Storage, Storage

The average Maker never has enough storage.  I have spent way too much on the plastic drawer storage cabinets and now they are too expensive for me and too small for many of my parts.  Here is how I have solved some of my storage needs.  The underlying theme is 'use what is available.'

This is my ordinary small parts cabinet area.  The cabinet to the right is a 1920's vintage letter storage cabinet that I will get around to restoring someday.

This is one of my first alternate storage cabinets.   Yep, those are five liter wine boxes cut in half.  If you have a bandsaw this is a simple task.  If you use a box knife it will be a bit of a chore.  They are just great for medium size parts and even better is that they fit almost exactly on the military surplus storage cabinet shelves that I got for $10 a unit.

Here is a view of the cabinet with all the boxes.  These were not accumulated over night!

My latest is using the A1 shipping boxes from Amazon.  The are the perfect size for putting on a double shelf over my work bench.  (Amazon, if you run into this link send me a few more boxes.  I spending too much money getting them with merchandise in them.)