Who makes a good wrench roll?

gsganzer · Mar 30, 2021

All the wrench rolls I find are too short to fully cover the 1 1/4 and 22mm wrenches and the wrenches slide out. Does anyone make a decent one, preferably canvas , oiled/waxed canvas?

Or maybe I have a tarp maker make me one. Anyone have experience with doing that?

John_Mc · Mar 30, 2021

I have one of these from Northern Tool, but I don't have a 1 1/4" or 22 mm wrench in it. I think 7/8" is that largest I keep in that pouch, but it does have extra room (I fold the top down over the wrenches before rolling it up.

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200642737_200642737

oosik · Mar 30, 2021

My wife stitched up two wrench rolls for me. One for the larger - one for the smaller wrenches. Made out of old Jeans material. Made in 1985 and still working great.

Captain Dirty · Mar 30, 2021

When I bought a set of Sunex angle wrenches up to 32mm (1-1/4") they came in a cloth-fabric tool roll. Perhaps the roll is available separately.
I have a number of home-made (custom?) tool rolls that were not that difficult to make (wife has good sewing machine). Grey one has failed at one corner (lousy QC?) Awning companies are a source of reasonably priced remnants. They undoubtedly could also sew them but may be unwilling or too expensive.

DaleAP · Mar 30, 2021

Check Dickies. One showed up in my facebook feed recently.

Industrial Toys · Mar 31, 2021

Sad, most are plastic, and not worth a crap. Certainly worth even less than that in the Canadian COLD.

Probably not something they want to spend a lot of money on, since many will just go in the garbage.

Captain Dirty · Mar 3, 2023

Old Post with no recent update.

I do not own a Tekton tool roll or pouch, but I have bought Tekton tools andtherefore get e-mails from time to time. Today (3/3/23) they announced updated tool sets including tool rolls that accept up to 32mm (1-1/4"). Roll-Up Wrench Storage Pouches | TEKTON | Free Shipping

alexpops · Mar 3, 2023

Make your own (have your wife/girlfriend make it). A yard of canvas, 4-6 inch strip of softish leather as long as the roll (if you want longevity), and a sewing machine. I made a wrench roll for keeping on my boat, so it wouldn't ding the fiberglass like a metal toolbox or slide around like plastic. sew in some paracord or shoe laces to tie it when rolled up. Lay out the wrenches to figure the width, add a few inches for the pockets to accommodate the tools & trim the top to fold over & hold the wrenches in place when rolled up so they don't slide out the top. Once you have the dimensions, it just a matter of hemming & sewing the pockets to separate the wrenches. Custom roll. I sprayed the leather & canvas with WD40, but you could wax the outside as well if you want. Probably beeswax & mineral spirits or kerosene would work.

oosik · Mar 3, 2023

My two wrench rolls - post#3 - hold my smaller Snap-0n wrenches and my larger ProTo and Mac wrenches. You can tell the most used wrenches. It's the slots that have had the bottoms sewn shut more than once.

Tinhack · Mar 3, 2023

I bought a set of wrenches from 1 3/8 to 3" that came in a roll. Nearly need a dolly to move them around.

Somebody who can sew should be able to make one out of canvas. It's not rocket science.

John_Mc · Mar 3, 2023

I just bought this wrench roll for my 13 piece Gear Wrench flex head ratcheting wrench set. The biggest wrench in the set is 1" (overall length is 13 1/8"), and it fits fine, with room to fold the top edge of the fabric down over the top of the wrench prior to rolling up the tool roll.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091DHFZ88

EDIT: I didn't realize how old this thread was. I just realized I responded to this thread back in post #2 almost two years ago. That roll and the wrenches that were stored in it was stolen about a month ago. I replaced the wrenches, but could not remember where I bought the wrench roll. I bought the roll noted here, which is working OK for my needs. Not sure which one I like better. The one in this post is made from heavier material, but I think I like the shape of the one in my earlier post (and the fabric seemed to hold up OK, though I don't use those tools as regularly as some of you on here might.)