On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 7:30:03 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On 2/24/2019 10:12 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I've had these for 30+ years, just hanging around in the bottom drawer of a
old, narrow set of drawers I brought home from a dead relative's shop.

https://i.imgur.com/QSAZi4n.jpg

The whole batch weighs just over 1/2 lb. I'm guessing aluminum.

https://i.imgur.com/qfGHKa5.jpg

They were found in a drawer with curved bottomed sections. The drawers must
have been modified. Only 2 of the 8 have the curves and it looks like they
had straight dividers at some time.

https://i.imgur.com/FKs6ApK.jpg

I wonder why those curved bottoms were added.

Make it easier to get the items out of the drawer as they do not get
caught in the corners.



That's what I thought. But I wonder why only those 2 of the 8 drawers had curved bottom
section even through the rest of the drawers contain all sorts of small part - nuts, screws, etc.

They sure don't make them like that anymore. Any "small parts storage" you see today
is all flat bottomed. More space, less cost, I guess.