Automatic socket sorter! :D

[Xist]

Remember coin sorters? How much more complicated would it be to sort a couple dozen sockets?

The largest Great Neck socket set at AutoZone has 14 sizes, plus 3 drives, and 2 lengths.

Do larger drives have taller sockets?

That could help differentiate different drives for the same size.

It would be cool if I could work on a big project and dump all of the sockets into a sorter, then slide out the case, and put it away.

If I open my case the wrong way most of the sockets dump out and I have had the case open on accident.

I once coveted a friend's magnetic case.

How easy would it be to add magnets?

Of course, the sockets should snap in, but how would I fix it when they don't snap?

I have seen color-coded sockets, which would help sort them. ChrisFix has a video on etching, which would help if you want larger numbers.

Colors would wear off...

I still think it would be cool to see a sorting robot! I bet Mark Rober could figure it out!

[freebeard]

Do larger drives have taller sockets?

That could help differentiate different drives for the same size.

It would be cool if I could work on a big project and dump all of the sockets into a sorter, then slide out the case, and put it away.

If I open my case the wrong way most of the sockets dump out and I have had the case open on accident.

I once coveted a friend's magnetic case.

How easy would it be to add magnets?

Question the first: Proportionately yes, but there're deep sockets in the same sizes.

Question the second: Warhammer gaming magnets. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Warhammer+...ng&ia=shopping

Cases are cunningly designed to always open upside down.

Start with your Allen wrenches? www.thingiverse.com/tag:allen_wrench_holder (44 things)

Search term 'coin sorter': www.thingiverse.com/search?q=coin+sorter&type=things&sort=relevant Maybe you could remix one of these, they seem to use gravity for power. See also, Galton Board: duckduckgo.com/?q=galton+board

[jakobnev]

Cases are cunningly designed to always open upside down.

You could glue some buttered toast to the bottom side.

[Piotrsko]

Originally Posted by jakobnev

You could glue some buttered toast to the bottom side.

Please recall that Murphy is subject to Murphy's law also, so therefore the case will always open to create the most chaos. Perhaps you cant glue buttered toast to the case.

[freebeard]

You could glue some buttered toast to the bottom side.

Else paint 'This Side Up' on the top.