I have been making do for a very long time and while room to work is one thing making the most of where you store and organise is definitely something you need to invest in. Anybody that keeps a few fasteners, marine fittings, mill and lathe tooling and other general tooling will tell you a few tins and bottles will only get you so far. I used to keep a few plastic small parts organisers which are great when you start. Then they get heavy and you only have to drop and shatter one to feel the overwhelming rage of a 1000 monkeys! Local budget autoparts stockist listed these on special.
More importantly also the shelving unit they fit in to save unpacking them all to get to the one I want. The parts trays sit on a shelf with decent drawer-slides so can easily take the weight when filled with fasteners as long as it is secured so it won’t tip. Ended up buying two of these units.
Still need
to make something so I can slide the remaining plastic trays in a similar
fashion. My old dentist tool cabinet also became too small for all my hand tools
so my eye turned to getting a rolling tool cabinet. Local Bunnings plays host
to a TV renovation show and had the full unit below on sale for pretty much the
price of the bottom cabinet which is a deal considering the quality compared to
some of the other units above the price level.
That left
me building some new shelves and stands which I will cover off in another
entry.
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