Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James

On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James


Don't :-)

All you need are Quicksilver & Turbogold. You can get both in organiser
cases, very often on a cheap deal.

http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nai...s-_-packscases






--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 16/01/2014 17:52, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw
how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the
different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James


Don't :-)

All you need are Quicksilver & Turbogold. You can get both in organiser
cases, very often on a cheap deal.

http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nai...s-_-packscases







The problem I always have though, is that I run out of one size while
hardly using many of the others. No problem - buy a box of that size
and fill that compartment. Then another size runs out, so you buy
another box, etc, etc. Before you know where you are, there's a heap of
boxes of screws and a plastic organiser, or two or three....not to
mention the ones you 'salvage' from a job in case there's an odd size
you need and keep in some other improvised container, but never use (a
bad habit I inherited from my father).

On the other hand, there is a certain pleasure in starting a new case o
screws and, indeed, they are often a very good deal if you keep an eye
open...

All you need are Quicksilver & Turbogold. You can get both in organiser

cases, very often on a cheap deal.

I started with a trade case, but rarely even use that now.

6x45, 6x80, 6x100 for construction/studs.
4x20, 4x25, 4x30, 4x40 for joinery.
5x60 - odd stuff.

Though I mostly use Spax and Reisser these days.

Also means for fixing I only require 4mm drill/PZ2 bit or 6mm drill/PZ3 bit.

On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James


The only time I would mix them is for close matches between imperial and
metric. I have some mixtures of single and twin thread.

I find the big metal boxes with multiple plastic chambers best
(expensive when empty, good value when bought full of screws). Some of
the plastic boxes are OK too, e.g. for coach and for concrete screws.
When you find one you like, get several so that they stack conveniently.

I threw away my very big box of mixed slotted screws a long time ago.

On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James



Do you need to take them out with you? I got a case in Aldi a while
back. You put the dividers where you want, and a central tab stops
everything falling out when the case is vertical. But, if a compartment
is full, the remainder ends up in its original box on a shelf somewhere
else. You can't win :-)

On 16/01/2014 18:04, stuart noble wrote:
On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw
how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the
different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James



Do you need to take them out with you? I got a case in Aldi a while
back. You put the dividers where you want, and a central tab stops
everything falling out when the case is vertical. But, if a compartment
is full, the remainder ends up in its original box on a shelf somewhere
else. You can't win :-)

None of my shelves have space on them any more

"stuart noble" wrote in message
...
On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how
is
it best to store them?

....

Do you need to take them out with you?

Yes, sometimes.

James

On 16/01/2014 5:44 PM, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James



Lidl have got some double sided, partitioned, see-through topped,
plastic boxes at the moment that are very cheap. They would be ideal for
the smaller sizes, and at the price they were (can't remember how much,
but a daft price) you could buy a shed full.

--
Bob - Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK

It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.

On 16/01/2014 18:20, Bob Henson wrote:
On 16/01/2014 5:44 PM, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James



Lidl have got some double sided, partitioned, see-through topped,
plastic boxes at the moment that are very cheap. They would be ideal for
the smaller sizes, and at the price they were (can't remember how much,
but a daft price) you could buy a shed full.


They had some in Poundland but every one had stiff hinges that broke
after a couple of uses. Shame

On 16/01/2014 6:56 PM, stuart noble wrote:
On 16/01/2014 18:20, Bob Henson wrote:
On 16/01/2014 5:44 PM, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James



Lidl have got some double sided, partitioned, see-through topped,
plastic boxes at the moment that are very cheap. They would be ideal for
the smaller sizes, and at the price they were (can't remember how much,
but a daft price) you could buy a shed full.


They had some in Poundland but every one had stiff hinges that broke
after a couple of uses. Shame


I didn't try the Lidl ones, but I've never had anything like that that
turned out to be duff from there - yet.

--
Bob - Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK

Results are what you expect, and consequences are what you get.

"James Harris" wrote in message ...

Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James


a/ Woodscrews: In original boxes on a shelf in order of diameter
b/ Machine screws 6 mm to 16 mm in Linbins on the wall in order of sizes
with appropriate nuts plain washers and spring washers
c/ Machine Screws 2.5 mm to 5 mm in Raaco drawer unit on the wall again with
nuts & washers
d/ BA sizes as c/ above for 8 BA up to 2 BA
e/ Whitworth, and BSF in a comparmental 'organiser boxes'
f/ UNF & UNC also in organiser boxes
g/ Roofing screw in a plastic tub with there special tacky washers
h/ Coach Bolts & Screws in original boxes on a shelf

(Specials such as Cycle Thread, and British Standard Brass and the two
styles of BSP I have to make as needed )

Andrew

On Thursday, January 16, 2014 7:13:50 PM UTC, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"James Harris" wrote in message ...



Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is

it best to store them?



By differences I am thinking of things like these:



Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel

Head type: countersunk, round head, others

Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)

End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)

Measurement: metric, imperial

Specialism: self tapping, double thread

Width and Length



I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser

trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are

effectively loose.



None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,

especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different

types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?



How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?



James





a/ Woodscrews: In original boxes on a shelf in order of diameter

b/ Machine screws 6 mm to 16 mm in Linbins on the wall in order of sizes

with appropriate nuts plain washers and spring washers

c/ Machine Screws 2.5 mm to 5 mm in Raaco drawer unit on the wall again with

nuts & washers

d/ BA sizes as c/ above for 8 BA up to 2 BA

e/ Whitworth, and BSF in a comparmental 'organiser boxes'

f/ UNF & UNC also in organiser boxes

g/ Roofing screw in a plastic tub with there special tacky washers

h/ Coach Bolts & Screws in original boxes on a shelf



(Specials such as Cycle Thread, and British Standard Brass and the two

styles of BSP I have to make as needed )



Andrew

I use these. Label on the end to identify the contents and snap on lid hold the contents secure. I can just take out the ones Im likely to need and throw them in a toolbox

http://www.vikingdirect.ie/a/pb/Real...=QD1&id=16BOX/

On Friday, January 17, 2014 10:51:49 AM UTC, Huge wrote:
On 2014-01-16, fred wrote:



http://www.vikingdirect.ie/a/pb/Real...=QD1&id=16BOX/



E26 *each*? You're 'avin a laugh.



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"Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The

Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are

Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath"

Well if you cant affored it ..................

On Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:58:12 +0000, Huge wrote:

On 2014-01-18, fred wrote:
On Friday, January 17, 2014 10:51:49 AM UTC, Huge wrote:
On 2014-01-16, fred wrote:



http://www.vikingdirect.ie/a/pb/Real...Box-Organiser-
Plastic-03-Litre-16-Box-Unit-H310xw375xd125mm-Clear/pr=QD1&id=16BOX/



E26 *each*? You're 'avin a laugh.


Well if you cant affored it ..................

There's a big difference between my being able to afford it, and it
triggering my HFM(*) detector.

(* "*HOW* ****ing much????")

For storage boxes I use 3 litre wine boxes cut diagonally in half. I have
hundreds that I get for nothing from some old drunkard. The cardboard is
much tougher than the cardboard ones that I could buy.

Huge wrote:

I have 10 Carver plastic boxes that I bought for storing odds and
ends (and CDs!) in my study. They're perfect. Came to buy some more
and they don't seem to do them any more.

That *is* something in the favour of Really Useful Boxes, they're all to
a standard pattern that remains available rather than changing colour or
design every year.

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:44:35 -0000, "James Harris"
wrote:

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

You carefully sort them by size and type into a number of partitioned
and neatly labeled containers. You place the container outside so it
is to hand for the job you are doing.

SWMBO comes along when you are not looking and closes, but does not
latch, the lid. You come back, lift it up and spend the next hour
collecting everything into a bucket along with a good helping of grit
and grot. In the future, whenever you need a screw you delve into the
bucket of increasingly rusty screws for the one you want (it is never
there of course).

SWMBO makes off with your storage box declaring it is just what she
needs for storing her earrings and you don't need it any more.

