Here are two examples of how I’m using the Schaller plastic boxes that we posted about yesterday. I still have quite a bit of organizing left to do with other drawers, but these are mostly done.
Many of these tools were previously dumped into blow-molded Craftsman drawer trays, and it was difficult to sort through the deep bins for exactly what I needed. Compartmentalizing the drawer in this way makes it much easier for me to pick out what I need, and the boxes themselves don’t take up much space.
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As mentioned before, I also use the 2″ and 3″ deep bins for parts organization. This drawer is a work in progress, but it seems to be looking good thus far. I had been considering purchasing a second Akro Mils 20-drawer organizer or Durham-style trays for bulkier hardware, but these plastic bins are just so much more economical.
More photos will come when everything is nice and tidy, but if you have any questions or photo requests until then, feel free to ask.
Plastic Boxes for Tool Box Drawer Organization via Schaller Storage Solutions
Joe "the Pro" Sainz
Stuart,
Looks nice, I’m jealous. Mind coming over and taking a crack at my shop next?
-Joe
Stuart
Thanks! But if you saw the rest of my work areas, you wouldn’t say that. =) It’s been a work in progress for as long as I can remember.
Waylon
Wow, thank you for posting this! I’ve been looking for some little boxes like this for quite a while now and now I know where to get ’em. (I found this page via google image search, actually.)
Thanks again
Stuart
You’re very welcome, I’m glad the post helped you out!
William Adams
I wound up w/ a small 18-compartment organizer from my Dad’s estate, and found it useful enough that I’ve pretty much standardized on it — any time I’m passing by Harbor Freight I pick one up w/ a 20% off coupon, so I’ve got spares when I need them.
https://www.harborfreight.com/18-divider-storage-container-94456.html
The compartments have a good range / variety of sizes, and work for most things I need to store multiples of, and they’re inexpensive and stack well enough that I can categorize each sort or size of fastener into its own box.
I just wish that HF would make a version of:
https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage/part-storage/multi-compartment-utility-box-40528.html
which held this size, as well as a variant of the organizers which had the molded in dividers going from front-to-back instead of side-to-side — there are a lot of things I’d like to store where that would work better.