Channel: Jafromobile

Category: Autos & Vehicles

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Description: For news, updates and exclusive material, follow me on Patreon: patreon.com/jafromobile This arrangement is always subject to change. Everyone's tool collection grows over their lifetime and how you use your toolbox it can make it more than just a place to put your tools. With some creativity and inexpensive materials, and some good working habits, you can make it one of the most productive tools in your arsenal. I say it in the video several times... about how I hate looking for things. If you can arrange your tools in such a way that all the pieces have a home, then you always know where to find them, always know at a glance who's A.W.O.L., and can eventually grab and return them without looking. The most important benefit of organizing your tools is that it makes your toolbox faster to use. From how you arrange your drawers, to making tool caddies, socket boards, or wrench racks, really there are a million different ways to do it. Some people have great luck with injection-molded racks that are pre-manufactured for wrenches and sockets and so-forth, but not every wrench and socket set is the same size. They're not always a 13 piece set, either. Or a 9-piece set... whatever. What happens if you have 27 of them? There's something to be said for tools that come in blow-molded cases because then you don't have to do anything to organize and sort them. Just make that case a feature of your drawer. I prefer tools that come in these kinds of cases over those that don't. The materials I used here are cheap. A roll of tool drawer liner is $9.99. Last Christmas I bought 4 packs of anti-faigue foam mats for $8.99 a piece. Everything I did here took 3 rolls of drawer liners, and 3 packs of anti-fatigue mats. I haven't built a new socket-board yet, but it's probably coming... I've got $10 invested in that. With some scrap wood and leftover spray adhesive, this level of organization cost me $67 total. That's it. Take a little time to create the tool storage THAT YOU LIKE, and the time you invest will pay you back dividends on every job you do. Lastly, the Husky box I have in this video gets some of the best bang-for-the-buck ratings around. If you're the kind of mechanic that needs 500lb capacity drawers and rollers, don't buy this box. If you're looking for a box to put a specific class of tools in, or a home mechanic that would rather spend his money on tools than the box to put them in, then it's nearly impossible to beat. I didn't buy this one, I received it as a gift, but I know what they cost. They cost twice what the Storehouse boxes do and that makes them an enormous value because the Husky offers nearly twice the storage. The sliders on the drawers work no less than 99.87343665 times better. That's apparent even through this video. It has nice wide drawers that accommodate tools that I couldn't fit in the Storehouse models, and it's made from thicker gauge steel with a powder coated finish, and 5 inch casters rated for 1,200 lbs. Night and day difference in quality. If you're looking for a starter box that offers pro features at a bargain price, know that Jafro approves. Drawer 1 is wrenches because they're the most frequently-accessed. Drawer 2 is tools I don't usually like to grab. SAE stuff, sharp things, gasket scrapers, you know... number TWO... Drawer 3 is pliers because it's a skinny frequently-accessed drawer. Drawer 4 is the best fit for my torque wrench cases, so all of my socket-based wrenches go in this drawer. I always put sockets in the top of my boxes where there's light and easy-access rather than in a drawer. Drawer 5 is the top drawer of the bottom box so naturally it gets screwdrivers which are the second-most-frequently accessed tool. Drawer 6 is for cutting and tapping things. Drawer 7 is a hammer drawer because it's at arm's length. That is the exact and the only reason I do that. Drawer 8 is electrical because it's deeper, but not troublesome to dig through. Drawer 9 is precision tools because it's lower, infrequently-accessed, and large enough for my current needs. Drawer 10 is for tools inside of tool cases because it's the biggest drawer.