I visited garage
journal dot com (a great website for home based gear heads) and saw that most
people there were buying prefabricated socket racks. After comparing the racks to my collection of
sockets, it was obvious that none of those holders matched up real well with my
collection of sockets. That would leave
me with room wasting empty spaces OR I would have to modify the racks to fit my sockets. In addition to them not being an ideal match
for my collection, the racks cost 15-20 bucks each and I would need at least 6
of them. I’ll give you a second to do
that mental math…
I also saw that a few guys on garage journal had built their own
custom racks, so I went out to the garage and compared my set up with theirs. It looked like I could definitely do it myself
for way less money, and we all know that I’m typically in favor of spending less money...
unless it is for something cool like that carbon fiber road bike with
electronic shifting that I’ve been eyeing in the cycling magazines. Yes, they are now making bikes with
electronic shifting – possibly the coolest advancement in cycling since they
started putting disc brakes on mountain bikes.Karen was busy this weekend grading midterm projects, so I decided to get started on this project. I calculated the materials I would need and made a trip to Lowes. $10 later I had everything that I needed (except for the paint to finish it). I came home and fired up the power tools. What can I say; I am a sucker for an opportunity to use power tools!
I’m only about halfway through, but here are some progress
pictures, this should definitely make it
easier to find the socket I need, when I need it:
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