Work Bench Tool Organizing

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(08-25-2014, 07:28 PM)vtsteam Wrote: Nice, Rob!

Much cleaner than mine!!

re. topic -- I use pegboard, too. But I have to agree with the early poster, that the hooks I have are a nuisance, and do tend to fall out sometimes. But I think I know why -- no one here has mentioned the cause of this problem, yet, I think.

It is because the hooks themselves have been downsized in wire diameter. Back in the fifties, when I first saw my stepfather hang pegboard and and put tools on it, the hook gauge was a close fit in the holes. And regular U shaped hooks had two pegs that engaged -- one bent at the end, and one butt welded in the middle. You actually had to give a little push to seat them in the pegboard. The hooks tended to stay put because of that.

Nowadays the wire is much thinner. But the pegboard holes have stayed the same size. Now plain hooks have only one peg. Manufacturers try to make up for it by adding little plastic anchors to a package of hooks. But even then the hooks still wobble in place because they are loose. They won't hold heavy tools as well as the old ones did.

So there's nothing wrong with pegboard. It's just that the hooks don't fit it well any more.

I saw some used old style hooks at an engine show this spring, but forgot to buy a couple pounds of them. Really wish I had remembered!

A dab of hot melt glue helps hold in pegboard hooks as well.

Yup, I hold onto any of the big hooks I can find.

Walter