So I'm still contemplating what I want my workbench to look like. So in the meantime I thought I would start organizing my tool cart.

The first step was my socket collection. I had these hanging on the wall and really did not like the system.  After overthinking it for a while, I thought I would just make some compact trays to hold things.  After playing around with various configurations I came up with this one. Printing out the layout allowed me to double check the fit without wasting filament.

This is a fast project, I just tried to make things as small and efficient as possible. I'm hoping in the future to make these a uniform size and possibly to add in some markers.

A few more and I have a half organized drawer!  Next up is the spanners. You can see how a little better planning could make this all fit together much more compactly.

Disconnecting the air hose reel from the compressor is a bit too exiting.  I stumbled across this safety coupler that seems to have solved the problem.   This has a pressure release valve built into it. So you can drain the air line before disconnecting the hose.  It removes the 'pop' as well as being much easier to decouple.

These are the same size as the old couplers, but they look like little light sabers (pew-pew)

The one on the inlet side is more important, the reel holds a lot of air!

Finally I took some time to clean up my shop vac, so all my tools can use the 1-1/4" hose that came with my vacuum.  I have a 2" hose as well, but I find it too bulky to use with my tools.

My track saw just needed a small sleeve to make things fit.

But the biscuit joiner has a funky connector that took a little more effort.  Finally my sander and chop saw already worked with my hose.  It is surprising to me that there are only a few hose sizes, and yet nothing is designed to actually fit them out of the box.  I also made some clips to make it easy to tie a tools power cable to the shop vac hose, and disconnect it quickly as well.