Wire Plier Organizer Rack

[Kjmorris214]

Hey all,

Im try to figure out a way to organize my pliers relatively cheap. I see that they make wire racks racks you can get on amazon for about $25. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to make one that would be much cheaper than to buy one. If you had other organization ideas that would be great as well.

Thanks!

 

[btdobie]

I have seen injection molded plastic ones for around $10-15 in the store which is a little cheaper. I don't think you can build one cheaper than that unless you are using scrap materials you have laying around.

Example:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lisle-Pl...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CKPco5-ru9UCFUmmaQodsBgFcQ

 

[Brian_WK]

A plastic coated dish drainer rack cut up.
I got 2 at a rummage sale for $1

Brian

 

[Ray-CA]

I'd seen several here that are made from a stiff wire wrapped around a broom handle, closet rod etc. with the plier handles slipped into the coil.

That's about as inexpensive as you're going to find.

Ray

 

[M_George]

I made 4 of them out of oven racks I picked up at the Dollar Store for $1 each.
Had to cut them to size and bend them with my hand break.

 

[ihateminimumwage]

Years ago I picked up some wire shelving at Lowes, cut half of the flat section off, and painted it black. Cut to drawer length, and it worked great.

Only have one picture with it, but can't see it well as it's pretty crammed.

This is the shelving:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Rubbermaid-Linen-6-ft-L-x-12-in-D-White-Wire-Shelf/3098543

 

[Michael_in_DE]

i cut up a metal dish drying rack...2 of them, primmer-ed them, and they look and work great.

 

[gungatim]

do you work in an office? see if you can snag a wire mail slot thingy. that's how I made mine. works perfect for pliers. I even grabbed a 2nd one and snipped every other wire and use it as a handgun rack.

just snip the long end off and turn upside down. makes an awesome plier rack

 

[bassbone52]

I'd seen several here that are made from a stiff wire wrapped around a broom handle, closet rod etc. with the plier handles slipped into the coil.

That's about as inexpensive as you're going to find.

Ray

Use #12 solid wire and this also makes a good rack for storing wrenches.

 

[Cope]

I bought two of the racks from Amazon. Also available on eBay for about the same price. The slots are wide enough for most any pliers, something you don't get with some of the metal shelving. I doubled up on smaller pliers because I had too many pairs. I resisted using racks and snickered under my breath at those who did. It makes finding them much easier.

 

[MAD]

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24956

 

[pendragon1998]

Check out the link in my sig.

 

[bakemono]

Check out the link in my sig.

Very clever. I love it. I like that you can adjust the width of the slot as required....and that you don't have to measure each aluminum piece you're cutting, since you're cutting a ruler!

 

[Snakebyt]

i have tried a few different ways, finally decided to just get one made for the job at hand, very happy with them so far
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200678212_200678212

 

[2oolhound]

I use a bathtub tray from a secondhand store kitchen area score, $2, photo shows a different one.
The other pieces are cd racks.

 

[Coloshaver]

Check out the link in my sig.

I did something very similar, but used a nut on each side of each aluminum piece instead of stacked washers or spacers. This proved to be even easier to adjust - just run the nuts up or down the all-thread.