Under-Lid Tool Cart Storage (General / Tools)

[oldschoolcraft]

I asked about magnetic can storage a few days ago, now I'm wondering what other kind of storage I can put on the inside of my tool cart lid. I've seen some videos online of cart tours. One guy made a socket extension holder that goes under the lid.

What kinds of things do y'all store under your tool cart lid, and did you make it yourself or buy something commercially?

 

[mfewtrail]

I used to store my most common used ratchet wrenches under the lid of my cart using magnetic strips to hold them there. Also had a couple of extensions stored that way as well. I removed them a few weeks back because I modified my socket setup in the top of the box and the strips + wrenches would not allow the lid to close due to hitting my tallest impact sockets. If you don't need to close the lid, you could store quite a lot of stuff on the lid.

There's probably a lot of shots of stuff people have stored on lids within this thread: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137365 Instead of just scrolling through, you could try some search terms that might lead you to those specific posts instead.

 

[DwightS]

If you buy the Harbor Freight magnetic tool rails and a few pack of their magnet blocks, you can glue the blocks to the rails to attach them on the lid without drilling holes. I use 5 magnets per rail and attach them with Gorilla Glue.

Two rails will hold a lot.


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