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On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:13:16 -0700 (PDT), terry wrote:
a set of knobs on which to 'park' sockets
a row of nails/screws in wooden board prob just as good!

These are the kind of intelligent American home-spun ideas I was looking
for (the europeans & asians can never come up with this kind of stuff!)


You gotta be kidding. You can't figure out to keep your wrenches
straight and think Asians and Europeans suffer from the same?
Hanging things on boards probably dates to the Stone Age.
Maybe they used a tree limb with branch stubs as pegs.
That was before America was even discovered.
Keep inch and metric in separate drawers. Different types.
Keep types in a separate drawer, like combos, double box end, etc.
But I've always kept a double offset box 1/2-9/16 with my combos because
it's often used.
Wrench sizes don't have to be in order, as the eye picks the right size.
If your eye told you it's a 5/8 nut, it'll spot the 5/8 wrench.
An inch set from 7/16 to 1" is only a 10 wrenches.
You can toss a set of SAE ignition wrenches in there and still have no
problem grabbing the right wrench as fast as extracting it from a
holder, then having to re-insert it instead of just tossing it in a
drawer.
Do that, and you won't waste time putting wrenches back in their own
special slot.
Sockets need holders because they can roll around and hide themselves if
not held upright.
Toss all duplicates in a box and put them away.
Having 2 or 3 of every size just clouds everything.
As others have said you can hang them separately. Nails have been
mentioned, and I use that for some heavy tools in the garage.
Pegboard is better though because it's easier to adjust layouts.
I don't recommend hanging wrenches unless you only do bench work.
Or you like looking at them hanging there.
Never found hanging necessary for wrenches, as toolbox drawers work
better. Shop mechs almost universally prefer a box with drawers to
bring the tools right up to the work.
I've got 4 x 4' x 8' pegboard on walls in my basement and garage, half
of it 1/4" and half 1/8".
Never had a wrench hanging, just special or power tools.
And a lot of tapes, parts packages, etc.
Everybody organizes things differently, according to their inclinations
and experience and needs.
I don't want rolling boxes, so I keep my boxes light enough to carry.
Rather have 3 separate boxes and make 2 trips to get them to the work
site or truck bed than one box I can't move.
So everywhere I said "drawer" you can substiture "box" if it fits.
Whether wrenches or boxes, divide and conquer is what counts.
I don't keep wrench sets in toolbox drawers.
Mostly files sets, punch sets, chisels, razor tools, etc.
Best box I ever had and used for years was a small metal Craftman box
I bought empty. About 20" long, 6" wide and 4" high.
Had a short - maybe 1/2" high - thin wall inside running lengthwise,
starting wide enough to hold a 1" spocket and tapering down to about
1/2" wide at the other end.
That box held a full set of combos, and full sets of 3/8 and 1/2 drive
ratchets, sockets and extensions.
Besides that I could dump in a torque wrench, and all the pliers,
visegrips, and screwdrivers I needed for most jobs on top of the
wrenches/sockets. Nice box.
The short socket wall made it work.
Painted it twice over the years, but somebody ran over it and killed it.