[Shop-talk] Socket holders

[cornerexit]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I had not seen these plastic stick versions
before. They look like they would work well, although by my calculations I
would need to 7 sets (one set = one 1/4, one 3/8, one 1/2) of these things
at $10 each in order to accommodate this tool kit. 

I pulled out the inventory list for this tool kit I got him and it has 14
sets of sockets in it, 1/4drive, 3/8drive, 1/2drive, metric, std, 12pt, 6pt,
deep, std etc. To complicate matters even more, each of these socket sets
have differing quantities of sockets in them. For example one set may have 8
sockets and another set will have 12 sockets. It looks to me like those
plastic sticks are only long enough to accommodate X number of sockets each.
This of course means that we will end up with a couple of "stray" sockets
from the set. I suppose this would be a problem with any socket storage
rack/method.

Hmm, not sure what to do now. Two of the 14 sets are 12pt. I suppose I could
prune those out as they have 6pt duplicates except the 12pt go two sizes
larger (could put those with the 6pt set I guess).

Of course there is no guarantee my son will even put the sockets back on the
racks anyway I suppose (I was not real organized when I was 18). Arghh, this
is exactly the kind of aggravation I hopped to avoid by buying this tool set
with the "fitted" tool case.

Wayne  

-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Arvid Jedlicka
Then found these ...

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?pid=00941829000&vertical=Sears&BV_
UseBVCookie=Yes

which are the plastic version of the metal stick. I am assuming they will
not rust, seem to be the most efficient in use of space, 
sockets are easy to put on and take off but appear strong enough to not fall
off, seem to be sturdy enough, you can get extra posts, 
etc.

Not normally a big Craftsman fan, but these seem to do the job quite well.