I have an increasing collection of random tools. Usually a tool is bought for a specific job, which then languishes somewhere until the next time - when I forget I had it or can't find it, and end up buying another one.
I'd like to sort this out into collections of tools for specific purposes, like a car toolbox or a woodwork toolbox that I can pick up and take wherever needed (I don't have a workshop, or a van). The trouble is, lots of tools are awkward shapes. Not necessarily the tool itself, but the way they are packaged. For instance the socket set comes in a rectangular blow mould case, the spanners in a fabric roll, the saw in a long sheath, the torque wrench in a long thin blow-mould case. I'd like to not have to carry a dozen awkwardly-sized containers about - the packaging of all these cases is much larger than the tools themselves.
The plastic toolbox seems to be the thing these days, but I've always found the hinges go, stuff gets buried at the bottom, the lid compartments aren't big enough, and it's hard to see what you actually have. In theory the trays help, but it only takes one awkwardly shaped tool and the lid won't go on and then you can't use the handle and the tools go everywhere.
Is there a better way?
Theo