I want to make some bolt bins

[mrb]

im setting up a new shop for work next month, and i want to make/get made some metal bins for bolts, electrical connectors, etc. I need to decide on a design. Does anyone have any pictures to post?

 

[Stuart in MN]

I'd watch the local Craigslist or search through used office equipment stores for something like this: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/tls/1024139686.html

 

[mrb]

I'd watch the local Craigslist or search through used office equipment stores for something like this: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/tls/1024139686.html

ive been checking on my local craigslists, havent seen anything decent. I want the open type, and kind of want to make them. I have access to cnc machinery, sheet metal forming equipment, and welding so I wanted to make something unique. I just dont really know where to start as far as design goes.

 

[rsanter]

I would recomend that you either buy the pigeon hole type or buy some toolboxes and use the drawers to stock the bolts

bob

 

[MrPeek]

I dont have a picture but I have a small tool box and every nut and bolt goes into it except the real small stuff, those go into a small plastic box. My old school neighbor used glass jars and had the lids fastened to a plank nailed above his bench.He could see what kind of bolts ,nuts were in each and would just unscrew the jar to get to them. It worked for him.

 

[Pritch]

This isn't anything close to what you sound like you want, but I've been toying around with something like this:

A little back story-when I was a kid, my mom seen something like this (only much larger) in some magizine, and thought it was a good idea. Pretty much the same thing, only 5 gallon buckets instead of coffee cans, and that was where socks and undies and things went. Kinda like a chest-of-drawers, if you got back far enough and closed your eyes. But the scaled-down version works pretty good for small stuff.

 

[mesquiteforge]

Along the same idea- the evil folks at Harbor Freight have these bins for around $45. I have a couple of them and they work well.

 

[hypnotoad]

Along the same idea- the evil folks at Harbor Freight have these bins for around $45. I have a couple of them and they work well.

Now that's funny. The evil part I mean.