New: Fix It Sticks Benchtop Tool Tray System

Anyone who has spent real time building or maintaining rifles knows the particular frustration that has nothing to do with the work itself. It’s the hunt. A scope ring screw rolls off the bench and disappears into the carpet. The right bit is somewhere in a drawer with 40 other bits that look almost identical. Time that should go toward torquing an action correctly gets eaten by searching for the tool that does it. That’s the problem Fix It Sticks set out to solve.

Each Fix It Sticks Tray Organizer comes with the tray itself, a pair of bit trays and an open parts tray. The bit trays carry 44 quarter-inch slots apiece, while the open center tray keeps small hardware and components corralled in one place. (Photo courtesy Fix It Sticks)

The Chicago company, known for its modular T-handle multi-tools and torque limiters, has introduced a new Benchtop Tool Tray System along with a line of individual Tray Organizers built to bring some order to the chaos. Getting an action, an optic mount or a set of scope rings torqued to spec depends on having the right tool in hand at the right moment, and that job gets a lot easier when the tools are not scattered across the bench.

At the center of the lineup sits the Benchtop Tool Tray System, which uses a four-slot storage rack to hold the new Tray Organizers. A modular system, users can arrange the trays to match a personal workflow rather than adapting the workflow to a fixed layout. Loaded out, the system carries six dedicated bit trays, each with 44 quarter-inch slots for a deep selection of bits and tools, plus three open parts trays for keeping small hardware sorted and visible. Construction is a mix of chemical-resistant ABS polymer and aluminum, which keeps the whole thing sturdy without making it a burden to move.

Loaded out, the Benchtop Tool Tray System holds six bit trays and three parts trays across its four-slot rack. The tiered layout keeps drivers, sockets and torque limiters visible and accessible rather than buried in a drawer. (Photo courtesy Fix It Sticks)

For competition shooters who don’t need the full bench setup, Fix It Sticks is also selling the Tray Organizers individually. Each one comes with the tray itself, a pair of bit trays and a parts tray, molded from the same chemical-resistant ABS polymer. They work on their own for a smaller setup or drop straight into the Benchtop system when it is time to scale up, which gives a hobbyist gunsmith a way to start small and build out over time.

What ties the two products together is a simple proposition. Stop losing small parts, stop hunting for bits and spend that recovered time on the work that actually matters. The Benchtop Tool Tray System carries an MSRP of $152, while the individual Tray Organizers run $30 apiece. Both are available now at store.fixitsticks.com.