Comments on: Color Coding Your Tools http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:52:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: BC http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-222387 BC Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:17:27 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-222387 The only thing I do is spray my metric sockets with a coat of white paint so I can tell the difference quickly. We're so engrained to call our hand tools by their sizes that it's counterintuitive in most cases to call them by color. The only thing I do is spray my metric sockets with a coat of white paint so I can tell the difference quickly. We’re so engrained to call our hand tools by their sizes that it’s counterintuitive in most cases to call them by color.

]]> By: Tim Underwood http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-66419 Tim Underwood Sat, 19 May 2007 00:06:02 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-66419 hmmm I can tell by looking at that nut that it takes a blue, or is it a red, no dammit its a yellow. mumbles Where's the card with the color code on it, oh here under the car with me in the tool bag, along with the rest of the sockets. Sorry, too much extra effort. hmmm I can tell by looking at that nut that it takes a blue, or is it a red, no dammit its a yellow. mumbles Where’s the card with the color code on it, oh here under the car with me in the tool bag, along with the rest of the sockets. Sorry, too much extra effort.

]]> By: BJN http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-66362 BJN Fri, 18 May 2007 22:06:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-66362 Yeah, I have oodles of time to color code my tools... Yeah, I have oodles of time to color code my tools…

]]> By: false_cause http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-66255 false_cause Fri, 18 May 2007 16:51:24 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-66255 Short of buying Barnett's Manual, Sheldon Brown's web site is the premier resource for bicycle maintenance, as far as I am concerned. I picked up this system from him for my metric tools and it's great. I wish there was as simple a system for Imperial measures. Short of buying Barnett’s Manual, Sheldon Brown’s web site is the premier resource for bicycle maintenance, as far as I am concerned. I picked up this system from him for my metric tools and it’s great. I wish there was as simple a system for Imperial measures.

]]> By: Scraper http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-66245 Scraper Fri, 18 May 2007 16:13:58 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/05/18/color-coding-your-tools/#comment-66245 This would be good if you have young helpers on your projects. Telling little BillyBubba to grab the blue wrench would be easier than telling them you need a 7/16". The color system reminds me of nutdrivers. My dad was an refrigeration repairman. And I started tagging along when I was pretty young. He was always asking me to hand him the red handle or yellow handled tools. I was much older before I realized that the colors indicated the size. This would be good if you have young helpers on your projects. Telling little BillyBubba to grab the blue wrench would be easier than telling them you need a 7/16″.

The color system reminds me of nutdrivers. My dad was an refrigeration repairman. And I started tagging along when I was pretty young. He was always asking me to hand him the red handle or yellow handled tools. I was much older before I realized that the colors indicated the size.

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