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Hand Tool Storage on the Workbench
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gbaddeley:

--- Quote from: twospoons on July 15, 2021, 03:10:47 am ---My tools are stored in a random pile wherever I happen to be working ....

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After a long session at the bench I usually don’t feel like tidying up, especially if it’s WIP. The tools are not going anywhere. I find myself putting things away at the start of a session, leaving out what I will initially need, like in a surgical theatre. 😬

If you have limited space, consider using a few of those cutlery holders that go into kitchen drawers. Cut them up or stack them up.
TimFox:
My problem with small tools on a crowded workbench is that the next tool (pliers, whatever) that I need to pick up is always at the bottom of the heap (under the cutters and stripper).
coppercone2:
I used to put hooks on a power supply that was always the center of the bench and hang wire cutters and needle nose pliers on it, but if it has side vent holes you need to be careful about not introducing remains of wires stuck on the side cutters (coaxial cable braid) into the power spply.. but I found that it was the best possible place for those tools because it would not get knocked over or interfere with anything.
fourtytwo42:
I have all my small pcb work tools in a Christmas pudding plastic basin, great thing is it gets a new one once a year  :) Even better we have to eat a large enough pudding  ;D
rogerggbr:
I'm another fan of magnets, either a bar (sometimes sold for kitchen utensils) or individual ones onto metal shelving. I try to put tools back in approx the same place each time. Big plus compared to the bench top is they don't fall on the floor so much.
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