Related to that thread. If you're curious about what I'm talking about with the tobacco tins. Here's part of my storage setup. I need to make some more of the wooden shelf unit. This was the prototype to prove the concept.
@quixoticgeek I got 3 sets of these and they're GREAT because you can take out a whole drawer of (for example) potentiometers or bagged ICs and then find the bag with the right value...
@quixoticgeek@twigathy I found that 4/9-litre Really Useful Boxes™ work quite well for larger component/tool storage (to say nothing of camping equipment storage and paper magazine storage). Stackable to a reasonable height makes them Generation Rent friendly, and you can shuffle them round depending on what you're working on.
Not especially bikeable, but quite good for chucking in the footwell of a hire car as the need arises.
@ravenbait@kim@twigathy i highly recommend the 4/9/19l really useful boxes. Esp if you can get them in different colours, so you can have sewing stuff in purple, tools in black, stationary in clear, etc... they also fit perfectly on IVAR shelves from IKEA. Which are also excellent.
@quixoticgeek@twigathy They're also surprisingly useful when you have to build a temporary platform to prop something up with. The clever bit is not to use the one containing the tool you're about to need as part of the stack...
The 35 litre ones are about right for breeding kettle leads...
@quixoticgeek I currently use the tubs that a particular brand of yoghurt is sold in for my collection of useful small bits and pieces that come off bicycles like cleat bolts and things that have been used but could be used again (but which are being replaced because new ones came with whatever I'm fitting). I eat the yoghurt anyway, and they have lids, and they fit in my toolbox.
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