I am generally ashamed of my tool organization, except for one thing I do. I keep all the 13mm items in one tray - sockets, wrenches, flex heads, whatever. Ditto for 10 and 17mm. Sometimes 19mm. Of course, this works only because I work on only one car.

 

Just got the HF circular with this cart in sale.
http://m.harborfreight.com/580-lb-ca...not%20provided

 

Thanks! Just ordered with the coupon.

 

Ditto. Looks like I'm making a trip to HF tomorrow.

 

http://cl.s6.exct.net/LiveContent.as...7b8bff9b803d32

This is the code to get the cart for $113.33. Cannot get the sale item to come up.

 

Which set of Hansen organizers are you using. Is it this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009RT...i3L&ref=plSrch

 

http://m.harborfreight.com/3-pc-metr...zer-68102.html

I have the Hansen set for both SAE and metric in all 3 sizes and love it. It is a little pricey. HF has a cheaper alternate (on sale for $9.99)but it does not have all the sizes on the tray. You can get creative and put some stickers on it to make it work.

Alternate at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008J3..._1439645551270

 

Needs to move to off topic so AmberLamps can chime in.

 

Nah, it doesn't. Doug will have everyone coveting foam inserts. Then something crazy will happen to Doug, and the S/N ratio will deteriorate from there.

 

I have no idea why one picture is so freaking large and the other not. Typical IB bull****.

Here's one for you guys that do a lot of under hood work.

It's a Crapsman one that I absolutely love. Rolls under the car and over fender, holds 75lbs worth of stuff and goes where I need it. My most used tools are on it so I don't have to go to the other tool boxes as I'm working.

 

Sean just like looking like a surgeon....

 

Nice! I'm normally not a fan of suspending tools over the car, but that setup would do the trick nicely. My ummm "economy" method has a towel on the intake manifold, and a plastic dishpan sitting on that to hold removed parts.

Tools and parts NEVER sit on the fenders or apron (rule), or loose on the engine or any other part of the car really. Even with the fender and apron covers installed (which they always are). Everything sits on a folding table next to the project when there's more than a dishpan worth of pieces in play.

I found the plastic bins like the ones TSA uses at a local medium-box store in SoCal (Smart & Final), and use them for project trays for car and non-car tasks. Nest easily for storage, easy to keep clean, and they are great for organizing parts into logical groups when working on something. I spec'd a utility sink big enough to hold them in my new workshop, so even cleaning parts in them is practical. And much less risk of dropping something heavy and damaging the sink.


The H-F toolcart would be handy, but mine would look like Rob's top bin only 911x worse if I had one. Too easy to turn that into a parts and junk catch-all at least for me. I need to see if there's a plastic tray that will fit in that top area. Using the trays means that I get to start with a clean tray or three on each project. I know when I'm done when all the trays are empty again. Nuts and bolts, pieces and parts, everything goes in one of those trays unless it's too big; I can usually spot the 'too big' parts under the car. Usually.

 

I may buy the freezone parts to move my screwdrivers to the Harbor Freight tool cart lid area to facilitate easy access and to open up another drawer.

 

One important thing to getting organized is to get in the habit of putting everything back where it belongs.
I'm terrible at it - I have 2 huge Listas ( 5'h x 4'w x 30" d) that have plenty of room.
I find myself having to go around with a 5 gal bucket & do a tool round up when it gets to the point I can't find anything...

 

FYI - HF has a 20% off coupon coming for Labor Day weekend. Pushes the price of their Engine Support Bar down to ~$65 and their 30" Rolling box down to ~$150.

**Edit** - the fine print indicates that it can't be used on Tool Storage, so at least the Engine Support is cheaper.