Any Bolts, nuts and washers storage ideas?

Bob Korves said:
I have seen the glass jars with the lids screwed below shelves before. My shop still has lids under shelves from the PO. They are a pretty good idea with one exception. If one falls and breaks, and they will, not completely screwed tight, then you have a real mess, a mix of screws or whatever mixed with glass shards, all over the shelf and floor. Sorry, no thanks...
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Many jars are now made of plastic. Won't solve the dropsy problem, but at least you won't have broken glass to clean up.
 
I actually bought this cabinet at a tag sale filled with hardware, allen wrenches, cams, gears, nuts and bolts, cap screws, dowel pins, shoulder screws, and anything else you could ever need for $15. It weighed so much I had to take it apart to get it out of the basement one drawer at a time, and the guy that saw me looking thru it just about begged me to get it out of the basement.

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Been using these since 1984
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I have four of the old equipto metal drawer bins with I think there 24 drawers with metal dividers , two of the metal drawer storage racks with small parts fuses wire ends specialty parts. And an Durham 36 cubby open bolt bin , and at least ten or twenty metal drawers just open on the bench . And YA know what I only have one of the small drawers with metric nuts and bolts up to about 10 mms. But I have bolts up to 7/8 " in sae. Even some fine threads. It took me thirty years to build up that stock. Use to get hardware at fazzios for $1.00 a pound up to 3/4" above that $2.00 @ .. Now with all the selling and moving things it's a mess. But I'm gonna have all the bins on one cart when I'm done , the drawer ones anyway. It'll take three mules to move it.
 
A good recycled container that I use is the container from grated Parmesan cheese. The containers are clear plastic and are 2-3/4" diameter x 6" high and have a plastic screw-on lid with a flip top. I especially like them for wood screws and deck screws as they allow convenient dispensing of a few when needed. Being closed containers, you can store them horizontally or vertically without fear of spilling the contents.

We go through about one a week so I have a virtually endless supply.
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Specimen jars work well for small fasteners. Sometimes you can find bargains on ePay. Make sure they are new :)
 
I have tonnes of small fasteners of all sorts and I use the 40 drawer units that Terry has shown in the Harbour Freight link he sent. 40 drawers with dividers for $14.99 is pretty good I think.

David
 
In one of six drawers in my fathers work bench was a compartmentalized storage system consisting of 3/4" walls to make squares approximately 4" each way. He used the drawer to store nails and larger wood screws. In the workbench I built much later I had planned on using 3/8" plywood walls but never got around to finishing the boxes but I did become in desperate need of assorted storage. My solution was to cut the bottom 3" off oil cans (automotive) and store nails, screws, washers, etc. in them in the lower left drawer as per Dad's bench. They are rectangular and can be moved around easily.
Have a good day
RAY
 
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