Simples.

Peter Parry wrote:
SWMBO makes off with your storage box declaring it is just what she
needs for storing her earrings and you don't need it any more.

That's the advantage of using tobacco tins; they're not sought-after by SWMBOs.

And even when the Dymo(tm) tape falls off, you can still read the legend through the dried adhesive.

Owain

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:12:01 -0800, spuorgelgoog wrote:

Peter Parry wrote:
SWMBO makes off with your storage box declaring it is just what she
needs for storing her earrings and you don't need it any more.

That's the advantage of using tobacco tins; they're not sought-after by
SWMBOs.

I got all my tobacco tins *from* SWMBO before she gave up smoking (her
pipe).



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On Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:29:30 PM UTC, Bob Eager wrote:
That's the advantage of using tobacco tins; they're not sought-after by
SWMBOs.
I got all my tobacco tins *from* SWMBO before she gave up smoking (her
pipe).

Thus proving that even pipe-smoking SMWBOs don't regard tobacco tins as suitable ear-ring receptacles.

Owain

On Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:29:30 UTC, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:12:01 -0800, spuorgelgoog wrote:



Peter Parry wrote:

SWMBO makes off with your storage box declaring it is just what she

needs for storing her earrings and you don't need it any more.



That's the advantage of using tobacco tins; they're not sought-after by

SWMBOs.



I got all my tobacco tins *from* SWMBO before she gave up smoking (her

pipe).


Is there a decent source of used tobacco tins these days, apart from someone who smokes?

I inherited a load of such tins from my father, filled with the usual motley
collection of stuff. Even after clearing out the unwanted bits and pieces I
could do with some more myself; they have many handy properties.

You can get them (new, I think) on eBay but only at silly prices. If I could buy them in multiples on 10, say, for a few quid I'd happily do so.

Golden Virginia obviously (in my father's case...)

Jon N

On Friday, January 17, 2014 8:36:10 AM UTC, jkn wrote:

Is there a decent source of used tobacco tins these days, apart from someone who smokes?

I inherited a load of such tins from my father, filled with the usual motley
collection of stuff. Even after clearing out the unwanted bits and pieces I
could do with some more myself; they have many handy properties.

You can get them (new, I think) on eBay but only at silly prices. If I could buy them in multiples on 10, say, for a few quid I'd happily do so.

Golden Virginia obviously (in my father's case...)

Jon N

Hmm, partly answering my own question, you can get quantities of
tobacco tins from he

http://tinwaredirect.com/index.php?r...ath=8375_10565

at 40p or so each, but only in multiples of 100. Anyone fancy a group buy of
2ox tins?

Jon N

On 16/01/2014 22:12, wrote:
Peter Parry wrote:
SWMBO makes off with your storage box declaring it is just what she
needs for storing her earrings and you don't need it any more.

That's the advantage of using tobacco tins; they're not sought-after by SWMBOs.

And even when the Dymo(tm) tape falls off, you can still read the legend through the dried adhesive.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work with the new Dymo that prints onto an
adhesive tape, but only with the type that embosses the lettering. The
new stuff also fades quite quickly in sunlight.


--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On 16/01/2014 21:22, Peter Parry wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:44:35 -0000, "James Harris"
wrote:

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

You carefully sort them by size and type into a number of partitioned
and neatly labeled containers. You place the container outside so it
is to hand for the job you are doing.

SWMBO comes along when you are not looking and closes, but does not
latch, the lid. You come back, lift it up and spend the next hour
collecting everything into a bucket along with a good helping of grit
and grot. In the future, whenever you need a screw you delve into the
bucket of increasingly rusty screws for the one you want (it is never
there of course).

BTDTGTTS - but it was me! Twice!


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 16 Jan 2014, Peter Parry grunted:

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:44:35 -0000, "James Harris"
wrote:

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

You carefully sort them by size and type into a number of partitioned
and neatly labeled containers. You place the container outside so it
is to hand for the job you are doing.

