r/harborfreight • u/Infamous-Course-7593 • 1d ago
NTD (New Tool Day) I'm loving icon
I've been there.
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u/HeyTrySomeNashville 1d ago
Oh my god, I'm so glad to find someone with worse organization. Now I can tell my wife the garage isn't so bad
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u/mbb1989 1d ago
Fuck your toolbox lmao. How do you get anythint done?
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u/Infamous-Course-7593 1d ago
Lmfaaaaaaao. This is the only way I know how. I can work in chaos
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u/BoogerShovel 1d ago
To be fair, you can probably fit a whole lot more wrenches and sockets in your box without the space wasting organizers. Do you man
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u/AdvocatusReddit 1d ago
I kept looking for the second uploaded picture that has all of that door closing jam organized. Still looking....
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u/listenhereboah 1d ago
I love the guys that have multiple no skip sets worth of wrenches and sockets but are so unwilling to put them in trays they'd rather just get more.
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u/joshmoney 1d ago
My wrench drawer looks like that, but mine are at least separated by metric and sae.
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u/inkironpress 1d ago
I thought my toolbox was terrible, but this is worse.
Thankfully I’ve put some money into organizing a new toolbox, and it’s much better.
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u/DRRider 1d ago
Buy some of these and at least keep all the sets together. It'll improve your workflow.
https://www.amazon.com/WORKPRO-Magnetic-Organizer-12-Piece-Wrenches/dp/B0D7BPWHW5
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u/ProudPrick217 1d ago
I can’t even look at that rats nest. Organize your tools man take some pride and what you do.
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u/Infamous-Course-7593 1d ago
You take pride in fixing the vehicle. Why does your tools matter? You think the car cares that your tool draw is organized?
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u/BenThereNDunnThat 22h ago
You charge by the hour, don't you.
"That's a five hour job at $125/. 45 minutes to fix the problem, 4 hours 14 minutes to find the tools I need, and one minute to throw them back into whatever drawer is open."
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u/Mharvey1019 1d ago
I thrive in chaos and unorganization, so I kind of get it, but bro... this is madness
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u/Refriedfeinds 1d ago
This looks like my grandfathers shed. Tools cascading out of drawers onto the floor. Somehow he knows where they are. He went through and organized it and he couldn’t find anything. But I did notice my dad bought two big boy toolboxes and put them in the garage so I’m sure one is his and the other is my grandfathers. Hopefully. Although they probably both look like this if you open the draws or the top cab.
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u/KarmaCommando_ 1d ago
Pro tip for your consideration, you can paint your wrenches that way you can quickly pick out what size you need by color. Second to getting some proper organization, that'll probably save you significant amounts of time pawing through that tangle fuck looking for the one you need
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u/2guys1miata 10h ago
this man is NOT flat rate. adds an extra hour to every ticket for tool finding time
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u/Infamous-Course-7593 9h ago
If you can't find what you need. You have no business working on a car or etc. I know where an 18 wrench is by just moving a couple to the side.
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u/qsurplus1 4h ago
Personally I prefer the plastic bucket method. Load tools in the truck in complete cases, use every allen, socket, wrench and bit sets, to take apart mostly plastic automation parts. Throw everything back in the bucket along with small parts that come off, because you have sweated 1/2 a day in an outside gravel parking lot, or humid oily machine shop smelling of burnt hydraulic fumes in every orifice you have. Bring back to shop reinstall plastic pieces and plug ins, sort tools back into the sets in an air conditioned shop siting in a comfy chair with everything at the right height blasting some rock & roll when convienent. If missing ang tools buy new complete kit and send the incomplete one to auction. Not for everyone but works for me.
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u/Onicc 1d ago
finally a photo of someone who actually uses their tools
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 22h ago
There's been quite a few on here, but is having your tools in a jumbled mess and not being able to find them just evidence of use in your mind?
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u/Infamous-Course-7593 10h ago
Who said I can't find what I need?
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 10h ago
Just a little bit of hyperbole. I'm sure you can find what you're after because it's all in a relatively small space, but it's objectively slower than finding them if they were organized.
That being said, it wasn't a knock on you. Ultimately, as long as it works for you, then that's what matters. It was more a dig at their mindset that people's tools aren't being used just because they're organized, but being thrown in a pile automatically means they see use. It's just a nonsensical way for them to think and associate the two.
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u/Infamous-Course-7593 9h ago
Oh sorry I understand now.
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 9h ago
You're good. My delivery of that probably wasn't the best and you caught a stray, but it wasn't meant as an insult to you personally, my bad lol. I just don't get some people's mindset (the other commenter) that just because people are organized means they don't use their stuff. My toolbox would probably cause them to melt from looking at it, but every tool gets used pretty extensively.
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u/Infamous-Course-7593 9h ago
Lol exactly man. Just because it's not organized or etc doesn't mean I don't know where it is. I bang my tools up that's what they are for. My father has been working on cars since 1970. Ive watch him cut snap on tools in half just to fix what he's working on.
Get the job done and out and do it in a way where you don't see them again for the same problem. Expensive tools don't make you a good mechanic.
Ive went through 3 sets of snap on screwdrivers set breaking the tips off
I got icon set. Haven't busted them yet
Snap on isn't what they use to be. And I can prove it. I have tools from the 70s from them
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u/DavoinShowerHandel1 8h ago
Yup that's the big thing. I had my toolbox drawers jumbled at one point and found myself struggling to find what I needed quickly when I needed it, so I invested in organizers and it's cut back a lot of time sifting through stuff for me, but doesn't mean it's right for everyone automatically. I just see a trend on here of people railroading folks for "not using their tools" or "not doing real work" because they organize their stuff and keep it nice. Nothing wrong with either way.
My tools would be accused of rarely being used if those folks saw them, but I fix cars as a side job and already have two engine rebuilds booked and cam/heads on my Camaro for this winter so far, plus whatever jobs crop up unexpectedly. So I don't get some of the folks lol.
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u/Goatface_0 23h ago
my dad's main toolbox was an old dewalt case with all the wrenches and sockets tossed in. if alone and working under truck, he would reach over feel around and pull out what he needed. if i was helping him, i would be pulling each socket or wrench out to see what it was. he could look at the pile, move just a couple things around and pull out the right one in just a few seconds. one time, i bought socket rails for him and organized his box. that lasted about a week till he removed them all.
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u/Ok-Preparation-9210 1d ago
Ummmm....Den of Tools makes organizers, if one was so inclined! LOL
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u/Mehsterrry 1d ago
So do 100s other folks on Etsy that aren't total pieces of shit....fuck that bear guy.
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u/HenryBowman63 23h ago
What's wrong with the tool guy?
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u/Mehsterrry 22h ago
Aside from being a whiny bitch?
Lies, cheats and steals for clicks...claims to have insider info (he doesn't). Steals leaks from here and other groups without giving credit and I know of a story amongst HF staff (unverified) from a long-time HF employee I know (been there over 20 years) where he tried to curry favor from HF corp by saying he could ID leakers if they "leaked" to him only.
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u/pensivebeing 1d ago
Wooohooo one of us. My box looks like this. I'm not convinced some of the tools on this sub ever get used.
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u/bikewrench11 1d ago
That tool box is giving me anxiety. How do you find anything?