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BTDTGTTS - but it was me! Twice!

Reply to
The Medway Handyman
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I recall my old man having screw top glass jars - the top being screwed under a shelf...

Reply to
The Medway Handyman

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

Reply to
jkn

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?

Reply to
Tim Lamb

Huge floppies? Oooh errr missus....

Reply to
The Medway Handyman

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

Reply to
stuart noble

On 16 Jan 2014, Peter Parry grunted:

+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 :)

Reply to
Lobster

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

Reply to
newshound

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

Reply to
newshound

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.

Reply to
Adrian C

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

Reply to
Huge

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

Reply to
James Harris

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.

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Reply to
Andy Burns

It happens that James Harris formulated :

I store odd left over screws, together with ones which are very different, for instance - brass are easy to differentiate from steel, so they can co-reside in the same box.

Reply to
Harry Bloomfield

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.

Reply to
Rick Hughes

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

Reply to
Rick Hughes

Bags no good for screws - they just get punctured

Reply to
Rick Hughes

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

Owain

Reply to
spuorgelgoog

Anyone here been watching "Guy Martin's 'Speed'"? (Anyone *not* been watching it.)

Have you noticed he seems to have a motorbike in his kitchen and a great big sofa in the garage? (Next to what looks like a very seriously breathed on Volvo - roll cage, wide wheels, lowered & so on ...)

Reply to
Huge

I too store electronic components and small metric & BA nuts & bolts in polythene bags. I agree woodscrews might puncture bags, but I would have thought not enough to escape under light use. I bought a packet of bags from Staples - 300 gripseal bags 2"x2" (57x57mm) with white write-on areas, and a packet from Rymans - 200 Re-sealable bags

90x115mm without write-on areas (but I use permanent marker). Other outlets are available I'm sure.
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Dave W

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