The Score Of The Day Thread

[Ljohnsaw]

I haven't found a hardware solution I like but it seem like the mason jar bolted to a board method may be one of the best... I don't really have anything particular, just a bunch of odds and ends.

I did jars for a bit, then little baby food (glass) jars for little to small stuff. With our second child, 12 years later, the new plastic baby food tubs. I nearly doubled the storage capacity in the same space.

Way fuller now. Then for bigger stuff, the plastic peanut butter and parmesan cheese containers on the left and

And I have some metal drawers for the big stuff like 1/2" and up and/or long bolts.

Like a visual learner, I'm a visual finder. I like to be able to see what I've got.

At my scrap metal pickup, they had 3 full 5 gallon buckets of new SAE fine bolts to throw out. I saved a gallon or so of various lengths in 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 7/16" and 1/2". I don't use much fine thread, but now I'll never have to buy any! It hurt to throw the rest away. Now I have to find a spot for another 9 jars...

[JD Guy]

I have Mondays off the rest of the winter.  My son had a 2hr delay because of a piddly 3in snow storm.  We had a big "weekend" type breakfast, then I decided to check an item off my to do list, organize safe/gun safe.

Is it still a score if you find something you forgot you had?  I forgot I still had an Sig .22lr Mosquito pistol.  It was jammed in the back of the safe in its case.  I really hate the thing, its always had cycling issues and I even brought it back twice (Sig has a few manufacturing facilities in NH). they went through it and did a few "tweaks" but it isn't reliable, which means I'm not gonna shoot it much.  Turns out, they don't make "that"  gun here in NH.  Anyways, I thought that I'd traded it toward some other pee shooter long ago, so it was a surprise to find it.  Guess I'll have to find a different .22lr to.replace it, cause it isn't. spending much more time in my safe!

Just a thought for you. I also have a .22 Sig Mosquito and found that simply using.40gr bullets solved the feeding issue. YMMV

[Brad_bb]

Seeing your hardware is very important.  So is being easy to grab.  The Durham cabinets have a lid once you pull out the drawer.  The lid keeps dust from entering, but is also an extra step to get at the hardware inserts.  Using the wooden drawers, they will not have a lid and be easier to access.  I'll deal with any dust.  Open compartments make it easy to grap the screws you need.  With jars, you could have a ahard time getting your fingers in there, or you'd have to dump contents into your hand.  Having lids on the jars are an extra step to remove so between that and dumping the jars, it's just too cumbersome for me. 

Actually I prefer the look of the wood drawers over the Durham cabinets and contents will be easier to access.  Maybe I'll have a contrasting Walnut face frame on the cabinet?  I also plan to have visual controls on the drawers.  I'll make picture labels to put on the drawer fronts to easily know what's in them.  It's also important to put your most used hardware in a spot in the cabinet that is  easiest and most confortable to access.  Stuff you use rarely should go in the back of drawers, and on the bottom shelves that you have to bend over to access.  the box cabinets will have a larger wood drawer on bottom and swivel casters with brake.  You can make your own drawers, but planning is key and making them all the same so you can cut and prepare all the parts ahead is the key.  Saving me that step saves me considerable time.

Some hardware like coated deck screws and some trim screws I tend to use a lot of in my mill shed so I made a wall mounted holder for the most common screws I use over there, from plywood scraps.  You could do this in one area of the shop where you tend to use certain hardware most often.

I'm slowly adding shelves and cubbys to get everything off the concrete stem wall.

[Brad_bb]

Not sure if this counts as a score, but definitely a very reasonalbe deal.  I need to make a 7ft long shelf in my bathroom with a lower apron that will have pegs to hang towels and hoodies etc.  I wanted walnut but an interesting looking one like the coatrack that made in the past.  Trouble is for all the slabs I have, I just didn't have what I was envisioning.  So I went to a local guy  and he had the slab I was looking for with an undulating live edge and the character void.  He charged me $240 for the slab and it's already kiln dried and flattened.  Because it was so reasonable I couldn't leave the sister slab there(underneath), same price. They are 1.5 inches thick which is perfect for what I'm making.  Yes, it does kill me to buy wood when I mill and dry wood myself, but it's walnut and interesting pieces that I didn't have. So I'm happy.


Here's the coatrack that I milled etc, that I love.

