I got a big set of bins of craig's list years ago. Held 96(IIRC?) of these type bins, but was missing 5 of them. Pretty much perfect for standard hardware storage, and came with lots of little dividers so you can subdivide. So all my hardware from 1/4" to 1" is stored in these, separated by size to different bins, subdivided bins separating different types of bolts from each other, washers, and different types of nuts. Got lots of other similar stuff too.
Smaller than 1/4" goes into smaller examples of the same type of storage, each subdivided making finding stuff relatively easy. I really like that type of storage because I can take out the bin (or bins) and carry all my options to the point where convenient, pick through as needed, then return them to their position in the rack.
I've also got the wide flat tray with a lid and lots of sub-compartments too. I keep stuff my electrical terminal fittings (spades, eyes, splices, bullet, wire nuts, etc) and such organized in them.
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These are like my large bins, except the bins are larger, and the cabinet rack is about 7' tall or so. Enco used to have them a lot in the sale catalogs a few years back.
Large Bin Rack
This is what I put the smaller (than 1/4") fasteners, screws, etc. in. The one pictured is almost exactly what I have, except mine is brown, and has one more row on each of the 2 stacked cabinets.
Smaller bins
Then these for smaller still. Stuff like electrical connectors, clips, pins, springs, etc.
Drawer dividers
And cabinets like this for mostly tooling for lathe/mill, taps, MT shank and large drills, setup blocks, parallels, and on and on. Mine are made by NuEra and Lyon, basically the same as the more familiar Lista and Vidmar cabinets. I LOVE these things, basically impossible to beat and IMO make Snap-On look like Craftsman (well, "pro" series I maybe, but still a solid notch above)
Tooling cabinets
I also got several bundles of the cardboard fold up bins that look a lot like the popular plastic ones. But the plastic ones get brittle and eventually break, so I prefer the cardboard for anything not wet/oily, and it's CHEAP! I use these for organizing the box quantity desck screws, drywall screws, different size nail boxes, and so on. If I need larger deck screws, they are all in the boxes they come in, and all of roughly the same size are in one cardboard bin. Easy to find. And many of these go on a HF metal tapered shelf/rack that originally held a bunch of the aforementioned plastic bins that break. The plastic bins are long gone, but the cardboard bins will last as long as I care, plus they appear on shelves all around the shop keeping various related bits together.
