I have been remodeling my shop...and wanted to build some storage systems to solve some of my clutter problems....I think I have a good idea I would like to share...All of us have buckets of nuts and bolts...I use coffee cans, but I have these darn things all over my shop. They take up room and I can never find what I want unless I dump the contents on the floor or work bench..then it is a pain to pick them all up again. "someday I will sort them all out...!!" I am sure we have all said that. So my solution... I used an old kithen cabinet and installed two six foot tall (as that is as high as I can reach) 2x4s on each side, spaced to accept a 2x4 in between them. sort of like a railroad track. Then built 2x4 cleats with a 2x4 spacer so that the cleats slide up and down in the "tracks" my shelfs will sit on the cleats. Next drill holes every two inches through the tracks, and drill holes into the cleats so they line up with the holes in the tracks. You now have adjustable shelf cleats. I use pole barn nails that I slide through the tracks and into the cleats to hold them in place. I space the shelves to accomidate the size containers I am storing in the unit. Now the best part....I used a metal shelve I had laying around and set it on top of the cabinet unit. Place shelf upside down so the sides of the shelf help to contain what ever is dumped into it. I installed slide guides, so I can pull the shelf top out. I drilled a large (3 inch) hole in the corner of the shelf. Now all my nuts, bolts, and misc. hardware are all in one place, and when I need to look for a bolt, I pull out my "shelf table" dump contants of can into table, find item and then holding can under the hole, scrap the remaining nuts, bolts, ect,,back into the can. It is a great system the I hope others can use. If anyone is intersted I would be happy to post some photos.
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