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Bogstandard:
I keep going on about value from Richon tools, but I bought a load of these things, the two top ones.

http://richontools.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=58&zenid=b5194dc66b389b685aeffdcb8a4dfda5

They cost only pennies each, cheap and nasty plastic with a window, but they are great for all those tiny bits and pieces, and you can fit dozens in one Linbin, to keep things seperate. I just add a few to my order when buying tooling.

Bogs

crabsign69:

--- Quote from: Lew_Merrick_PE on December 01, 2010, 11:25:41 AM ---I tend to make (plywood) roll-away cabinets for sets of tools. They all have the same height and width with (jig drilled) dowel pin holes in them so I can lay a temporary "top" across them when I need a work surface. Thus, I have roll-away cabinets for: hand drilling equipment; grinders/sanders and abrasives; wrenches and pullers; and the like. The "back" of each roll-away then gets a set of shelves that are 4.25 inches wide and 3.5 inches vertically spaced with thin "lips" on the outside edge. These shelves are where I store my screws, dowel pins, washers, and the like. One "shelf set" holds nothing but socket head cap screws (my main "attachment" items). Another "shelf set" has hex bolts, hex nuts, and washers. Various sizes of "temporary tops" hang underneath the shelf that holds rarely used items. The roll-away cabinets themselves will "park" under my radial arm saw table.

I also have "material racks" made from 1X2 timbers with shelves at various spacings. The main part of the rack tips back at a 20° nominal angle. I keep them to something less than 28 inches wide so I can reach in from either side to get at things stored on the shelves. The shelves are supported by 1X2 or 1X4 pieces that stick out past the 20° set back sides so my bar stock does not tip too badly. The basis of this approach was borrowed from the racks commonly seen in lumber yards for storing molding. Everything in the vertical (tilted back) part of the rack is (pretty much) visible and the supporting shelves can be accessed from the sides (so long as you don't array them too close together) for easy searching. I did a variation on this design for Guy Lautard several years ago that has two sets of "tilted storage" (one at each end) and more shelves in between. He mounted his unit on casters. I believe that it is going to show up in the next TMBR (but I do not know that for a fact).

I have played around with various "stacked drawer" sets. Except for my "electronics assembly area," I find them to be of little value. I rarely purchase mechanical hardware by less than "box quantity" as a .2500-20UNC X 1.00 long socket head cap screw sells for $0.65 in a quantity of 1 at the local hardware store and a box of 100 (with NAS certification) sells for $7.15 through Fastenal. Just try putting 100 socket head cap screws in one of those little plastic "stacked drawers." Instead, I have an "address label" program on my computer that makes a nice label for the boxes that can be read from several feet away. I concentrate on keeping bold labels on the boxes (and putting them back in their appropriate "rack" when done).

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Would love to see pics of those plywood storage thingabobs :worthless:

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