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DIY Tool Storage Ideas (2017)

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Post by walrus01 »

If you need to store a lot of small parts, go to a Cabela's (or bass pro shop) and look at the fishing section, plastic boxes with anywhere from 6 to 40 small compartments. Often a far better selection than what you'd find at a home Depot or similar.

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Post by whiw »

The magnetic drill bit rack might cause the swarf to cling to the drill bits.

I use plastic picture/poster hanging grips to cover saw blades, and lengths of 4" plastic waste pipe to store dowel and metal rod.

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Post by walterbell »

HD has a dual-sided compartment case with transparent lids. One side can be used to store instruments/tools in PE foam (after removing the dividers with flush cutters), leaving the other side for small parts. 10 x 12 x 1.5 inches per side. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-34-Compartment-Plastic-Dou...

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Post by a1o »

walrus01 wrote: post #2

If you need to store a lot of small parts, go to a Cabela's (or bass pro shop) and look at the fishing section, plastic boxes with anywhere from 6 to 40 small compartments. Often a far better selection than what you'd find at a home Depot or similar.

I picked up my storage cabinet with small drawers from a family shop wood store. It's made of wood instead of being plastic, so I placed labels to each drawer to signal the resistors, inductors, capacitors, chips and so on.

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Post by terom »

walrus01 wrote: post #2

If you need to store a lot of small parts, go to a Cabela's (or bass pro shop) and look at the fishing section, plastic boxes with anywhere from 6 to 40 small compartments. Often a far better selection than what you'd find at a home Depot or similar.

For really small SMD (electronics) parts, you need something with a completely sealed compartment. Anything with removable separators or a gap between the dividers and the lid is a no-go, or you'll be tossing a couple hundred unmarked 0805 MLCCs in the trash because your 100nF and 1uF parts got mixed up together.

The cheap SMD parts containers on AliExpress [1] are reasonably good, although the lid springs some of them will inevitably break. There's probably some professional model with better quality plastics by a reputable brand as well.

[1] https://a.aliexpress.com/_msqygpo

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Post by logical_proof »

whiw wrote: post #3

The magnetic drill bit rack might cause the swarf to cling to the drill bits. I use plastic picture/poster hanging grips to cover saw blades, and lengths of 4" plastic waste pipe to store dowel and metal rod.

Not to mention those drill bits will not be nearly as nicely organized once you turn the drill press on…

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Post by throwaway0a5e »

walrus01 wrote: post #2

If you need to store a lot of small parts, go to a Cabela's (or bass pro shop) and look at the fishing section, plastic boxes with anywhere from 6 to 40 small compartments. Often a far better selection than what you'd find at a home Depot or similar.

If you buy the right size boxes it works out so that a given multiple of them fits in a paper sized space you can use free filing cabinets for storage.
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