SWMBO comes along when you are not looking and closes, but does not
latch, the lid. You come back, lift it up and spend the next hour
collecting everything into a bucket along with a good helping of grit
and grot. In the future, whenever you need a screw you delve into the
bucket of increasingly rusty screws for the one you want (it is never
there of course).

+1

Except I reverted to the status quo by spending two evenings in front of
the TV with the whole lot spread over the coffee table. Got there in the
end


--
David

On 16/01/2014 21:22, Peter Parry wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:44:35 -0000, "James Harris"
wrote:

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

You carefully sort them by size and type into a number of partitioned
and neatly labeled containers. You place the container outside so it
is to hand for the job you are doing.

SWMBO comes along when you are not looking and closes, but does not
latch, the lid. You come back, lift it up and spend the next hour
collecting everything into a bucket along with a good helping of grit
and grot. In the future, whenever you need a screw you delve into the
bucket of increasingly rusty screws for the one you want (it is never
there of course).

SWMBO makes off with your storage box declaring it is just what she
needs for storing her earrings and you don't need it any more.

Simples.


Actually when *I* did that, SWMBO took pity on me and spent ages sorting
them out!

But I have bought her lots of nice storage boxes for her sewing stuff

On Thursday, January 16, 2014 5:44:35 PM UTC, James Harris wrote:

Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?
By differences I am thinking of things like these:
Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length
I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.
None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?
How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?
James

I dont think theres any 1 way that suits all. Just ensure containers are burstproof.


NT

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:44:35 +0000, James Harris wrote:

Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how
is it best to store them?

I look after lots of screws!
http://i43.tinypic.com/2rnzl1c.jpg

Basically there is a section of shelves for anything that there is a lot
of. So there's a section for metric, unified and Whitworth and BA, and
subsections for fine threads. Steel is separate from brass. Stainless and
high tensile and plated are just in with mild steel but in their own
boxes. There's a separate section for metric coach bolts.
Wood screws have an entire room and have separate sections for round
head, countersunk etc and brass. Washers are sorted on inside diameter
and have separate sections for lock washers and flat.

On 17/01/2014 03:35, MattyF wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:44:35 +0000, James Harris wrote:

Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how
is it best to store them?

I look after lots of screws!
http://i43.tinypic.com/2rnzl1c.jpg

Basically there is a section of shelves for anything that there is a lot
of. So there's a section for metric, unified and Whitworth and BA, and
subsections for fine threads. Steel is separate from brass. Stainless and
high tensile and plated are just in with mild steel but in their own
boxes. There's a separate section for metric coach bolts.
Wood screws have an entire room and have separate sections for round
head, countersunk etc and brass. Washers are sorted on inside diameter
and have separate sections for lock washers and flat.


OMG!
As it happens they're re-running "Ever Decreasing Circles" on the tele.
Christ, I'm getting more like Martin in my old age

On Friday, January 17, 2014 3:35:40 AM UTC, Matty F wrote:
I look after lots of screws!
http://i43.tinypic.com/2rnzl1c.jpg

Now that is what I call a nicely organised corner of the lounge.

Owain

On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
Given that there is a very large number of different types of screw how is
it best to store them?

By differences I am thinking of things like these:

Material and colour: steel, stainless steel, brass, black steel
Head type: countersunk, round head, others
Driver type: pozi/phillips, slot, hex (carriage screw)
End: point (woodscrew), flat (machine screw)
Measurement: metric, imperial
Specialism: self tapping, double thread
Width and Length

I have some screws in boxes, some in plastic envelopes, some in organiser
trays, some in cabinet drawers and some more specialised screws which are
effectively loose.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James


I recall my old man having screw top glass jars - the top being screwed
under a shelf...

--
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In message , The Medway Handyman
writes
On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
e.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James


I recall my old man having screw top glass jars - the top being screwed
under a shelf...

I've seen that as well. Very small jars though. My wife went through a
phase of purchasing some *health product* which came in clear
polycarbonate screw top containers. I acquired 10 or so empties but the
supply ceased...

