Tool Box Organizer

I'm a gal who likes her tools, and a good tool box organizer can help you find exactly what you need, right when you need it.

Tool boxes are a really handy way to not only store your tools, but also be able to conveniently carry them with you to where you need them (as long as your tool box is not the size of a jet airplane).

Tool Box Construction

Most tool boxes come in either metal or plastic, and each has its pros and cons. Metal is stronger and more durable than plastic, but is also heavier and may rust. Plastic tool boxes may be less durable, but are much lighter and won't rust.

Tool Box Design

Most tool boxes are designed at a minimum with smaller spaces, trays, or bins for smaller items, longer and narrow slots for things like screwdrivers and pliers, and larger areas for larger items like hammers and smaller electric tools.

If you have a larger tool box organizer, you have even more options and more space, including room for larger tools like cordless drills.

How to Arrange Your Tool Box

Put the tools you use more regularly in the most easily accessible part of your toolbox, reserving the other spaces, including the bottom of the box, for tools you don't use as often.

I have a pretty simple tool box myself. It looks a bit like an old-fashioned lunch bucket, with the lid that flips open. On the top tray of my tool box organizer, I keep my screwdrivers, both regular and Phillips, because I use them all the time. In the open bin below, I keep my hammer, tape measure (a nice, sturdy 25 foot one), pliers, wrenches, razor blade knife/box cutter (use it all the time, too), and other various items.

My cordless electric drill has its own case. :)

You can use foam fit organizers, trays with dividers, bins, and baggies to keep similar items sorted and separate from each other. That's much easier than having everything jumbled all together...which is a natural recipe for "can't find what you want when you need it."


And when you're ready, move on to Garage Storage: Tool Organizers.

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