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organizing orphan wrenches

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Mike14k

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I had a group of orphan wrenches..... SK, MAC, Snap-on, Proto, Plombe, BluePoint, Indestructo.... as well as Craftsman and Monkey-Wards PowerCraft. A product of garage sales, my Dad, the wife's father and uncle and gifts from friends. Mostly SAE, a few metric.

So I took an hour or so, some scrap hard maple, the dado blade and saw. I created some custom holders to mount on my tool board.

Not that I use these wrenches that much.... but a lot of them have some family history. So it's nice they get a workout occasionally.

This worked out so well, I think I'll make a few more for some of my secondary sets.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtneer_man/sets/72157631824702969/
 
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Tomg303

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Beautiful job. My orphan wrench set is my go to well because its my only set. You learn quickly what brands and styles you prefer.
 
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koditten

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I love it. Do the holders keep the wrenches from falling off because of vibrations? My tool wall is next to my man door, on accasions I get a rogue wind that will slam the door closed and vibrate stuff off the shelves.

A dato across the top would have the wrenches sit down a bit and keep them from falling.

I'm glad you posted this, I have a **** load of wrenches that I just bring myself to toss because of the memories attached to them.

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Vegaman_Dan

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I like the way that turned out. Enough that if it were me, I'd use those racks instead of the individual pegboard hooks like you have below. I always find the hooks try to pop off when you remove a wrench on those setups.

Hmm, I do have a welder. I bet I could tack up a holder quickly enough out of a bunch of 1/4" square rod stock. That'd be a neat little project. I just need pegboard now. And rod stock. And wrenches.
 
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trbomax

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Mine are all orphan as well.Ive got some that I had when I was a kid,and all the ones from the next 55 yrs so they all just go in a drawer.If I tried to hang em up Id need a 20' wall! The only thing I keep separate are the metric **** that I hardly ever use anyway. It goes in its own top cab I really dont like hanging stuff up because it collects dirt and for some reason Ive got a lot of that too!Nice job organizeing it all up though!
 
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