This picture shows my dilemma.
The six organizers on the right represent my button head and flat head cap screws from 4-40 to 3/8-16. This shelf is five and a half feet off the floor above my work bench. The bottom three are freakin heavy. If I need to grab a 3/8" Flat head screw I have a serious load to move to get to it.
These are the three big organizers.
Today I was planning on setting up a steel wire shelf below my work bench with 5 shelves spaced about 3" apart, but as high as possible. It would have worked but it would have meant bending over to drag out the heavy organizers. The project would have cost $80 plus gas to go and buy the shelf to cut down to fit the available space.
Then about 8 pm I had an idea. I could clear a section of the storage shelves next to my work bench and modify an old steel shelf I had in the basement to fit in the 32" space on the big shelf.
Best part is that it's free! Much more rigid than it was set up normally holding junk in the basement. I considered tossing it in the garbage.
Now the organizers are stacked no more than 2 high. I was able to put some really heavy bolts underneath and get them off my high shelf. All the organizers on the shelves are button head and flat head in SAE on the left and Metric on the right.
They will all be clearly labeled Monday when my labels come in. Walmart wanted $18 for two rolls now. They used to be $7 or $8.
The purple bins along the edge of the shelf are SAE nuts and washers.
The six organizers on the right represent my button head and flat head cap screws from 4-40 to 3/8-16. This shelf is five and a half feet off the floor above my work bench. The bottom three are freakin heavy. If I need to grab a 3/8" Flat head screw I have a serious load to move to get to it.
These are the three big organizers.
Today I was planning on setting up a steel wire shelf below my work bench with 5 shelves spaced about 3" apart, but as high as possible. It would have worked but it would have meant bending over to drag out the heavy organizers. The project would have cost $80 plus gas to go and buy the shelf to cut down to fit the available space.
Then about 8 pm I had an idea. I could clear a section of the storage shelves next to my work bench and modify an old steel shelf I had in the basement to fit in the 32" space on the big shelf.
Best part is that it's free! Much more rigid than it was set up normally holding junk in the basement. I considered tossing it in the garbage.
Now the organizers are stacked no more than 2 high. I was able to put some really heavy bolts underneath and get them off my high shelf. All the organizers on the shelves are button head and flat head in SAE on the left and Metric on the right.
They will all be clearly labeled Monday when my labels come in. Walmart wanted $18 for two rolls now. They used to be $7 or $8.
The purple bins along the edge of the shelf are SAE nuts and washers.
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I start organizing with good intentions and usually just throw in the towel , and head to the scrapper . I've tried flat rate boxes , HF organizers , MSC organizers , Home Depot 5 gallon buckets , roll arounds and Vidmars . Bottom line is I'm a hoarder I guess . I'll need everything " one day " . 
