Hanging parts jars

steamer · 2006-01-21T17:44:13+00:00

--I've reached the point where nuts, bolts, etc are so numerous thatthey no longer fit in those little plastic parts jars, the ones that threadinto those red plastic caps that attach to pegboard. Nowadays I'm usingplastic quart-size jars and as the number is mounting the workbench isshrinking! --What I'd like to do is hang 'em beneath an existing shelf in someway that doesn't include nailing the lid to it. Ideally I'd like to findsome extruded aluminum with a "top-hat" cross section. This way theextrusions could be cut to length, drilled thru the middle and attached to ashelf, spaced apart so that jar lids would slide between the horizontalbits. So far I haven't spotted anything like this and I've been making myown pseudo-extrusions. First time I did this by fastening strips of 1/8" x1" aluminum to 1/2" square sections, then bolting these to the bottom of ashelf. Now, second time around, I'm welding strips of .09" steel to 1/2"square tube, then drilling large hole thru the sandwich and smaller holethru the topside so I can fasten the things to the shelf with hex headsheetmetal screws. --Anyway, long story short: this would be a *lot* easier with asingle extrusion that only needed to be cut to length and drilled a coupleof times. Has anyone seen anything like this? Links appreciated!

Jan 21, 2006 23 Replies

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Bob Engelhardt 20 years ago

I have one like that - it was in the house when I bought it 33 years ago 8-)

I now firmly believe in drawers, so I compared them. There are 51 baby food jars in a space 36 x 8 x 11, or 62 cu-in each. One set of plastic drawers has 20 drawers in a 16 x 11 x 7 cabinet, or 61 cu-in each. The same as the jars! BUT ... BUT, the drawers can be divided into 4 compartments, each of which holds as much as a jar. The jar inefficiency is mostly a matter of needing enough space around each of them to grasp and twist.

If the jars are free, maybe, but if you have to buy them, you might as well buy drawers for about the same price.

Bob

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steamer 20 years ago

--Hey neat! Lip's a little short tho.. Will see if they have anything else at the site.

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Tom Wait 20 years ago

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steamer 20 years ago

--For those who asked here's a photo of how I'm storing things with the bolt-together aluminum version:

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