/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1559544]

What are your favorite organizers for small stuff? Nails, bolts, electronic components, etc.

[Anonymous No.1559547]

One key decision is what can be lumped together and what should have its own compartment. I put all my 1/4" bolts, nuts, and washers in one tupperware tray, for example. But I don't do much metric work so all sizes go in one tray.

Resistors are a pain. I have small containers like the top row of your pic for about 10 values, from 68 ohms up to 10 meg. All the rest are in baggies, with one for all the "red" multiplier, one for all the "brown", etc.

Another thing I eventually figured out is to keep one central notebook listing what is in my shed, my truck, my back room, etc., for all those things that just get stored and not used for a few years.

[DeWalt Lifer No.1559626]

>>1559544
Plano style flat tackle boxes are the obvious choice because they’re cheap and you can find them in tons of arrangements.

I got pic related from Wally World and I want to go back and get some more. They were like $10 for 2 boxes, about the size of a Plano 3700 box, but close to twice as deep. They lock together so you could stack a bunch of them together with no issue. They’re one of the few storage containters where you can take out the bigger dividers and create a large compartment for half finished projects that you gave up on.

[Anonymous No.1559634]

>>1559544
unlabled steel coffee cans, mason jars, and cookie tins

[Anonymous No.1559653]

>>1559544
I keep all that in a small blue plastic bucket that came in a walmart Easter basket.

[DeWalt Lifer No.1559661]

>>1559634
These cat treat jars are gudder than the coffee cans. You can actually see what’s inside and they don’t rust.

[Anonymous No.1559671]

>>1559544
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3125601
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1666929
i really want to make more but my 3dd printer is dusty

[Anonymous No.1559694]

>>1559671
Why does the green side say (on three drawers) “look” “I’m” ”slow” on the bottom?

[Anonymous No.1559702]

>>1559694

[Anonymous No.1559826]

>>1559694
is this a joke?

[Anonymous No.1559841]

Match boxes, i hide my resistors in the match boxes, how do you like that Carron?

[Anonymous No.1559850]

>>1559634
Various coffee cans and galvanized buckets. I also picked up a shelf/cubby thing from the school I work at when they were going to trash it. It's good for boxes of hardware and cordless drills.

[Milwaukee !ShlRJ3wGuk No.1559878]

pic related

also a mix of:

scrap steel rack
wooden bolt bins i made
metal cabinets for misc junk

[Milwaukee !ShlRJ3wGuk No.1559879]

>>1559878

forgot pic related

pic related

[Anonymous No.1559900]

>>1559841
Where did you get that many match boxes?

[Anonymous No.1559914]

>>1559544
Just bought this system for the biz
We install cabinetry of all kinds so we have twenty some different kinds of bolts and screws we need at all times as well as different hinges, accessory hardware, etc, etc.

I put the awkward stuff in the base (glue bottles, shims, screws we don't usually need), hinges and hinge plates in open flat boxes, and the rest in the boxes with little containers.

[Anonymous No.1559915]

>>1559914
right now, we have 1 base, 2 opens, and 2 divideds, but I'm thinking of doubling it for different types of installs.

[Anonymous No.1559968]

>>1559879
that's where I keep all my stolen arbors.

[Anonymous No.1559969]

>>1559968
Do you suffer from melanin induced kleptomania?

[Anonymous No.1560803]

>>1559544

Screws and bolts I leave in their original boxes and stack with increasing diameter down wire shelves, metric separate shelves from imperial. For the super common sizes I have some of the fastener collections from McMaster that are built into the steel flip top lids cases. Those cases are mfg by ?Duram? and fit that companies' pull out drawer racks.

[Anonymous No.1561736]

>>1559900
not anon you replied to, but I know dollar stores have plenty, sometimes in packs.

[Anonymous No.1562250]

>>1559914
i've been using one of these and just stack regular milwaukee tackle boxes on top w/ hardware. Major downfall when working in buildings with no elevators

[Anonymous No.1562875]

>>1559634
>>1559661
These are the guys that actually get shit done.

[Anonymous No.1562883]

>>1562875
then why do they post here?

[Anonymous No.1562884]

>>1559544
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/00064832?fromRR=Y

[Anonymous No.1562886]

>>1562884
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/00064840?fromRR=Y

>the drawers pop out and you can take them to what you're working on

[Dr Bepper No.1562911]

>>1562875
Hahahahahahahahahaha

[Anonymous No.1563060]

>>1559626
>putting batteries with shit
Don't do this, my brother died from this

[Anonymous No.1563069]

>>1559544

these are garbage for anything that can't be clearly labelled in order numerically.

>>1559626

these are complete bottom barrel chinesium garbage, and are also probably the best actual storage container for little shit that you don't have large amounts of but do need not-infrequently.

>>1559661

plastic food jars are good for storing large amounts of small things

>>1559671

same as op

>>1559841

same as OP but melts with moisture

>>1559914

carry-on compatible

[Dr Bepper No.1563079]

>>1563060
That’s why they’re all divided and I don’t have 20 next to eachother rolling around and shorting out. The 3 cells next to eachother are in a little plastic holder.

[Anonymous No.1563169]

>>1559544

[Anonymous No.1563764]

>>1559544
AIDETEK BOXALL
https://www.amazon.com/AideTek-BOX-ALL-48-Compartments-compartments-transistors/dp/B01M11PKG5/ref=pd_bxgy_60_img_2/146-7194148-5207118?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01M11PKG5&pd_rd_r=8333a88f-3a56-11e9-a727-75db849a2825&pd_rd_w=5oCEi&pd_rd_wg=5fehb&pf_rd_p=6725dbd6-9917-451d-beba-16af7874e407&pf_rd_r=6NBMK66D4FHT2ZDSY2VJ&psc=1&refRID=6NBMK66D4FHT2ZDSY2VJ

[Anonymous No.1563765]

>>1563169
waste of space, you should use binders for components, because who the fuck needs 500 of each value leaded resistor