[aigheadish]

Thanks for the hardware tips guys. I currently have my favorite fasteners in a nice spot that works, though I'm running out, but otherwise the little plastic drawers work ok but I spend a lot of time pulling the drawers out and looking through the bottom (they are above my head level). Luckily, I don't need that stuff too often. 

[rusticretreater]

Some containers of mine are catchall types where everything and anything is in there.  I use a rag or an old shop cloth to pour the contents on when I am looking for something.  Then you wrap it up in the cloth, stick it back in the jar and then pull the cloth out.  Presto! Everything back in the jar.

[GRANITEstateMP]

JD GUY,
I have feed that thing many different flavors.  All of them have given it indigestion!

[aigheadish]

My father passed away in 2018 and my stepmom has bought a condo, after selling her home of 41 years. She sent me a text asking if I was interested. My dad's tool box, and my grandma's (dad's mom) dresser. Both are in their new homes now and look nice. 

The toolbox has some interesting stuff in it, and it's neat to see some of the stuff he had. I also got yet another box of old tools to add to my already too big pile of old tools. The red one was his, blue is mine. His fits a lot more stuff, though I really like the construction of the Harbor Freight blue one, it's much beefier and the drawers are much smoother and more robust. Either way I'm spending some time consolidating and organizing. 



My grandma's dresser. I'm assuming it was passed down to her but I don't know anything about it. It certainly looks older than she was. 

[Magicman]

That is awesome to see "stuff" passed down to where it rightfully should go.  

[Resonator]

Nice score!
After my dad passed, I got all his tools and still using them. It's handy to have duplicates of same size sockets, screwdrivers, etc. when working on a project. Check all the drawers inside and out, sometimes there's hidden goodies.

[doc henderson]

back in the day, those tools are better than you can buy today.  that also goes for the craftsman style tool chest.  they were the standard for the average guy, but sears screwed them into the ground.  When I go to Lowes, I get a bit excited when I see red.  then I remember it is crappy craftsman and not Milwaukie.    I got my son a set of craftsman sockets and wrenches and they looked great in a molded plastic case.  some are so over chromed, they will not fit the bolt they are set for.

[aigheadish]

Resonator- I've found a couple things hidden away in there already. I'll have to get a picture, because at least the box looks quite old if I recall, of a old school razor blade, for shaving your face. I haven't tried it on my face yet, as I'm not a very clean shaven guy, but I will move it up to the bathroom and learn to sharpen it and use it occasionally on my more shaven parts. My dad made me a neat shaving cream brush many years ago that I don't use but it sits on the counter so I can see it, it may have to be added to the rotation when I'm feeling fancy. 

There are a few other things in there that are pretty neat but so far the razor is the neatest that I can recall. And, as dumb as it sounds an old plumb-bob that I'm fairly positive I held for him when I was a wee tyke. 

The dresser is a bit tougher. We don't really have a furniture style in our house, it's mostly an eclectic mix of yard sale/flea market finds, but the dresser is a bit fancier than most stuff we have. The wife isn't a huge fan of it but likes that I like it. I do like it but agree that it kind of doesn't match, but we've put some stuff on it which makes it fit much better. Plants and clocks and such.

I'll get a picture but there's an old glass jar clock my dad was going to try to fix, it may be the same one I was mesmerized by as a little kid in my great grandma's house, but I'm not positive. I love the idea of trying to fix a clock, and it came with a book of how to fix it... @Old Greenhorn I may ask for advice one day.

[Machinebuilder]

Nice pieces

with the tool box be carefull and only open 1 drawer at a time, they can tip over.

I never inherited any tools, but I have accumulated so many over the years that there isn't much I don't have a tool for.
my current tool boxes are about 4 times the red one. 

The dresser is interesting, I don't recall ever seeing one with the 2 shelves next to the mirror.
I guess they are for candles.

[gspren]

. We don't really have a furniture style in our house, it's mostly an eclectic mix of yard sale/flea market finds, but the dresser is a bit fancier than most stuff 

Sounds like what I call "Early American Hunting Camp", when someone says they're getting a new couch and the old one is better than what we have it gets swapped out with no complaints about color or style. I'll add that's at our cabin 

[doc henderson]

be sure you do not have any place to go; the first time you use the old razor.  my need some Band-Aids.

[aigheadish]

Machinebuilder- My stepmom pointed out some damage to one of the drawer pulls and made that warning very quickly to me. I guess she'd pulled out a few drawers and the top box fell off, luckily she was not in the way, but I bet it made a mess of noise. I have learned that lesson previously, thanks for the reminder though!