Storing wrenches?
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Fedwrench
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probably my favorite wrench holder is a pair of Snap KRA15A rails.
shop.snapon.com
No wasted space, cut to fit most any drawer.
Worth mentioning: Toolbox widget:
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No wasted space, cut to fit most any drawer.
Worth mentioning: Toolbox widget:
Modular Wrench Organizers for Toolbox | Vertical Wrench Organizers
Modular wrench organizers for your tool box. The easiest, fastest and best way to organize your mechanic tools. Easily add as many tool organizer as needed.
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I was looking at the toolbox widget but I heard their magnets don’t hold. I’ll definitely be looking on the SO option. My catalog came in todayprobably my favorite wrench holder is a pair of Snap KRA15A rails.
Snap-on Store
No wasted space, cut to fit most any drawer.
Worth mentioning: Toolbox widget:
Modular Wrench Organizers for Toolbox | Vertical Wrench Organizers
Modular wrench organizers for your tool box. The easiest, fastest and best way to organize your mechanic tools. Easily add as many tool organizer as needed.toolboxwidget.com
Snapped-off
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I think Toolbox Widget is hard to beat. Saves more space than the rails because you can overlap the wrenches. They're pricey, but they often offer discounts. If you don't need the space though, the rails are easily my #2 recommendation.
Lucid Moments
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I use the Toolbox Widget too and am happy with them. Don't have my drawer packed quite as densly as Snapped does, but it is a work in progress. And the magnets work just fine for me. The only downside to them that I have seen is that you can't just pick up the rack to take a set of wrenches with you if you need to be mobile.
nadogail
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I throw them into the appropriate drawer, Inch or Metric, and stir the drawer with a stick until the size I want comes to the top.
Professional Tool User
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I personally just use the wrench racks from Ernst.
MarvinBerry
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Ernst racks here too.
One metric one SAE. Stacked on top of each other in a deep drawer. I don't have that many compared to some people. Only the basics.
Portable boxes the wrenches get tossed into crown royal bags.
One metric one SAE. Stacked on top of each other in a deep drawer. I don't have that many compared to some people. Only the basics.
Portable boxes the wrenches get tossed into crown royal bags.
firstyearchevelle
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Another vote for the Snap on rails. I’ve been using them for years. I did look into the Widgets, they are nice, but at $1.50 per wrench they’re a little pricey.probably my favorite wrench holder is a pair of Snap KRA15A rails.
Snap-on Store
No wasted space, cut to fit most any drawer.
Worth mentioning: Toolbox widget:
Modular Wrench Organizers for Toolbox | Vertical Wrench Organizers
Modular wrench organizers for your tool box. The easiest, fastest and best way to organize your mechanic tools. Easily add as many tool organizer as needed.toolboxwidget.com
RedneckWelder
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If you really want to pack in space vertically get some wire coil guard from hydraulic hoses or make some, stretch to fit your wrenches and that packs them in tightest. A little annoying to use though
Second most compact way is going to be toolbox widget.
Second most compact way is going to be toolbox widget.
Roobaix
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Trying to be frugal, I bought the Ernst and they didn't quite work for me in my box (SO KRSC326).
I just got the Toolbox Widget stuff and it's much better. I'm trying to cram 8 wrench sets into one drawer, my offsets don't fit but everything else does. The magnets are strong enough for me, I'm not rolling the box around though.
I just got the Toolbox Widget stuff and it's much better. I'm trying to cram 8 wrench sets into one drawer, my offsets don't fit but everything else does. The magnets are strong enough for me, I'm not rolling the box around though.
That's all I use and space them out where the bigger wrenches over lap like the poster at the beginning of the thread.
CHI_Tool&Die
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Grant Gunderson
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I use custom cut foam from ToolBed for mine. They have all Snapon tools in there system and a lot of Wera, etc, so its pretty easy to use their layout tools to make custom drawers.
VolvoRyan
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I've been using these:
They pack the wrenches tight.
-Ryan
They pack the wrenches tight.
-Ryan
This is the style I use from various brands.
B_Bimmer
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I always thought a drawer for each size would be nice.... oh wait, you don't have as serious a problem as me...
Has anyone compared the Snap On KRA15A rails with the ones available on Amazon? Are there major differences? I'm currently using Earnst holders which work fine but aren't long enough. I don't have access to a dealer and would have to order online. Obviously shipping makes Amazon the choice but the rail costs are about the same.
