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    Hardware Storage/Organization

    I was wondering what you all do for storage and organization of hardware? I am just lost for an easy, organized and attractive way to store all my hardware/fasteners. I am looking for something that is more organized and attractive than having all those little clear plastic boxes like what you get at the box stores. Any ideas are appreciated.

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    I use a couple of the "standard" small hanging cabinets with plastic bins for the odds and ends that hang out in small quantities. For the three sizes of fasteners I use a lot, I built a larger three-compartment bin out of scraps. The thread about it is here.
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    I have a ton of plastic bins hanging on the metal panels that they make for that purpose. I got the metal panels free from the trash at work and get the bins at Harbor Freight or Meijer. I also have some of the plastic cabinets Jim mentions.

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    Is all that stuff suppose to be organized????
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    Sams Club Rack

    I got one of these at Sams Club for $99.

    Works great for stuff that won't fit into the plastic drawer units.

    http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/nav...=5&item=107069


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    Derek, I don't know what style you're looking for but I use the yellow and black Stanley/Zag suitcase types you can find at Lowes. We were rehabbing the house, then I found myself getting into wwing, so I wound up with a number of these.

    When I started acquiring these we had water problems in the basement and I was always needing a handful of fasteners somewhere around the house. These units have a bunch of yellow boxes within the suitcase, so you can just grab a sub-unit and go do what you need to. You can stack them up so they don't take up too much space, but then you have to unstack them if you don't label the cases. DAMHIKT.

    Maybe one day I'll go the bin route if I think I will have a permanently dedicated shop space.

    Anyway... http://www.stanleytools.com/default....VIEW=ThumbView
    Where did I put that tape measure...

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    Pickle and mayo jars for the bigger stuff; and garlic jars for the smaller doo dads.

    It should come as no surprise that mustard jars just don't cut the mustard.
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    Here is another storage unit I use and like....

    I bought this at Ikea for $99 & it fits perfectly under my unisaw table saw.

    I think is now $119.

    The drawers have metal slides. Nice unit...

    Note-I removed the casters.

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    I'm in the same boat as Von - my stuff is in a 5-gallon bucket under my workbench.

    Great fun pawing through it to find a washer or something that you just KNOW is there.

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    Dumpser Dive Special

    I picked up 12 of these behind our local Fred Meyer store...

    I took the sample hardware off, removed the paper mounting insert so I can see inside, and mounted them along one wall. They work well for small parts.


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    Derek, you don't mention how much stuff you store. 100 of each screw, 1000, 5000? For my pocket screws and brass I use these:
    http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...700&lpage=none
    They're cheap, stack well and are of a better quality than you think.

    For larger stuff I use the wall mounted bins that go on sale at HF for next to nothing about every month or so. 20 bins with wall racks for about $6. You can't go wrong. I use them for bulkier items like hinges, 3/8" and up hardware, feet, knobs and what-not.
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    This is how I was,
    Storage drawer's, box's every screw ever made,
    50 drawer slides in stock at all times, Locks, more locks then a deli
    in Haifa. Folks I am in the home improvement business too.
    1/2 garage full of electrical, other half plumbing.
    144 12 x 15 drawers in the shop.....NO Mas!

    I buy what I need for a job and save nothing.
    This dosen't mean I still don't have all that stuff.
    (I think I am the missing Collier brother)
    It is just slowly finding its way to different homes.
    Like the dump.

    Really folks, how many times have you gone to look for something,
    not found it, then went to purchase it again only to find it when the Mcfeelys bill comes due?

    It hit me one day driving by the Home Creepo, I wish I had that much
    space I thought. When in fact I do. At the end of this keyboard and in
    orange and blue warehouses across the country.

    Per
    "all men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night....wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
    T.E. Lawrence

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    Fastener Storage

    Here is my solution.
    Free oil cans. Cut the tops off and soak in a tub with dishwashing detergent for a couple of days. You can write on the cans with a black marker.
    Mounted above my garage doors in space that would have been unused I have about 36 feet of oil cans that hold screws, bolts, nuts, nails, etc.
    Plastic oli cans fit perfectly on a 2 by 4 shelf.

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    Derek, if you have an Ikea handy, they sell these boxes for $9.99:

    35778_PE126676_S4.jpg

    It's called a Fira mini-chest. Dimensions are:

    Width: 14 "
    Depth: 9 7/8 "
    Height: 10 1/4 "


    Made out of thin birch plywood, it comes flat and you screw and nail it together.

    I can't actually recommend it as I haven't tried one, but it is a different look.

    No connection to Ikea (I wish...)

    Maurice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy Hoyt
    Pickle and mayo jars for the bigger stuff; and garlic jars for the smaller doo dads.

    It should come as no surprise that mustard jars just don't cut the mustard.
    Ya know Andy, the phrase is really "cut muster" ...

    Rob

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