No, not just leftovers from my own projects...I'll be walking down the street, or through a parking lot, and see a decently clean nut/bolt/screw/washer on the ground, pick it up & put it in my pocket. Of course now I have piles of mismatched hardware and no good way to organize it.
I've been thinking about building a board with both metric and SAE nuts & bolts epoxied to it, so I'd have any easy way to at least determine what it is. Then I could sort it by size & pitch at the very least.
I've been searching ideas here, and found plenty of great ones for hardware storage and organization, but it seems like most people who have thoroughly planned out systems are more or less trying to mimic a hardware store setup - often to the point of actively purchasing hardware/restocking bins when they get low. That's mostly way overkill for my needs, but yet I'd like to do a better job of utilizing what I
do have...so I don't need to run out to the hardware store and buy even more stuff.
I've read that there are at least a few other packrats on here. Do you have any suggestions?
Ayuh,..... 'ell Ya, I'm a packrat,....
Dumpster Divin' is my favorite sport,...
5 gallon plastic pails, 'n ole metal or plastic milk crates are great for stashin' stuff,...
short story,....
'bout 15 years ago, just after We hooked up, Deb, 'n I had to go to Boston,....
After leavin' the place, 'n with my sister, 'n bil followin' us down the street,....
I spied an ole steel window security grate layin' in the ditch by the sidewalk,....
When I pulled up, 'n stopped for the light, I yelled to Deb, "Jump out, grab that thing, 'n toss it in the back of the truck",.....
She did as told,.....
not a 2nd guess, til We were underway again,....
Years later, in a conversation with my Sis, Diane told Deb that she
Knew her brother had finally found the Right gal, when she saw her jump outa the truck in traffic, to pick up a piece of junk metal,......
