Where, how do you store your tools

[Simondjuk]

In an open topped box and two separate cases, one containing a 1/2" the other a 1/4" drive socket set, in the tool locker alongside the keel box. I can see and pick out the tool I want without getting the entire box out and it keeps the weight amidships and central where it should be.

 

[alahol2]

Big plastic tool box that sits on a purpose made shelf under the chart table. Terylene strap to keep it in place. Saws, brace etc in under berth locker.

 

[bigwow]

Sometimes I think my boat is just one large toolbox!

 

[LadyInBed]

Er in the cabin converted to a workshop with a bench, vice and grinder, doesn't eveýone have one of these!

Yep

 

[Boathook]

Tool box in a locker except for an adjustable spanner and screwdriver, socket set, vice, cordless drill. The boat seems to be a tool box and then I have the useful spares ...

 

[John the kiwi]

Sometimes I think my boat is just one large toolbox!

+1

 

[No Regrets]

I have the £99 Halfords toolkit, it contains nearly everything you need and more on a day to day basis, and sits in a silver briefcase style box.

Tools aren't at all bad either, surprisingly!

Got another one off Ebay for £75 once, but flogged it to a mate when it was surplus to requirements. Money back

 

[V1701]

Bags & rolls not rigid boxes but remembering where things are is more important...

 

[neilf39]

B&Q canvas toolbag with rigid wire around zip to give a hinged lid. Fits snugly under the lasy companionway step. Doubled up as a small drogue when I had rudder problems. Tied each handle to a rope off each stern cleat. Its very tough, and good value.

 

[Bav34]

Mainly on the seabed under the boat

 

[Ripster]

Mainly on the seabed under the boat

LOL... yes a few of mine are there too. Otherwise in two canvas bags, with a separate small container for stainless fixings. All stuffed in a locker under the seat.

 

[gregcope]

On a roll in a cheap toolbag toolkit I brought. Then in a watertight roll top bag to make sure it stays dry in an under seatee locker. Included is a small WD40 can that I spray tools with once used before storage.

The above can be massaged into most shapes for differnet lockers.

Compartment boxes for spares/bits.

 

[tinkicker0]

Here:

Back in the workshop now though and the outhouse is bare again.

all I carry on the boat is a small case containing a few pairs of cutters, pliers and a set of screwdrivers.

 

[RestlessL]

I have the £99 Halfords toolkit, it contains nearly everything you need and more on a day to day basis, and sits in a silver briefcase style box.

Tools aren't at all bad either, surprisingly!

Got another one off Ebay for £75 once, but flogged it to a mate when it was surplus to requirements. Money back

It is also exactly the correct size to fit in the fwd port saloon locker on a Konsort.

J

 

[Poignard]

I think my whole boat is a floating toolbox.

Must have a clear out one of these days!

 

[Amulet]

In six small plastic tool boxes
the're easier to stow,
and I know what's in each, well almost.

Plank

Agreed. I have:
Mechanical tools box (spanners, screwdrivers ...)
Electrics box (crimps, strippers, solder, fuses...)
Rigging box (spikes, fids, needles thimbles whipping twine...)
Gloop box (WD40, seacock grease, silicon grease, sikaflex...)

My preference is these see-through boxes as it sometimes helps to see where things are without opening the box. They are not desperately robust, but they're cheap and last thrre or four seasons.

I don't know whether everyone has as much krap as me on their boat. I have about ten wee boxes with screws bolts etc. A tuppaware with cooker spares, a tuppaware with a bilge pump service kit. Socket set......