Garage Shop: Tools

They must've changed the trays. My sockets all seem to fit:



Apparently, I need to up my socket collection as well..or locate those missing. Either way, more tools are needed

 

LOL, I did the same thing. Went to Ace's single socket drawers and bought all the missing ones I could afford. It was driving me crazy.

 

My OCD is TRIGGERED

 

Used to work in an Aerospace shop and all tools had to be accounted for before shift change to make sure we didn't leave one in an assembly. Missing sockets in my personal box made me nervous out of habit.

 

Anyone have any good tips for ratchet and extension organization?

 

Kaizen foam, or at the very least, lay them out on the rubber liner most drawers have and make a habit of making it right every time.

 

That’s what I’ve been doing. I have a new husky box but the tools slide on the Matt’s. Guess I need to upgrade the mats huh

 

I connect all the same drive sizes and do this:

 

It wasn’t all Craftsman sockets. Just some. They’re great organizers.

I went back to HF organizers since I really didn’t like any others at the time.

 

Nothing like having kids to make you want to go rechargeable. Amirite?

 

Just came across these on the HFT subreddit. Ordered and they should arrive Friday. Saturday, I'll return the red ones to HFT as I have a few other things to pick up to start modding the box:

OEMTOOLS 22207 3 Piece Socket Tray Set – SAE | 80 SAE Socket Holder Set| Deep & Shallow Socket Organizer | 1/4 Drive, 3/8 Drive, 1/2 Drive | Mechanic's Toolbox & Tool Chest Organizer | Green

$41 OEMTOOLS 22207 3 Piece Socket Tray Set SAE, 80 SAE Socket Holder Set, Deep, Shallow Socket Organizer, 1/4 Drive, 3/8 Drive, And 1/2 Drive, Mechanic's Toolbox And Tool Chest Organizer, Green

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074MC53L6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NrlOFb8NXFTWF

 

Tool room off the garage in the house:


Tool cart out in the mancave:



You are already out of room aren't you? Sell, buy with room to build and build one of these. Storage for your tool storage. Do it while you are young. I didn't, but I should have.



First thing you put in it is a lift. I don't bend to work on anything anymore. I don't get down on the concrete and get under anything on jackstands anymore. Because I can't. Mohammed no longer goes to the mountain. The mountain now comes to Mohammed. (No, my name is not Mohammed. It's just a saying.)



Then you really get some real comfort going because it is HOT in there. The most important tool I own: 12,000Btu window air conditioner on its own cart so you can direct the cold air right on you. You don't have to cool the whole building, just the two inches around you! There are four months in SE Texas that you won't use all your other tools because of the heat and humidity. This one "tool" makes it possible, bearable, to be out there using them..




Then some tunes, TV and frig. The workbench is made from a salvaged laminated oak door that came off a double door main entrance to a psych ward in a hospital.
Meth head took both doors and the frame out trying to escape. Thick and solid, it is about as good as a workbench top can get. Didn't cost me a penny, but has done yeoman service for thirty-five years without a creak or crack. Country boy can survive...(If you build your own, make the deck height between your belly button and your sternum. Trust me. You'll thank me later!)



Then some storage, so you don't have to move a buncha' shit to try to find something. (Ask me how I know.) Eighteen inch wide pallet racks, five shelves tall, top shelve at 12 feet, 38 feet long. This is still a work in progress, completion and everything sorted and in its place WHERE I CAN FIND IT...by Jan 1st. God as my witness.

 

You’ll put yer eye out kid

 

I second the kaizen foam, makes easy work of organization. As a service tech it helps knowing where certain stuff is. Have a veto pro pac as well but these are a couple of my portable boxes

 

I contacted the seller and asked if they could make a custom emblem. Placed the order this morning:

 

Check out this bad boy that showed up yesterday. 30” wide. Gonna FUCK UP some snow! It’s bigger than it looked in the pics when ordering it online lol

 

You in Wyoming or New York?