New tools!

VIKING_MECHANIC said:

Before and after with the new organizers. So far these are very good quality and almost infinite possibilities to arrange them!

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Do tell us what kind of holders are those? My box desperately needs some holders.

termite said:

Do tell us what kind of holders are those? My box desperately needs some holders.

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See my previous post about these. They are called Alien Space Savers.

VIKING_MECHANIC said:

See my previous post about these. They are called Alien Space Savers.

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Doh! My bad for completely missing that post. Not sure why it didn't pop up as a new post instead of the one with the after photo.

VIKING_MECHANIC said:

See my previous post about these. They are called Alien Space Savers.

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I couldn't make heads or tails out of how they worked until you posted that last pic. Now I'm thinking my trailer toolbox needs some of those

VIKING_MECHANIC said:

Alien Space Saver(formally A.S.S). Kool thing about this product is it's 100% modular.

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I like the "modular" part. I've been using cheap "sawtooth" wrench organizers since the '80s; sometimes full-length, sometimes cut-to-fit a certain number of wrenches.

Made by Protoco (NOT "Proto" tools) along with their socket organizers which I have mixed-feelings about. Both the wrench organizers and the socket organizers have been sold by "truck tool" companies.

The wrench organizers have the benefit of being very simple and inexpensive.


The black-plastic socket rails as sold by Mac Tools in the '80s/'90s used stackable round pegs. Worked great. The rails had lots of holes for pegs, so the socket spacing could be customized depending on the diameter of the sockets. They were later "improved" with red plastic rails and crappy plastic "spring clips" that I genuinely hate. The spring clips hold the sockets so well that the clips pull out of the rails instead of the sockets pulling out of the clips.

More tools!

So I recently started working at a shop that mostly does diesel(which I've been wanting to learn for a LONG time).

Anyways, I found out that my favorite tool guy - Mac has this on his route. So I bought two ratchets, a new pocket screwdriver and got my other ratchet repaired.

VIKING_MECHANIC said:

More tools!

So I recently started working at a shop that mostly does diesel(which I've been wanting to learn for a LONG time).

Anyways, I found out that my favorite tool guy - Mac has this on his route. So I bought two ratchets, a new pocket screwdriver and got my other ratchet repaired.

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Those pocket prybars are the greatest thing ever!! I use mine for everything!

Orpedcrow said:

Those pocket prybars are the greatest thing ever!! I use mine for everything!

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Of all the tools I've invested in since I changed careers, that pocket screwdriver is the most used.

VIKING_MECHANIC said:

More tools!

So I recently started working at a shop that mostly does diesel(which I've been wanting to learn for a LONG time).

Anyways, I found out that my favorite tool guy - Mac has this on his route. So I bought two ratchets, a new pocket screwdriver and got my other ratchet repaired.

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I've got a similar MAC ratchet to the one on the right and I love it; only thing that would make it better would be if it were a flex-head

If you look hard enough you will see a mixture of Mac and Snap On ratchets of all sizes and lengths and style of head. I have been a big big fan of Mac tools for many many years. You can't go wrong with their tools.