what to do for nut and bolt storeage
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Misc stuff is stored in bins, jars, whatever. Nuts and bolts I want organized are in those black HDX stackable type containers similar to what many have here. I have M4-M20 I believe all ordered specialty or thru mcmaster-carr.
It was taking a very long time. In hindsight the clipart was a little overkill, it added a lot of time to the process. I did use the picture to find things at first, it was faster than reading the labels, but now that I've gotten familiar with which tray has what I don't look at the label anymore. I was doing the sorting and labeling over the summer and was consumed with it. Almost every evening and a lot of weekend time was spent with me sitting at the bench in front of a laptop. At one point my wife said "why are you wasting the summer doing that, do it in the winter when you have more free time". She was right (dammit!), and that's when I stopped. I'll get back to it in a couple weeks.
hemiallen
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These are pretty close
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZJAW3Q0/?tag=atomicindus08-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZJAW3Q0/?tag=atomicindus08-20
bad_idea
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I have a Harbor Freight 13 drawer 41" wide lower tool chest I use for my hardware. The wide drawers for machine fasteners and the narrow drawers for wood fasteners. Each fastener type is sorted into 'bins' (cut off oil quart jugs), like fasteners are stored in the same drawer together. It is nice to open one drawer and see all of the 1/4" hardware I have to choose from. I do a lot of welding/grinding in the garage and everything gets covered in grinding dust. The drawers keep the grit out of my hardware.
ezover
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had the same set up for years worked great, got bored so i am switching everything over to the HF case set up.
LifeLongWNYer
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What I dream of, is going into a home Depot and finding out that the company that stocks the bins with hardware, not nuts and bolts, but hinges, knobs, and that sort of stuff is replacing them. At least, around here, they have ( probably ) 30' of wooden bins, all hinged at the bottom so they tip outward, with the rows of bins about 4' high. There must be 100's of bins there.
The last time the HD vendor, an outside firm, not HD people, replaced the bins, I asked about them and was told the line of people who wanted those bins would reach around the store. Unfortunately, the vendor was packing them on pallets and shipping them to some place in South Carolina for "PROPER DESTRUCTION"!!! What a waste!
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The last time the HD vendor, an outside firm, not HD people, replaced the bins, I asked about them and was told the line of people who wanted those bins would reach around the store. Unfortunately, the vendor was packing them on pallets and shipping them to some place in South Carolina for "PROPER DESTRUCTION"!!! What a waste!
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hrichard
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Plano 3700 series tackle boxes fit nicely in milk crates, quick and easy but not as nice as the fabbed up cabinets. They keep my hardware under control for the most part, if I need more than a few fasteners for one job I let TSC stock them until I need them.
Dragster Racer
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I bought some of the hf handled trays and I really like them so far. I have a bookshelf I am putting them in, but I need to build some dividers so I can slide them out individually. Maybe some 1/4" plywood and some 2x4 spacers on the side. Heading in the right direction anyhow.
This is my set up...
Wow, that my friend is a metric **** ton of storage.
Thanks...
That is only some of it...I am a bit of the “ I want it “ kinda guy...that...and I hate when I don’t have what I want on hand...
I'd guess also a woodworker that uses various fasteners and hardware ?
Started as wood worker, so yes, alot of those parts...
Got into metal about 10 years ago...so...more stuff. Built a garage to hold it all...
fourjeepin
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You need to visit one of the Lowe’s that is closing. I checked and there aren’t any In my area. It took several visits to the HD that was relocating for me to find the guy in charge that sold me the bins. He said the bins were a fairly easy sell, but no one wanted the hardware so he just throws it in with the deal - $50 per verticle stack 15 years ago. I tore open so many of those little bags of hardware that my fingers got raw and I finally said enough. I gave a 5 gallon buckets full of them, primarily wood screws in the blue bags.
PNWguy
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I got a good deal on a stack of these.
that go into these:
I buy hardware in a large enough quantity to get a decent price for quality parts (a box of 100 1/4-20 nuts is not that much more than a bag of 10 at HD). I label the front of the tray something like "#10 and under", "3/8-1/2", "t-nuts", etc.
Since I label the tray, but not each slot in the tray, I can move things around when needed. My hardware store is 10 miles, so I want to have all sizes in stock.
For larger items, I use milk crates with a duct tape label on the front. All the milk crates get stacked on a set of shelves that are easy to reach, but out of the way. I organize by type of item. "120v" might have power cords from dead appliances, light switches and outlets. I'm not trying to identify every single item, but the categories are good enough to let me know what crate to look in.
I don't like wasting time trying to find ****.
I buy hardware in a large enough quantity to get a decent price for quality parts (a box of 100 1/4-20 nuts is not that much more than a bag of 10 at HD). I label the front of the tray something like "#10 and under", "3/8-1/2", "t-nuts", etc.
Since I label the tray, but not each slot in the tray, I can move things around when needed. My hardware store is 10 miles, so I want to have all sizes in stock.
For larger items, I use milk crates with a duct tape label on the front. All the milk crates get stacked on a set of shelves that are easy to reach, but out of the way. I organize by type of item. "120v" might have power cords from dead appliances, light switches and outlets. I'm not trying to identify every single item, but the categories are good enough to let me know what crate to look in.
I don't like wasting time trying to find ****.
PhantomEB
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Heres mine. Hoping the hyd press will be perfect to leave in front.
I will be adding in one more shelf to have 3/4” nuts and bolts at the bottom as well. Also want to ditch the small bins for all the big ones when they on sale at Princess Auto.
I will be adding in one more shelf to have 3/4” nuts and bolts at the bottom as well. Also want to ditch the small bins for all the big ones when they on sale at Princess Auto.