Hardware Storage

[DaveySimps]

I am looking to reorganize our hardware storage in our shop, but am not sure how I want to go about it. Some sort of rolling shelves with bins to hold bolts, casket locks, wagon brakes, screws, various brackets, etc. is what I am thinking about. (tools, lumber, sheeting goods, and steel are already organized already) How do you guys store all of you hardware in your shop? Pictures would be fantastic.

~Dave

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cart medical container industrial plastic storage bin plastic storage system pla

Best way to go by far. Buy a few different sizes, works great.

[DaveySimps]

Good suggestion. I have been looking at these in Grainger and other places, and I really like them. I am also not opposed to building something. I thought it could not hurt to ask just in case someone had a different idea that I might like more.

~Dave

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Everywhere I have been or worked has a pigion hole storage system primary no matter built or store bought. Mostly for the staples that don't change much like hinges and or picture hangers a home built bin system or as at work say for bolts - mostly evey 1/4 inch length in each size, store bought stacking bins that on industrial shelving allow for some movement upwards say when you add a new bin no matter the size for say all thread or Grade 8 bolts as a subset to the normal Grade 5 bolts. Such individual bins add flexibility in size of bin and number of them for movement as you grow. On the other hand for stuff like a 4" verses 6" Tee hinge, normally I mostly see and do for staples that won't have too much in between them pigion hole shelving. Say a 6" wide, 8" high and 12" deep or deeper plywood based wall of shelving with a 1x3 parts not falling out of the cubbie hole ledger in front of them. This sufficient to climb in gaining a single part but not enough to get the ladder for in stuff being a bit high.

Main cubbie hole / pigion hole as its called is just a bunch of bins that are just as it were book shelves with seperators between and a small ledger to keep the parts in. Works for the most part all over no matter the bolt or part in them when not changing all that much. Otherwise if say the hardware changes a lot the plastic commercial bins for hardware work well in changing sizes and adding to rows. This or say ammo cans for say drywall screws on a shelf. Easy enough to pull off the shelf, yet if you go thru an ammo can full of screws in a season... that's problematic. Ammo cans as bin organizers also work well especially for drywall screws.