boggen
Elite Member
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2011
- Messages
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- Location
- Trivoli, IL
- Tractor
- SSTT (Sideways Snake Tain Tractor) and STB (sideways train box) tractor, dirt harvester
i toss any stinking thing i gotta push the correct end of the socket down on.
i toss anything that requires you to place socket in a plastic thing and socket slides in side ways err pushes in, and plastic holds the socket in place.
i toss anything that offers all sizes in a large plastic tool box per say (comes in a set)
i toss anything that requires the sockets to stand up right in a little tray or stay in a certain position within a tray. stinking thing falls over and everything falls out and out of place.
1/4" drives, large plastic clear see through container i can fit my hand down into. with a screw on top. find various stuff at grocery stores for preztles to chips to peanuts. nothing is in order of course but grab a handful were i think correct size is and hope i got right one. 1 to 3 hand fulls later normally get right socket. if you can not find something that works. grab a thing of heavy duty freezer zip lock bag and move on.
1/2" to 3/4" drive deep/long sockets. i found a plastic case/set about 12" to 18" in length with a plastic hing/lid one for metric 1 for US. and used for air compressor impact gun. about the only thing i have tolerated. due to i do not use impact gun that much. projects end up every were were not near air compressor and generic socket wrench good enough.
1/2" to 3/4" short sockets little metal tray and toss the sockets into, no order, just toss them in. generally holds socket reducers and like to go from different sizes also tends to hold socket wrenches themselves, extensions and like. my issue it takes 1 to 4 times to get correct size socket, but generally larger sockets are fine, it is the smaller sizes, were the drive size is nearly same size as what it is. that is when i end up taking a couple extra tries to find correct size socket.
above is sloppy, but the plastic container, small shallow metal trays. are easy to grab and do not take up much space, and end up weighing less. and i end up with a small cardboard box off to the side, so as i find what i need for given project i toss the tools i have used / sockets into. so i do not have to go sorting to find same tool again. the same cardboard box also ends up being parts box as well. this generally helps when waiting for parts for something. and not having to go get same tool / find same tool again.
on larger projects it is 5 gallon buckets instead of small cardboard box.
i hate drawers with a passion. all my hand tools, hang by a nail/screw, or slide into a 1/2" or 3/4" electrical wire staple. i have one box for knives/razors, pen shape odd ball tools that has little dividers 1"x1" to 1" x 3" that lays flat on its back. i grab what i want and into box or 5 gallon bucket and move on like i am shopping in a store. and when done re-stock the shelves. the only exception is socket / socket wrenches and regular wrenches. power tools never get shoved in drawers. all laid out on a lower shelf (knee high) just above all the hand tools.
at moment it looks like a tornado went through. with different projects not completed. and tools here and there. but it is all there. in little mini store single side store isle shop area.
i toss anything that requires you to place socket in a plastic thing and socket slides in side ways err pushes in, and plastic holds the socket in place.
i toss anything that offers all sizes in a large plastic tool box per say (comes in a set)
i toss anything that requires the sockets to stand up right in a little tray or stay in a certain position within a tray. stinking thing falls over and everything falls out and out of place.
1/4" drives, large plastic clear see through container i can fit my hand down into. with a screw on top. find various stuff at grocery stores for preztles to chips to peanuts. nothing is in order of course but grab a handful were i think correct size is and hope i got right one. 1 to 3 hand fulls later normally get right socket. if you can not find something that works. grab a thing of heavy duty freezer zip lock bag and move on.
1/2" to 3/4" drive deep/long sockets. i found a plastic case/set about 12" to 18" in length with a plastic hing/lid one for metric 1 for US. and used for air compressor impact gun. about the only thing i have tolerated. due to i do not use impact gun that much. projects end up every were were not near air compressor and generic socket wrench good enough.
1/2" to 3/4" short sockets little metal tray and toss the sockets into, no order, just toss them in. generally holds socket reducers and like to go from different sizes also tends to hold socket wrenches themselves, extensions and like. my issue it takes 1 to 4 times to get correct size socket, but generally larger sockets are fine, it is the smaller sizes, were the drive size is nearly same size as what it is. that is when i end up taking a couple extra tries to find correct size socket.
above is sloppy, but the plastic container, small shallow metal trays. are easy to grab and do not take up much space, and end up weighing less. and i end up with a small cardboard box off to the side, so as i find what i need for given project i toss the tools i have used / sockets into. so i do not have to go sorting to find same tool again. the same cardboard box also ends up being parts box as well. this generally helps when waiting for parts for something. and not having to go get same tool / find same tool again.
on larger projects it is 5 gallon buckets instead of small cardboard box.
i hate drawers with a passion. all my hand tools, hang by a nail/screw, or slide into a 1/2" or 3/4" electrical wire staple. i have one box for knives/razors, pen shape odd ball tools that has little dividers 1"x1" to 1" x 3" that lays flat on its back. i grab what i want and into box or 5 gallon bucket and move on like i am shopping in a store. and when done re-stock the shelves. the only exception is socket / socket wrenches and regular wrenches. power tools never get shoved in drawers. all laid out on a lower shelf (knee high) just above all the hand tools.
at moment it looks like a tornado went through. with different projects not completed. and tools here and there. but it is all there. in little mini store single side store isle shop area.
