Lo-cost Workshop Storage. Take-away containers, Good/Bad or?

A great storage was the oxo tins from the 1950s but now all cardboard and plastic

Geoff

In one of the supermarkets found some largish plastic trays, with divisions. Turns out these are for putting in drawer to hold knives and forks etc. Great to keep on bench and hold all common lathe tools complete with shims.

A great storage was the oxo tins from the 1950s

I have one, no idea where it came from. I wish I have a dozen or so. It must be possible to press your own from tin plate.

Neil

illy coffee tins are very useful

No ... I can't afford to buy it at full price; but Morrisons occasionally do a half price offer, and I always grab a few then.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 03/04/2013 13:44:13

I have quite a few takeaway containers in use in the shed. They have decent storage capacity for storing small tools and small parts and they are easily stacked one on top of the other. Being airtight I find that anything stored in the containers will not rust. The containers seem to last well too.

I also use instant potatoe (smash) tins for storage they are robust and last for years.

I use them, drills, taps etc... They all go in if they fit. Don't know about the longevity of them though as I have only recently started using them. Mine seem to withstand WD40 at the moment, but then they withstood some really hot curries too!!

Andy.

Cheap clear containers tend not to be UV proof, so keep them away from the sun (if we ever get any) :-0 .

I have 146 Golden Virginia baccy tins inherited from from My grandad. Only found that out when I decided to build a rack for them! Any suggestions for permenently marking them? i have tried "permanent markers" on the tins, on masking tape on the tins and on white PVC tape stuck on the tins. Its handy to mark the front and back, else you eventually have a shelf full of tins with the "blank" ends looking at you!

Frank

I used white correction fluid to paint each end of the tobacco tins then wrote on with permanent marker.

They must still make the tins as I won some small drills on flea bay and they arrived in a nice new tin!

peter

Edited By peter walton on 15/04/2013 09:17:00

Edited By peter walton on 15/04/2013 09:23:05

Gaviscon indigestion tablet containers are just the right size for a 2MT lathe center.

Ian S C

Just returned from Morrison's Supemarket

Round 500ml seal-top "Food Storer" containers, in their M savers range, are 50p each.

Made in the UK, by Whitefurze: They appear to be high quality, and they're stackable.

They are rated as a Dry Food container, and they look very suitable for storing Nuts [sorry, couldn't resist that one!].

MichaelG.

Reference my last posting

Whitefurze info. here

MichaelG.

In NZ Click Clack containers are good, they are more solid than Tupperware, and have a clip system that holds the lid against a gasket, so they are water proof. A nephew uses them for the radio gear in his model hydroplane. I'v got two or three in the work shop. They come in many sizes, think they are still made in Christchurch NZ.

I don't often eat it myself, but I'v been collecting icecream cartons to replace the ones that are disintergrating around the place. The icecream containers arn't like they used to be, I'v got some ove 30yr old, still OK, the newer ones give up after about 2 yrs. Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 20/04/2013 13:18:26