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Small Parts

Storage System

Having trouble keeping all those small bits and

pieces of hardware organized? Solve it with this shop-built modular storage system.

The last time I needed to find a couple pieces of hardware I had to dump out a coffee can and sift through the contents. When I had first started storing things in the can, it seemed like a great way to "organize" all the bits and pieces of hardware accumulating around the shop.

Unfortunately, it didn't take long before the coffee can was full. And sorting through the mess was taking too much time. The problem was that the can was filled with just a few pieces of a lot of different kinds of hardware.

Storage System - What 1 needed was a storage system that was flexible enough to handle a wide variety of hardware — whether there were a few items of each or a hundred. The system shown above was the answer.

Changing Needs - So how does it adapt to meet your needs? To start with, the design is simple — each case and the drawers inside are identical. And since the joinery is easy, building a number of them is an easy task. You can add more later as your needs change.

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