Over the years, collective auctions of office furniture have provided
metal drawer sets for organizing boxes of screws etc. They usually
remain in the supplied boxes so I don't have to worry about identity.

Now, if only the suppliers could stick to one type of packaging...

Now, does anyone need a drawer set; purpose made for huge floppies?

--
Tim Lamb

On 17/01/2014 08:36, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , The Medway Handyman
writes
On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:
e.

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the
different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

How do you store your screws (and washers and ...)?

James


I recall my old man having screw top glass jars - the top being
screwed under a shelf...

I've seen that as well. Very small jars though. My wife went through a
phase of purchasing some *health product* which came in clear
polycarbonate screw top containers. I acquired 10 or so empties but the
supply ceased...

Over the years, collective auctions of office furniture have provided
metal drawer sets for organizing boxes of screws etc. They usually
remain in the supplied boxes so I don't have to worry about identity.

Now, if only the suppliers could stick to one type of packaging...

Now, does anyone need a drawer set; purpose made for huge floppies?

Huge floppies? Oooh errr missus....

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 17/01/2014 08:46, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 17/01/2014 08:36, Tim Lamb wrote:

Now, does anyone need a drawer set; purpose made for huge floppies?

Huge floppies? Oooh errr missus....



I used to have a 12" floppy, but then it changed to juts 3.5"

In message , Rick Hughes
writes
On 17/01/2014 08:46, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 17/01/2014 08:36, Tim Lamb wrote:

Now, does anyone need a drawer set; purpose made for huge floppies?

Huge floppies? Oooh errr missus....



I used to have a 12" floppy, but then it changed to juts 3.5"

Shouldn't that be 12" and one wrinkle now 1" and 12 wrinkles?

--
Tim Lamb

On 17/01/2014 08:36, Tim Lamb wrote:

Now, does anyone need a drawer set; purpose made for huge floppies?


I still make good use of a big, solid steel drawer set made for
Hollerith cards.

On 17/01/2014 08:15, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:

I recall my old man having screw top glass jars - the top being screwed
under a shelf...



Robertson Jam Jars ... complete with GolliWog ..... (PC Police stopped
that)

My Father still has them in his garage ... along with a few Hartley jam
jar ... screws though lid into shelf.

On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

I store small electronic components in self seal bags in
comparmentalised boxes, these are mostly old shoe boxes with me made
cardboard dividers. The dividers are numbered, and I have a paper cross
index to in which divider I've stored the bag.

--
Adrian C

"Adrian C" wrote in message
...
On 16/01/2014 17:44, James Harris wrote:

None of these storage arrangements is ideal for different reasons,
especially because none has enough compartments to store all the
different
types and sizes. Is it worth mixing some together in tubs?

I store small electronic components in self seal bags ...

Funny you should say that. I''ve just taken a look at what screw storage a
local DIY shop has to offer and ISTM that the problem with most of the
commercial solutions is the fixed size of their compartments. The worst
effect of these is that the compartments take up space even when nearly
empty and that severely limits the number of different compartments - and
thus different screw types - that can exist in a given space.

What's needed is some strong but *flexible* containers such as bags. Then
each bag would take up only as much room as needed. The bags could be
grouped together in a larger container so that, for example, the container
could hold all the M8 Pozi woodscrews and each bag would hold a different
length. Other groupings would also make sense particularly for the more
specialist types of screw.

Anyone aware of some suitable plastic bags, preferably ones which are
sealable? Those little bags used for electronic components are too small and
thin and would not be strong enough.

James

James Harris wrote:

I''ve just taken a look at what screw storage a
local DIY shop has to offer and ISTM that the problem with most of the
commercial solutions is the fixed size of their compartments.

I also use Raaco service cases, I have eight of them in two stacked
holders so they act like a chest of 8 drawers, I've shuffled the
small/medium/large compartments around a bit, so that e.g. the drawer
that holds tacks and pins is mainly small compartments. the drawer that
holds nails has more large compartments etc.

http://www.tradesystems.co.uk/acatal...ent-boxes.html