If you regularly work with nails, bolts, nuts, washers or other fasteners, you may want to invest in a magnetic small parts holder. This otherwise simple accessory can help prevent lost or misplaced fasteners. This means less time spent hunting for dropped fasteners and more time working on the job at hand. Here’s everything you need to know about magnetic small parts holders.
What Is a Magnetic Small Parts Holder?
A magnetic small parts holder is a wearable accessory that’s designed to hold small parts, such as fasteners. As their name suggests, they feature a powerful magnet. Rather than holding small parts in your hand or placing them in your pockets, you can attach them to a magnetic small parts holders.
Magnetic small parts holders are commonly used for the following types of metal fasteners and small parts:
- Nails
- Screws
- Bolts
- Nuts
- Washers
- Rivets
- Drill bits
Types of Magnetic Small Parts Holders
There are different types of magnetic small parts holders, two of the most common being wristbands and belt clips. The former is worn around the wrist, whereas the latter is worn around the waist.
Wristband-style small parts holders consist of an adjustable wristband — typically made of leather or faux leather — with a magnetic plate on the bottom. Belt clip-style small parts holders, on the other hand, consist of a magnetic plate attached to a clip. You can use either of them to keep track of fasteners and other small parts.
Why Use a Magnetic Small Parts Holder
With a magnetic small parts holder, you won’t have to worry about carrying fasteners in your hands; you can simply stick them to this wristband- or belt clip-style accessory. As a result, magnetic small parts holders are particularly useful when working on roofs, ladders or in other environments where your hands are often occupied.
You’ll make fewer trips to your toolbox if you have a magnetic small parts holder. Many workers store, as well as retrieve, fasteners from their toolbox. Rather than making a bunch of unnecessary back and forth trips, you can stick fasteners to your magnetic small parts holder.
A magnetic small parts holder will help to keep your workspace cleaner and more organized. You’ll have fewer fasteners and other small parts scattered across your workspace.
Of course, magnetic small parts holders only work with fasteners and parts that are magnetic. Cast iron, steel and steel-plated fasteners and parts are magnetic. Brass, bronze, aluminum and copper fasteners and parts, on the other hand, are generally not magnetic.