Power Tool Solutions: How to Organize Your Tools For Easy Access
Published 3/3/23 by Angelina Dimaggio
Staying organized can be challenging, especially when you are hard at work and busy. How often do you misplace your tools? Most of the time, it can feel like you just set it down, and it got up and ran away!
Find the tool you need when you need it, and keep it safe when not in use. Follow along, and we’ll show you the tips, tricks and storage solutions to organize your tools for easy access.
Store Your Tools Properly
How you store your power tools will depend on your answers to a few simple questions. How many power tools do you have? How much space do you have to store them? Which tools do you use the most, and which do you use the least?
Keep your tools on hand and portable. Store them in sealed containers when not in use. This will protect your power tools from spilled liquids, dust, and other damaging particulates that can get inside electrical components and cause corrosion. Most power tool manufacturers offer systainers (a system of containers) to prevent damage from these elements and sustain the life of your tool.
These modular, interstacking, durable containers are great for transporting power tools from the workshop to the job site. They are easily stacked and unstacked, making it easy to keep tools safely where you need them. You can slide them under a workbench, onto a shelf or keep them near a table. This makes them easily accessible when working in-shop and readily available when going to a job site.
Beaver Industrial Supply offers a variety of systainer systems, so you’re sure to find the one that meets your needs.
Metabo MetaBOX
Quickly and easily stack and connect boxes of various widths and sizes with the Metabo MetaBOX storage system. Access the contents of any container without disconnecting it from the others. With a wide range of perfect-fit inserts, customizing power tool organization becomes a breeze.
The MetaBOX’s material is designed for a maximum load capacity and is rugged and resistant to breakage. These boxes also offer optimal protection from outside dirt and moisture.
Keep moisture and debris outside and away from your tools as you travel between jobs. Intelligent transport accessories like the maximum mobility dolly or adapter plate for secure vehicle transport, make it easy to transfer tools from one location to the next.
Festool Systainers
Keep your tools on hand, organized and easily accessible with Festool systainers. Festool systainers are compatible with one another, previous systainer generations, mobile dust extractors and most other system accessories. You won’t need to disconnect containers to access your tools, and with Festool’s locks, you can close, open and connect containers in one simple movement.
The Sys-Mini keeps smaller hand tools, fasteners and other small parts conveniently visible and organized with its transparent lid. Always have the right abrasive for the job with Festool’s Systainer Abrasive Set. The set comes fully equipped with 5” or 6” sanders and Granat abrasives that range from 60 to 220 grit.
Lastly, transport all of your systainers efficiently, keep items securely in place, and move up to 220 LBS with accessories like the Systainer Storage Dolly.
Keep Your Tools Accessible
Accessibility is key. Service carts make easy and quick work of transporting heavy warehouse objects, machines and power tools. They are also a convenient way to keep everything you're working with, with you in one place.
JET Tools
JET PUC Series Service Carts are made from heavy-duty resin. They’re industrial-duty, so they are made to resist dents, chips and scratches. They will take on day-to-day wear and tear, hold up against tough jobs and carry up to 550 lbs!
Storage bins near the cart’s handles allow easy access to small nails, screws or hand tools. The cart’s rounded edges also help to add safety and reduce damage to property and personnel.
Mirka USA
The Mirka Smart Cart keeps your abrasives, power tools and dust extraction all in one place. It’s also sure to stay in place thanks to the locking wheels. Keep organized with specified space for up to three orbital sanders and three hoses. Smaller tools and accessories can find their place in one of two easy-to-slide drawers. Finally, store valuable items safely away inside a lockable locker.
DIY Storage Solutions
If you work with power tools, chances are you’re handy. There are plenty of DIY storage projects to keep things organized in your shop. Embrace your creativity, and repurpose when you can. Keep similar tools together, group by use and color code where applicable.
A system of peg boards and hooks can be a great way to hang tools that get used frequently. Attach baskets and different-sized hooks for the ultimate small-space storage solution. This system will also help you keep tools safely off the floor, so there is no danger of tripping over or losing them. Install these peg board systems to the sides of workbenches or inside a wooden cabinet for added storage and organization.
Additionally, you can repurpose scrap wood to make handy storage shelves. For example, if you have an old table leg (or similarly sized piece of wood) and the right drill bit, you can make an easy-to-access, wall-mounted screwdriver holder.
For DIY storage inspiration, Kreg offers hundreds of storage solution projects using their tools (which we carry). The project plans range from easy, beginner storage shelves to more advanced storage cabinets. You can also find handy, detailed DIY instructions for shop organization, like a plane rack cleat or workshop cart from Shaper.
Get Organized
Find everything that you need to get organized at Beaver Industrial Supply. Start browsing our expansive inventory of +30,000 power tools and storage solutions. Shop tool boxes, systainers and more online today!