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George E. Cawthon George E. Cawthon is offline
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Default Wrench set storage

Charlie S. wrote:
I have a set or Craftsman wrenches with both metric and English standard
pieces. It came with a plastic pouch with a divider in the middle. I store
the metric on one side the English standard on the other. Doesn't really
work out all that well. I've mended the bag over the years, but realize
this is not an efficient way to store these wrenches. They fall out; get
mixed together occasionally, and it's difficult to sort them quickly.

Yes, I have a ratchet set, but for some reason I like using the old fashion
wrenches from time to time.

I put the wrench bag in the tool box and go through the same trying process
over and over again. Could use some suggestions as to how to better store
these items.

Have a similar problem with screwdrivers, Phillips vs. straight. Need to
get rid a lot of them. There is too much redundancy.



If they are combination wrenches get two of those
big carabiners and put them on that. If they are
open end wrenchs you have to do something different.

I believe in socks and rubber bands made from
inner tubes. Get an inner tube and cut bands
about 1/2" to 1" wide and you have big heavy duty
rubber bands. But a band on each set of wrenches
and put in a sock. Or, put in a sock, fold over,
and put a band on it.