had a couple extra wrench rails [the red plastic ones like SnapOn and Ernst sell] and I use them to hold the screwdrivers.

 

[zkling]

I use the top drawers of my bottom box. Puts them at ~waist height, comfortable for something that I use all the time. The drawers in my bottom box are really shallow, which is nice. I just line them up lengthwise in the drawer. The trick is to pack them in so tight so that they don't move when you open the drawer. Caution you may need to buy a few more screwdrivers to get the proper package tightness

If I only had a few screwdrivers or a bunch of long one the side of the tool box vertical hanger is nice. For the home shop where space is a premium, it is kind of a pain to add width to a box though IMHO.

 

[pendragon1998]

Won't oak rust tools? I've read that several places.

 

[zkling]

Won't oak rust tools? I've read that several places.

I don't think so. Oak is what the traditional Gerstner and the like machinist chests are made of. Granted they are lined with felt, but

 

[X1 Mike]

I wouldn't think it would rust, I used to make oak boxes without lids to hold the machinist tools like vee blocks that I made myself. These would rust if I drank Mountain Dew and handled them and oak never caused any rust that I saw.

 

[jjjrmx5]

I use the top drawers of my bottom box. Puts them at ~waist height, comfortable for something that I use all the time. The drawers in my bottom box are really shallow, which is nice. I just line them up lengthwise in the drawer. The trick is to pack them in so tight so that they don't move when you open the drawer. Caution you may need to buy a few more screwdrivers to get the proper package tightness

^^^^^^^^^^^
Yep.

Pack 'em in the shortest dwr and handle to handle.
Flip and do the back side of the dwr the same for the less used drivers thus doubling your storage space.

Did you want horz. or vertical? Inside of a toolbox or outside?

Side mounted screwdriver boxes are nice but you run out of room fast. i find them much better for pry bars.

If not storing in a tool box then there are infinite solutions.

If in a locked box, height is your enemy. Thus you need to go flat.

Handle to handle is what I use. No rolling around and no movement with a good dwr. liner.


Below is my home old stuff box that keeps the non-used screwdrivers in order that I had growing up (along with other things).
I use Wiha and Facom at home now but I can't part with my old stuff.
Pack 'em and stack 'em.

Good luck.

 

[skulldrinker]

throw them in a drawer with regulars pointed one way and Phillips pointed opposite.

 

[PRH44]

I keep mine in a draw on rubber but they still move around some . I think I am going to try some custom made wood brackets to keep them in place. Similar to Mike14K

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[Josiah_db]

Is there any racks that can be bought to hold the screwdrivers, so the don't move around in my toolbox

 

[PRH44]

Oh yea you can purchase
Ernst, http://www.ernstmfg.com/tool-organizers/screwdriver-organizers.html
Craftsman http://www.sears.com/craftsman-screwdriver-holder/p-00965273000P
Foam or rubber cut outs you make yourself http://www.sears.com/craftsman-foam-drawer-organizers/p-00965417000P

 

[hofferwood]

I threw my tool box away

 

[Josiah_db]

Because I like my tools organised so I don't loose them

 

[gagreen]

I threw my tool box away

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Would be nice at home, but put your tools on display like that in a shop and watch how fast those spots empty overnight.


Here is mine, but I have to have them this way for tool accountability and quick inspection.

 

[Chadwilliam1]

I have this in the basement. I like it,I plan to move it in the garage eventually.

 

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[Exceller8]

I just pile mine in a drawer. I haven't found a system that I like better, yet...

 

[hofferwood]

Would be nice at home, but put your tools on display like that in a shop and watch how fast those spots empty overnight.


Here is mine, but I have to have them this way for tool accountability and quick inspection.

AGREE 100%
In the plant---they were locked up when I was gone. Not from the 35 other Maint. guys----it was to keep the production and "temps" greedy little fingers out.

 

[Josiah_db]

Thanks for the input I think I might Go for the Ernest screwdriver organisers

 

[pudgybear]

HOFFERWOOD, where did ya get the racks for the pliers that you show on da pegboard

 

[gagreen]

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Why do you need 20 different ones?

I've got 16 different screwdrivers in my pic above. I could easily add 4 more longer screwdrivers if I had the room. I could also add a set of sae hex which could throw me over 30 handled drivers not counting picks.....


addition

There is also triwing, pozi, dzus, high torqe, non ferrous screwdriver for compass deviation corrections etc etc lol.... I could have a library of "screwdrivers" if I would just set myself free on them

 

[Jack Olsen]

I like being able to see them.

I just cut some slots in some 1x2 to make the rack.

 

[zkling]

I threw my tool box away

Looks real nice. One thing I don't see is your sockets. How do you store and organize your sockets?

 

[hofferwood]

HOFFERWOOD, where did ya get the racks for the pliers that you show on da pegboard

Homemade every hook on the board pudgybear.
http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=16334.0

Looks real nice. One thing I don't see is your sockets. How do you store and organize your sockets?

This is homemade also, from an old broken screendoor frame. This is just a fit photo. I still have to build the 1/2" side. Most of my sockets are still on rails.

Chuck

 

[crewchief888]

old pic of home box in the garage, this 33" wide drawer is now completely full
have a few more in the house for inside work.
i only have 3 or 4 screwdrivers with my "working" tools

 

[srmofo]

I just line them up in the drawer but after time they get all bunched up. I've seen guys use a magnetic tool strip that I've been thinking about adding.

You just need to buy a few more and pack them in there tighter

 

[srmofo]

I threw my tool box away

I love it, especially since I have some left over wire shelving in the basement...
Ive been looking at a better way to organize my pegboard anyway

 

[WhiteTrash]

http://www.sunextools.com/index.cfm?s=detail&subcat=128&item=433
I use one of these for most of them. The top box in my Kobalt stack has recessed handles that screw in to the sides. I took that off, folded over the top edge of the screwdriver box so it would hang from the handle, drill holes in the screwdriver box to match the handle, and put it all back together. The box completely covers the handle, but I don't pick up the top box anyway.

 

[jeffmoss26]

My main drivers are all lined up in a drawer of my toolbox.
I've got others on a plastic Craftsman rack mounted to the wall.
4 in 1 drivers are a metal stand we made at work with still more in coffee cans.
I made a couple wooden blocks to hold the smallest ones on my bench.

 

[Interex]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0060C6TIY/?tag=atomicindus08-20