I try to keep them and store all but the most frequently used tools in them
because they tend to help me keep all of the parts together better than I
can without them.

Some cases are designed very poorly and these drive me crazy. It is obvious
to me that the case design job was left for the new junior engineer in the
department and nobody checked his work. The latest and worst that I have is
a huge case that came with my DeWalt 618 router kit. It is very poorly
designed. Every time you pick it up by the handle everything in it seems to
fall to the bottom. The router came with 2 bases and a rebate that get's you
a D handle base, but the case only has space for the 2 original bases.
Another case that is driving me crazy is the one for Kreg's new K3 pro kit,
although this one isn't quite as bad as the router case. There's no place in
it to put the right angle clamp which every "pro" will have. Also, the bench
fixture needs to be screwed to a board in order to use it but as soon as you
do this it doesn't fit into the case any more. I'll likely be building my
own cases for both of these tools very soon. When companies design these
cases they should include space for all of the available options and they
should make the case fit the tools and parts well enough so everything
doesn't fall out of place when you carry it. If they don't, the case is
useless and a waste of money.

I'm down off my soap box now. Sorry for the rant, but I just had to let it
out.

--
Charley


"bob" wrote in message
.. .
I have, over the years, accumulated quite a collection of power hand
tools,
each arriving in its own molded, form fitting case. Problem is, where to
store all of this. I am building a shop, and elected to store these tools
in drawers or on shelves that are sized to fit the tool, and not the case,
as I have run out of room, especially for the gartgantuan cases like my
Milwaukee cordless circular saw (only comes in a case sized to carry the
complete set of 18V Milw tools). I am planning to toss the cases into the
recycling bin or donate them to someone that could use them.

Question: How do you store these tools and their cases? Am I messing up
by
tossing the cases?