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Here's a pic of one if my wrench drawers. I kinda went out of the box a bit and cut some of the basic wrench holders to fit what I had. I also used one or two of the Harbor Freight drawer organizers but cut it all apart with the band saw and used what I needed in each drawer. I am not a pro so I don't need the expensive stuff that they do.
www.harborfreight.com
Wrench Organizer, 76 Piece
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From a previous thread on this topic I use the spring/coiled wire trick. I had some 14g electrical wire that I wrapped around a 1” diameter pipe. It makes a loose spring. Set the wrenches between the coils.
Here is a similar example but with thicker wire. Thicker would be better but I used what I had
Here is a similar example but with thicker wire. Thicker would be better but I used what I had
I've also cut a few of these apart but I just used tin snips.Here's a pic of one if my wrench drawers. I kinda went out of the box a bit and cut some of the basic wrench holders to fit what I had. I also used one or two of the Harbor Freight drawer organizers but cut it all apart with the band saw and used what I needed in each drawer. I am not a pro so I don't need the expensive stuff that they do.
Wrench Organizer, 76 Piece
Amazing deals on this 76Pc Wrench Organizer at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
If you have a 3D printer, or a friend with a 3d printer you can design exactly what you want and get very efficient with your space. It takes a bit of time both in design and print time but the materials are cheap and some like myself there is a great deal of satisfaction in problem solving and design process. Also on more common items you can sometimes find other peoples designs that they have posted for free.
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mrmowitallpa
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There is a bunch of love here for the Toolbox Widget organizers, but I felt that they took up too much valuable space in my US general 44 in. box. The spacing of the wrenches was further apart than the OEM rails I am currently using. I wanted so bad for the Widget holders to be better, but they weren't in my situation (metric wrenches in one drawer, SAE in the other).
I ended up shipping them back and staying with my adhesive backed OEM rails. If I had to do it again, I'd buy the OEM rails with the magnetic strip on the back. The adhesive doesn't like to stick to the drawer liner, but I found they allow me to easily to trim to the size I need, fit all of my wrenches in one drawer, and are quite affordable.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0777H2Y1W/?tag=atomicindus08-20
I have these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XZQ5TST/?tag=atomicindus08-20
They work very well for the price and Im quite happy with them
They work very well for the price and Im quite happy with them
I've got both the snap on and the OEM tools version and they work great. The OEM tools seems like it might be made out of a little cheaper plastic but it works fine and honestly might be exactly the same.
You can also get them from AutoZone for cheaper than Amazon.
You can also get them from AutoZone for cheaper than Amazon.
Ricky Joe
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That’s how I do my ratchets since I have so many lol
I bought the JSP Gripper type holder and they broke on day one. Plastic is too hard, especially for cold environments. Ernst are only a bit more and more pliable plastic.
DerekV
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Most of mine are on various Ernst racks
thats a different model than the one I linked. Its been 5 years with mine, not a single issue.
I store them in a couple of different piles. A metric pile and an SAE pile and then ratcheting wrench version of each. And then a couple of piles for flare nut wrenches.
Six piles I guess.
I don't use the flare nut wrenches much so they might graduate to a wrench roll. In that case, four piles.
Six piles I guess.
I don't use the flare nut wrenches much so they might graduate to a wrench roll. In that case, four piles.
probably my favorite wrench holder is a pair of Snap KRA15A rails.
Snap-on Store
No wasted space, cut to fit most any drawer.
+1
I like the plastic wrench trays that the wrenches rest in and are easy to see the sizes and don't lock in place.
The last ones I got came from Amazon and I'm using one from each set I have because one of the old ones was already cut down to the size I needed.
The last ones I got came from Amazon and I'm using one from each set I have because one of the old ones was already cut down to the size I needed.
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That's what I'm using too.
I'd like to know why wrench organizers cost so much for a simple piece of plastic.
rancherbill
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Great thread.
I looked at all the options, and Toolbox Widget is the coolest, and I think it is the first product I have seen that ends up more expensive than Snapon.
If I was going to buy something I'd get the Ernst which is similar to the Snappy at half the price.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0060LUM8I/?tag=atomicindus04-20
I looked at all the options, and Toolbox Widget is the coolest, and I think it is the first product I have seen that ends up more expensive than Snapon.
If I was going to buy something I'd get the Ernst which is similar to the Snappy at half the price.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0060LUM8I/?tag=atomicindus04-20
Kscardsfan
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Toolbox Widget guy myself. Watch for their sales and promos when they come around.
Harbor freight has started carrying a lot of new "US General" branded box organization stuff. I just picked these up for what looks like quite a bit cheaper than the earnst even.
www.harborfreight.com
Magnetic Wrench Rack, 4-Piece
Amazing deals on this 4Pc Magnetic Wrench Rack at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
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