Hi all you know those flat metal 'Tradesman's' cases you get of screws etc - with several plastic 'sub-trays' of different colours and interlocking sizes. for the different sized fasteners?
Any idea where I could get sets of (cheap) replacement sub-trays? I have only found them costing several pounds per tray, even on eBay. There must be someone who sells a knock-off variant. I have a couple of empty cases I want to fill...
Thanks Jon N
I do ...
I think we might need to know the make of the case to be able to recommend a properly matching sub tray?
Sounds like the ideal use of a 3D printer ... or a saw, some hardboard and hot melt glue?
Cheers, T i m
Well, my assumption (correct I *think*) is that they are a standard size - as I say, I am taking it to be a modular system with some commonality.
'Sorta-case' seems to be the generic form. I've seen a list of dimensions:
45mm, 63mm & 83mm Deep 54 x 54 mm Orange 54 x 108mm Yellow 108 x 108mm Blue 54 x 216mm Green 108 x 162mm Green 108 x 216mm RedIf my assumption turns out to be incorrect, then yes, I do have a backup path involving 3mm MDF and hot-melt glue. But I suspect there are (removeable) alternatives to that, hence the Question:...
J^n
Yup, easiest way might be to make up some fixed dividers of the size and shape that you want. Apart from hardboard you could use polycarbonate or some other polymer sheet. If you really want removable "cups" then find or recycle something suitable (e.g. bottom half of screw-top herb or pill bottles) and stop them sliding about by making fixed dividers to fit.
Ok ...
Well, you often get several competing systems and then others come along that share one of the designs and hopefully (at some time) they all default to the same format. ;-)
Yes, I've seen many of that sort of thing, never assumed (or checked) if they were a generic size / format etc.
I was thinking of (you) *making* such boxes from hardboard / MDF, not just making the dividers?
If you were able to optimise on one or two sizes, you (I) could 3d print a construction frame. You cut the panels and drop them into the frame (like glass in a fish tank) then run hot-melt-glue round the inside, cool, rinse/repeat. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
Aren't these systems normally divider free so the boxes themselves make up the structure?
I was thinking of the OP making up the boxes themselves, after all, they aren't particularly sophisticated are they?
The only thing I can think of as being reasonably critical is the height of the boxes. Short enough for the lid to close but tall enough to stop the stuff falling out of each box when tipped up?
Cheers, T i m
Jeez, I was asking if the 'bins' were available, not what of the 99 alternatives I have already considered should be followed if they are not.
Still, this is Usenet, I suppose, feel free to wander off the path...
No idea if it's the sort of thing you mean, but:
Theo
You already told us they were but you couldn't afford them?
Well done you!
Should? Paranoid or something?
You got there in the end.
Oh no, still not got there ... ;-(
See, whilst you may have thought your question was straightforward, it wasn't, not here anyway.
If you didn't want any alternatives, you should have said so.
If you didn't expect any thread drift, you *really* haven't been on Usenet before have you (not that this thread has drifted at all!).
You are welcome. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
Don't expect to be thanked unless they are *exactly* what he's looking for ... and those wouldn't let him throw his toys out the pram fast enough. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
Hi Theo To confound T i m's mis-prediction, I thank you. They are not really what I am looking for (The 'bins' need to be a particular sizing, for starters), but that is a useful spot in any case.
J^n, on Usenet since 1992...
Are you very old or think you are writing a letter? No one 'switched on' indents margins on letters these days, let alone emails or Usenet!
Of course you would ... ;-)
Yeah, of course it is. Something that doesn't do what you want (not knocking Theo's efforts of course, any more than anyone else who has offered 'help'), compared with the d-i-y solution of making some yourself that would do *exactly* what you *need*, even if not in the way you *want*.
And still think it's 1892. ;-)
Yours sincerely,
T i m
If you do have to resort to making them, then a piece of square section drainpipe cut up into the depth you require with either a plastic sheet cemented to one end or a plywood insert fitted should be a cheap way of doing some, just that you are constrained by the size of the drainpipe.
Richard
Another practical 'd-i-y' solution you won't be thanked for. ;-)
Quite and how well they happen to tessellate in the case.
The problem with any 'off the shelf' solution is how it might cater for your particular combination of screws / whatever. I know nearly every storage solution I have used ends up being too big for some stuff and too small for others (in size and / or quantity).
Whilst ye-oldie J^n stated a range of sizes in the boxes he can't afford, it's possible that even those might not cover what he needs as well as a diy solution *would*. And, because they would be so cheap, he could have all sorts of 'mix n match combinations, as he needs changed?
And also you could ensure they tessellated at the same time. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
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