Socket Wrench Handle Organizer

Socket Wrench Handle Organizer

This model pack is designed to help organize socket wrench handles for a tool box. This has a solution for 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" socket wrench handles. Each model uses magnets to prevent movement and is sized for common hand tool socket wrench handle sizes.

The magnets are not designed to hold the tool in place, rather to hold the mounts in place. These are to be used for static tool boxes that don't change direction or get thrown around like rolling tool boxes/carts.

Features

Magnetized Base

The holders will use magnets to stick to the bottom side of a toolbox to prevent shifting around when opening/closing drawers. There are slots in the sides of the base to allow multiple holders to link together, but this feature is not needed and can cause problems if you don't install the magnets properly!

Testing

Environmental

This print has been tested down to 10°F and up to 100°F to ensure that it won't loose the magnets in the base. I've had about a 90% success rate, but there has been extra space put in the holes so that superglue can be used while keeping the magnets somewhat flush with the bottom surface.

Product Compatibility

For product compatibility, I've tested mostly with Craftsman wrenches, but I've oversized the parts to fit most wrenches. Diameter of the top pieces are listed below:

My test list includes the following:

• 82-010 GM 2A
• CMMT81748
• CMMT99442
• 82-011 GM 18
• CMMT99431
• CMMT81747

Assembly

Bill of Materials

• 8-12x Magnets 10mm diameter by 3mm thickness. (Amazon)
• Dark colored PLA (Black recommended)
• Light colored PLA (Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, etc…)

Colors

It is recommended that the base be printed in a light colored filament. This is so when it is in the toolbox, the bright color can contrast if there is a tool missing. Especially when looking at a open drawer from a distance. Then print the top piece in a dark color (black is best). The handle stand can be printed in any color, but again black is recommended.

Manufacturing

A complete solution will require one each

• Base - Models are different sizes
• Top - Models are different sizes
• Stand - Models are different sizes

You can print in any direction. I've found that the tops of the models are the best to have on the build plates just to have its texture show through on the finished product. I've found that the best way to get the magnets installed is to use a bench top vise and press them in. The same thing can be done with a speed clamp. You can do it by hand with a hard surface, but it's more difficult.

I built mine with magnets in the side so they can “click” together, but I will not be doing that again in the future. Its a feature that really didn't pan out as expected. If you forgo that bit, then you can cut down on magnets used by a third.

To get the top and bottom mated, it is a rough press fit. Once they are together, its not coming apart without violence. Again, a bench vice or a speed clamp will work here. Hand pressure will work here again, but it is difficult.

Extras

There is another piece used in extreme cases. The “0.5 Socket Wrench Top Max” is designed for a monster torque wrench that I have and provides the most space for a tool head. It is only compatible with the ½" base.