bye-bye power hand tool cases

Having cases for all of my power hand tools used to be really important to me, as they often rode in the back of my truck, were stored in my shed or were left on the work site (most projects on my own property, I'm not a contractor but do help out friends).

Now-a-days, since setting up a new basement shop and getting organized, I find that storing my tools in their cases is a pain in the neck, and takes up way to much precious horizonatal space to open up cases and retreive tools.

So I'm setting up both of my benches with power strips and shelves underneath, where I can keep these tools readilly available….I also want to make some kind of stand to keep the nail guns, and corded drills standing upright, so they take up less shelf space and are easy to grab and use. I also want to keep routers set up with guide bearing bits for filleting edges and flush trimming and am contemplating a shelf stand for them, so they can sit upright.

I'm going to need drawer space to keep some of the accessories organized, and then the plastic and metal cases are going bye-bye, out to the barn loft.

After years of spending as much time finding and digging out and setting up my tools as I do using them, my mantra for the shop is "have everything readilly available to use"

Anybody else out there ditching their cases?

Any good ideas for shelf organizers….