Hardware storage?

[PeteF 1,044]

I was cleaning by basement up over the weekend and found I have a crap load of miscellaneous hardware sitting around. Screws, nuts, hinges, brackets, picture hooks etc.

 

So the question is:

How do you store this kind of stuff?

[djg0770 481]

Depends.  Some use coffee cans, some use baby food jars.  I went to akro type bins though I still have a dishpan full of odd bolts and nuts that I usually start my "wtf is a bolt to fit this" search.

 

I have a coffee can for hose clamps despite having the akro bins.

[NJGF 375]

I use coffee cans, misc cans, and plastic bins. No matter how many contains I have, there is always more stuff than contains! Then the labels fall off the containers and I don't even know what is in them. And of course I can't throw anything out.

[siderman 1,136]

Define crapload! lol. Being in the construction/handyman trades my whole life the stuff adds up. The see thu akra drawers are great for the little stuff but i also use jars, cans  boxes etc whatever...I have an assortment of shallow boxes/crates to hold all the bigger hardware and wtf stuff easy to rummage thru but anything sturdy like cat litter boxes work too. One thng i try to maintain is keep everything visable/accessable, out of sight is out of mind. And thats just the garage. Now the basement......

[1LtCAP 4,262]

if you've got an unfinished basement, use various glass jars......nail the lids to the joists above your head, then screw the jars to the lids. outta the way, easily accessed.

[brucin 923]

Take Out Chinese food containers work pretty good. The pint and quart ones that you get soup in.

[beachwhistle 28]

old cigar boxes

[Scorpio64 5,147]

My grandfather had the ultimate system.  Baby food jars filled with odds and ends, then the jars in shoe boxes and the shoe boxes in a closet with a shelf system he set up just for the shoe boxes.  I swear, if I needed a rabbit, he'd probably could have produced one.  Really his trick was organization.  You can use just about any cabinet or bunch of  storage containers, but ya gotta be able to create a system you can stick to.

[NJGF 375]

Take Out Chinese food containers work pretty good. The pint and quart ones that you get soup in.

 

But don't you just hate it when you reach for a bolt and it has lo mein on it 

[Displaced Texan 11,731]

Small hardware, I use the little plastic containers with dividers....like you would find in a fishing tackle box. I use a label maker to mark the contents of the compartment.

Larger stuff, I use coffee cans, or even old mason jars.

[Silence Dogood 468]

I use these Stanley boxes - they can be reconfigured to suit different sizes:

[TonyS. 12]

Depends upon the size of the screws/bolts/nuts.... For smaller items I'll use bigger baby jar types and drill a hole in their lids and mount them to the overhead beam with wood screw. For bigger items or when I have a sh*tload of them I'll use old plastic coffee containers. They won't rust and they hold large amounts just fine.

[maintenanceguy 510]

Bought two of those metal 3' wide x 6' high storage cabinets they use in offices.  Got them cheap at an auction.   For fasteners that aren't in the original box, I use the cheap, single-use Tupperware type storage containers from the grocery store.  Everything labeled and in it's place.

[NJGF 375]

I use these Stanley boxes - they can be reconfigured to suit different sizes:

 

I have one of these to hold all of my picture hangers. You can carry it around with mixing up the contents.

[CMJeepster 2,777]

But don't you just hate it when you reach for a bolt and it has lo mein on it 

Funniest thing so far this year here or IRL!!!

 

I've got a few bins: screws, nails, nuts, bolts, miscellaneous and mountain lion. Guess which one is empty.

[Zeke 5,504]

Dumped in a spackel bucket and scraped!

What good is one hinge?

 

 

 

I have some kits, plumbing/ electrical.

But most 1 off floaters are scrapped.

Nail boxes opened I'll keep.

I have accumulated Rubbermaid shelving units that I stack the stuff on.