I have seen tool box perfection.....

In the new rodders journal, I'm in love with this tool shot, who needs a tool box


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the Fonz copied him.

 

are they going to use all the hr deluxe pics ?

 

So you can't act like you don't have a tool if someone comes to borrow one since they can see it..also hope you Trust everyone that walks by your open garage door

 

I've worked in shops where almost everything was up on the wall. At the end of the day it was easy to see if something was missing.

In industry, this is making a come back. Especially in the aviation field... to account for tools that might be left inside assemblies. Nothing worse than your customer finding the lost tool for you!

Funny story... years ago I worked in a shop and the guy who did the battery installs lost a pair of pliers.. cussed up and down. A day or so later a customer walks in with his pliers... asks, "are these yours?". The guy says "yes, where did you find them?". Reply.. "in my radiator." and hands him the bill.

Bob

 

I've seen this tool display also on a cart with two 4x8 sides like a housetop. Power tools and larger stuff stored under the display boards on top of the cart. Tool sets in cases in the cart.

 

Cant beat good tool organisation. here's one of mine...

 

I've worked in aviation since 1981, and the possibility of lost tools is a real issue that can have catastrophic results. To combat this, every tool on the shop floor is shadowed and inventoried. What that term means is that every tool is placed inside of a foam cutout within the drawer. When the mechs do their inventory at the end of the shift, every tool has to be accounted for, or he doesn't go home until it has been found.

There are new systems that we use that has sensors inside the boxes that continually monitor tool status. The tools are bar-scanned each time they get removed and returned. Some of the tools requiring calibration are also monitored, and the "smart box" knows when their calibrations are coming due. It's a very thorough system, and it isn't cheap.

Our hangar and shops are way cleaner and more organized than any NASCAR or F-1 team facility that you have seen on TV. It's impressive, and it's very important to show to our customer that we take our operations very seriously. We have high-level tours weekly, and we've had everyone from the Secretary of Defense, former Presidents, current Senators, and even Margaret Thatcher. We call 'em Dog and Pony Shows....

 

We're slow getting with the program at work for the wrong reasons. Everyone has to take their personal tools home and slowly they're all getting identical tool boxes with every piece of tooling identified to specific operators.

We have shadow boxes going for everything as well, from there enforcement will be the next hurdle.

Amazing who comes out of the woodwork when a socket or wrench is found in something we ship, even if they cause no damage. These are things missed in a line-item F.O.D. check that our quality looks over, the customer rep looks over as well and stamps off on with the screamin' eagle.

Bob

 

I'm a mechanic by trade and hobby, and everything has it's place in my boxes. I don't think I would go that far, but it is a nice setup.

 

I think it looks cool , but it wouldnt last around here . If they see it , the first night they would break in and steal all the tools . Second night they would come back for the boards they were hung on .

 

We had a tool room in the school shop I taught in that had spots for every tool on the walls marked so you could id what was missing. I've known guys who have less elaborate tool boards above their benches and it works well if you don't have people in and out of your shop.

Right now my garage and tool box qualify for disaster relief and I really need to put in some time getting things squared away.

 

That don't even begin to describe those guys!

I believe I do a pretty good job just to pick them up from the floor and put them back in the tool box,,,,only if and when I can't find anything in the tool box!

I have seen some of those threads on the Garage Journal and I can only surmise that the guys don't have a project going or they are just plain anal. HRP

 

If and when I redo my garage I want plywood on all the walls. I have pegboard now and it works but I agree with Plywood and screws. Makes it easier to hang stuff anywhere..especially my license plates and hubcaps.

 

What happens to that fancy wall layout / foam cutout when you buy a new tool?

 

It's is getting to where the larger auto dealerships are doing this type of thing and having the mechanics take there own tools home for liability reason's. Our chrysler dealership has a deal going with SK and soon we will not have to supply anything evryone will have identical boxes and tool inventories

 

this!
mental = amazing

 

I have a couple of the regular rolling tool boxes with drawers but have never really liked using them. First of all they were on the back wall on my shop so I had to walk back there everytime I needed a tool, and secondly, I had to hunt through drawers until I found the one I needed.

What I recently did that has made my life so much easier is I bought a Mac rolling tool cart and added some pegboard to the back of it and I have moved all of tools I use the most often onto it. Now I can roll it right up to where I am working and instead of laying a tool down and then taking a bunch back when I am done, now I can simply put one tool back in it's place and reach for the next one. Doing this has made me so much more organized and has eliminated all the time I was wasting, runnng back and forth.

Don



My most commonly used sockets are on this section......SAE on the left,metric on the right.



My wrenches are in the one pull out drawer.



Standard screwdrivers on the left side.



Phillips on the right side.



Heavy tools, impact tools, hammers, prybars, etc on the bottom to keep it from tipping over.



And on the back of the pegboard are things I don't use often or are too long for the front.



Now all I keep in my rolling chests are tools I use infrequently, like torque wrenches, compression gauges, chisels, etc.

 

My dad and I did a homemade shadow set up years back. We found a box we liked, and then cut pieces of styrofoam to fit in each drawer. After we had the fit correct, we took each tool to be placed in the drawer and heated it with a propane torch. We then carefully sunk them in to the styrofoam, and over sized the hole slightly with the heated tool. Once we had a board we liked, and everything fit loosely we went back and lined the styrofoam with a nice material. This was on a 1940s era Craftsmen set, so, we did it with some sort of velvet like material. We also brush painted all of the indentations on the tools, and then cleaned the high spots. It makes it really handy to know if you're holding a metric or standard. We went on to do this to all of our individual tools so we would know who's wrenches were who's.

I like the board idea even better.

 

Don that is the perfect cart, all business, no show pony!
My tool chest is at the back of my garage and I do spend a lot of time going back and forth and end up with tools all over the floor where I am working.

 

makes my tool box look like ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag

 

Don! Thanks!
I've been looking at the swap meets for another Craftsman tool box like the one I have to add to the shop for the big stuff. What I'm going to do now is get one of these roll arounds and put everything that I use all the time in it. My Craftsman box can hold all the stuff I hardly ever use. Like those f-in metrics.. I like working on the driveway, I'm a bit claustrophobic.
Great idea!

 

That's really not a tool box, it's a wall with tools stuck on it.

I am always suspicious of guys who have over-organized tools.....it's like a form of masturbation or something. In the case of aviation, I can see the need but otherwise it's a bit like the guy who spends 2 hours primping himself in the bathroom each day before he will walk out to pick up the newspaper.

 

That look's sooo nice. If I did my shop like that I would never be able to find anything !!!!! LOL

 

When I get through working on something it looks like I dumped the whole tool box on the floor. It takes 5 min. to get everything out and a hour to pick it up.

 

Mine are a bit less traditional. Did this bout 20 years ago.