small parts storage

3D Printed Pegboard Bins: Scoop Bins That Keep Small Parts Visible

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A bright home workshop scene with a row of bright-orange and matte charcoal-gray 3D printed pegboard scoop bins hanging on a pegboard panel above

Introduction Small hardware has a natural habitat, and it is not your pegboard. Screws, bolts, wall plugs, and fittings migrate into jars, coffee tins, and mystery drawers, where every project starts with tipping containers out and hunting for four matching fasteners. Pegboard should be perfect for small parts — visible, reachable, off the bench — … Read more

Magnetic Parts Dish Holder: 3D Print a Bench and Ladder Mount for Screws, Bolts and Bits

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A workshop bench edge with a matte orange 3D printed holder gripping a round stainless magnetic parts dish full of screws and bolts

Introduction The magnetic parts dish is one of the great small inventions of the workshop: a shallow stainless bowl with a magnet in its base that grabs screws, bolts, and driver bits and refuses to let them roll away. And yet, in the middle of a job, the dish itself ends up in the wrong … Read more