Hydraulic fitting storage layout

[Low50s]

I recently purchased a crimper and some base fittings for my farm shop. But I am wondering for those who have crimpers and consumables what is your preferred way to store fittings ? I want to make sure I leave room to add a fitting if needed

I will post a picture of the setup but I’m guessing I’ll do -4 top row -6 next then -8 and start from RH to left pipe female to male then swivel then jic m to female. But I am kind of feeling like it’s not a smooth layout so just looking for input

 

[bigfunwmu]

Our inventory person wants to sort by part number, but that's a huge pain in the *** for actually using stuff. So sort by hose size, thread end style, then thread end size.

So kinda like you do, small to big and similar styles of ends grouped to together:
Top shelf #4 hose, left to right; #2 pipe #4 pipe #6 pipe #2 pipe swivel #4 pipe swivel #6 pipe swivel... 90 deg pipe swivels, then female JIC straight, then JIC 45, JIC90, Male JIC, Male ORB, Male ORB swivel, Male ORB 90, Male OFS, Female OFS, Female OFS 90, Male BSPP, Female BSPP, 90 deg BSPP, female Japanese swivel, male DIN light & heavy by tube size, female DIN light and heavy by tube size, female DIN 45s, female DIN 45... Ends up in the middle of the 2nd shelf, and then #6 hose stuff starts after a couple feet of empty space to leave room to add stuff later.

Changes a bit on the larger stuff when the code 61 & 62 flanges get added between the o-ring face and the BSPP stuff.

 

[The Cobbler]

I sort my brass plumbing fittings by size & style basically. anything with a flare goes into a bin by flare size , even if it has NPT
same for compression . if it's all NPT it's sorted by the largest thread size
1/2 & 3/4 copper sweat fittings are in a case . odd ball & 1" are in a bin .

 

[Sumboodie]

I've been in shops with enough Lawsen bins that would about full my whole garage. Just of hydraulic and pipe fittings.

I brought home probably 75lbs worth from the trash pail of 1 shop. They didn't feel like cleaning or sorting, or reusing old fittings... reducers, bells, 90s, valves, couplers, etc. Pipe and std and high pressure (10k)

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

Whatever you do, get a label printer.

Also different coloured tapes.

 

[Low50s]

Our inventory person wants to sort by part number, but that's a huge pain in the *** for actually using stuff. So sort by hose size, thread end style, then thread end size.

So kinda like you do, small to big and similar styles of ends grouped to together:
Top shelf #4 hose, left to right; #2 pipe #4 pipe #6 pipe #2 pipe swivel #4 pipe swivel #6 pipe swivel... 90 deg pipe swivels, then female JIC straight, then JIC 45, JIC90, Male JIC, Male ORB, Male ORB swivel, Male ORB 90, Male OFS, Female OFS, Female OFS 90, Male BSPP, Female BSPP, 90 deg BSPP, female Japanese swivel, male DIN light & heavy by tube size, female DIN light and heavy by tube size, female DIN 45s, female DIN 45... Ends up in the middle of the 2nd shelf, and then #6 hose stuff starts after a couple feet of empty space to leave room to add stuff later.

Changes a bit on the larger stuff when the code 61 & 62 flanges get added between the o-ring face and the BSPP stuff.

Ya, I feel I am kind of backwards since my machine is on the far right of the bench so I plan on working from Right to Left but ya I may have to do pipe ( - size = size + size ) then swivel, and so on since I am mainly working on old farm equipment as of right now I am sticking to pipe/JIC and JIC 90's I do not have much FFOR or ORB stuff on hand but im sure the time will come I will have to add.
Maybe I should have skipped the bolt bins and went to Durham pull out drawers like Discount Hydraulic Hose does for their kits maybe it would have saved me some bench space.

I've been in shops with enough Lawsen bins that would about full my whole garage. Just of hydraulic and pipe fittings.

I brought home probably 75lbs worth from the trash pail of 1 shop. They didn't feel like cleaning or sorting, or reusing old fittings... reducers, bells, 90s, valves, couplers, etc. Pipe and std and high pressure (10k)

Man I would love to get some deals like that. once I was lucky and got a few coffee cans worth of stuff that no one wanted to sort and I brought it home and picked away at it randomly to get it all sorted and put in correct spots. but thats something I dont have much of is reducers or pipe fittings

Whatever you do, get a label printer.

Also different coloured tapes.

from reading some PDF files of the T-400 crimper manual I did find that they offered a label kit for Eaton/weatherhead fittings. FS-1100 was the lables for the U series fittings. I thought about buying that to put where they go. I would like to get the eaton numbers so when I use a fitting I can write it down on a dedicated notepad so every so often I can make a replacement order.

 

[bigfunwmu]

Bolt bins work for up to #8 or #10, bigger than that and you can't fit much in there.

 

[Low50s]

Bolt bins work for up to #8 or #10, bigger than that and you can't fit much in there.

Ya, DHH sells kits and they use the Durham style pull out drawers but it looks like they only do = size hose ends which in all honestly would probably just fine but I go up and down a size which is most likely overkill I considered something like a lista cabinet with drawer dividers but I couldnt justify the cost since I only have about $225 in bolt bins