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This is probably the most fiddly, fussbudget, OCD question you’re likely to hear all year.
Let’s say you’re going to put this screwdriver set into a wall rack:
Five each of slotted and Phillips, three different handle sizes.
Would you order them by handle size regardless of tip, or would you group the Phillips together and the slotted together?
If you’d group them, would you order both groups by large-to-small, or would you make the left group small-to-large and the right group large-to-small? The advantage of the former is consistency; the advantage to the latter is symmetry, and not having to fish a small handle out of the middle.
Please help me with my OCD.
Tip type large to small.
I could have sworn Stanley kits use to come in the package small to big of one type on the left and big to small in the other so it had an arrow head shape. But then what would you do with your nut drivers, Torx and Allen head drivers? So many dilemnas.
Thank goodness I am more of a hoarder than organizational OCD. It leads me to have more than I need, I am trying to learn to let go of stuff, one tool in, one out. I have been doing better lately, with parting ways with some shelving, a tablesaw and miter saw and committing to give some tools to a nephew when we end up near each other at some point.
Just keeping all my screwdrivers in the same area would be a improvment for me. I cant begin to think what rack order.
I wish i was more orginized.
haha that is the last thing I think about when I’m trying to pry the screwdriver out of the wall when it was thrown across the room……
Definitely group by tip and type so you can easily identify ph1 and ph2 and so forth
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Slotted: Big => Small
Phillips: Small => Big
Easier to grab. You want the PH2 to be the easiest to grab because it will be the most used. I like my rack horizontal if possible, if they aren’t labeled on the top then you can add labels to the drivers and/or the rack.
Then I guess I’m a brown paper bag thrown on the corner of the bench is NOT a valid answer ??????
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X 2 with @BMack37
What ever would make them easier to access/identify for you. We all have our quirks, but only you know how you think. So – Visualize them mounted various ways and use the way that feels most satisfactory to you. Personally, I like them separated by tip type and in ascending order of size, but that’s just me. Good luck.
Large to small, Phillips and slotted seperatly and precision screwdrivers seperatly. Another tip pass on those screwdrivers and hit up KC Tools for a nice set of Wera screwdriversyou won’t be disappointed and for the price they are sweet. Or… You can get a set of Witte they are made in Germany and nice as well or you can go USA and get Snap on they are my second fav. If you just don’t have the funds I also very highly recommend the Milwaukee screwdrivers they are super nice for the price they can’t be beat I bought my set brand new from a flea for $3 lol but I think they are around $20-25 for a set.