Quantum QTB309 Clear 2-1/2-Inch by 23-5/8-Inch by 3-1/8-Inch Tip Out Bin System, Ivory

Woodworkers and hobbyists of all sorts are frugal by nature... we save everything, hoping to someday find a use for that bit of wood, that odd-sized screw, or those extra hinges. Problem is we seem never to be able to find what we need and buy it all over again, only to discover it at some later date.Being frugal, we try everything to get organized. Old coffee cans, glass jars, and even store-bought organizers. Coffee cans are notoriously hard to label and store, glass jars can (and often do) break, and the multi-drawer organizers are just not quite "right." Their configuration is fixed, the drawers never seem to be the right size or there are too many drawers of one size and not enough of another, and a particularly vexing issue for me, I have yet to find one drawer bin organizer that is constructed around the standard sixteen-inch-on-center studs that make up 99.9% of our houses and garages. Even a twenty-bin organizer, filled with screws, nuts, and bolts can be too heavy for anything other than mounting directly into a stud.In my shop, the elegant answer is Quantum Industries' Tip Out Bin system. System is the correct word, by the way, because there are seven different bin size systems, four different dividable bins, and four sizes of individual bins. All bin systems are nominally 24 inches long, and the individual and half-size systems can be combined to perfectly match the 24-inch long systems. And guess what? Each 24-inch bin system has mounting holes located on sixteen-inch centers!Each bin tips out for easy access, and also lifts out so you can carry your supplies to where you are working or rearrange the bins so as to group like items together. The super-durable clear bins allow you to see what is inside, but if you are inclined there is a molded-in place for a label. I used card stock, my computer, and a paper cutter to make really nice, but removable, labels. Even with the label in place, you can still see what is inside each bin. Since the bins tip out in use, and stay closed when not in use, everything in the bin stays clean and dust-free.There may be a better system for organizing all your "bits and pieces," but in 30 years of woodworking, I haven't found it. Highly recommended.

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The Quantum tip-out bin system is great.