Hi,
I've got a very good stanley socket set that I've had for years but the injection moulded plastic case has almost completely fallen apart now.
Does anyone know where I might get a replacement case? The sockets etc. are fine.
Thanks,
Tony
You can't really buy them but you can get strips with spring clips that you put your sockets on from Halfords etc.
One of the very worst storage methods ever devised.
Why? Seems like a convenient way of keeping loose sockets, and like a fitted case lets you check that all the sockets are present before you pack them away.
A couple of guys I used to know with Snap-On kits used to keep all their sockets on rails.
My 1/2" Elora imperial sockets are on a rail. Bought before Elora started making sets for the DIY market. Very cheap as they were on promo sale at the time. Mike.
The sockets fall off those rails too easily. Even just by picking up the whole thing. Might be ok if mounted under a shelf etc but that's not what most will want.
I have long sockets, allen and torx keys to fit the socket set all from Halfords which came with them. Kept in a tray in a toolbox. And they fall off when taken out.
Perhaps a better design than Halfords.
I use airtight freezer/crisper boxes for odds and ends. Stick some bubble- wrap in there to stop stuff rattling about. Just don't put anything away that's wet or it will rust anything with no plating on :-(
Woolworths usually have a range of cheap boxs for a few quid.
Al.
================================== Get a small toolbox with a loose tray. Bend a long piece of thin metal to make an angled divider. Place your sockets along one side of the tray and fix the divider (with pop rivets) at an angle in the tray alongside your sockets so that the sockets are held in place by the divider. Use the other side of the angled divider for another row of sockets - AF one side, Metric other side.
Cic.
I've got some Halfords and Sealey sockets on rails and none of them have fallen off yet.
The type with the slide on spring clips? Are they mounted to a shelf etc or kept in a toolbox?
Kept in a drawer or a toolbox.
I take it not extra long sockets, then? I have three sets of those - all Halfords - and can near guarantee at least one will fall off when lifted out of the box. Then a stupid spring clip slides off the rail too. Dreadful design.
Stick a self tappin screw through the end of the rail.
Only if use a sharp one.
There's also the magnetic tray option.
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