On May 18, 12:31*am, Edward Reid
wrote:
On Wed, 18 May 2011 01:41:14 +0000 (UTC), Tegger
wrote:

These are all precision tools which benefit greatly from
the protection of their storage cases.

Sure. I did say power tools. And I imagine those tools of yours have
cases designed to fit and protect the tool. Hey, I still (somewhere)
have my father's old slide rule that he got probably 75 years ago --
in its original leather case. And his engineering drafting tools, in
their case.

I would appreciate even the power tool cases if they were designed to
fit and store the tool, efficiently, instead of being mostly generic
and oversized. I have a DeWalt cordless drill whose case does a pretty
good job of storing the drill and batteries. That would be worth
having if it also had a place to store bits securely. But it doesn't.
And the batteries are shot, so the drill will also be gone soon. Along
with its case.

Edward

I will speculate that the proliferation of carrying cases for tools,
even the corded ones, started at about the same time as the
proliferation of cordless tools. Cordless tools basically *need* cases
so that you can take the charger and spare batteries along on the job.

I think that the use of cases for corded tools just naturally
followed.

As far as storing bits in a Dewalt drill-kit case, I keep the #2
Philips in the plastic box they came in:

http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DW2002B.../dp/B0000DD6LW

I use small zip lock bags for other driver bits and a set of hex-shaft
drill bits that I keep in the kit.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

BTW...Don't throw away the case from the old drill.

I used my multifunction tool to cut out some of the dividers from an
old Dewalt drill case so that my pneumatic brad nailer, which didn't
come with a case, now has one. I lined it with foam and left
compartments for storing various sized boxes of brads.

I also bought an inexpensive plastic tool box from HF to use as a case
for my multifunction tool and it's accessories.