Containers for screws and bolts

Like @ETAF and @blup (?) I also use the Fatmax Pro organisers, both deep and shallow versions, with different organisers saved for different tasks (e.g. a shallow one for the small screws you use when installing door furniture, a deep one for the larger screws I use when timber framing, another for stainless fixings, etc) . Nice things about them are the clear top - so you can see what is inside them at a glance, the removeable compartments and the ability of these boxes to clip together so I can carry 2 or 3 as a single "stack" if needs be. I have 8 of them in use at the moment plus a spare deep empty one for use on door hardware kits on an as and when basis (e.g. for spy viewers, lock barrels, escutcheons, etc)

To make best use of anything like this, though, I think requires at tidy (OCD?) mind set - and to have somewhere to store it securely and held in place (shelf with a bungee over the wheel arch?) when travelling rather than allowing it to slosh around in the back of the van between jobs. I think it also helps you to be tidy if you try to carry only a smallish general toolkit plus only the specialist tools you actually need for the job rather than trying to carry everything at once (something I wish site managers would learn)
 
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I don't own them but the last few trips to screwfix i've seen sparkies and plumbers walking out with armfuls of them.
Screwfix have a bit of a deal on them at the moment - Well they are the non waterproof version - which has plastic clips and no seal

I will have to relook at mine, as i know when i first purchased , screwfix had a buy one get one free and it was the non waterproof plastic - but I have since got the waterproof versions on a deal at Amazon a year or so ago at around the £14 mark

maybe black friday will give some deals

EDIT - so i have 4 of the deep pro , when screwfix had a 2 for 1 deal - not waterproof
and 3 of the shallow pro , which are waterproof

heres a photo side by side, you can see the plastic catches (left) v metal catches (right) and in the lid on the left you see a yellow seal (right)
 

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Screwfix have a bit of a deal on them at the moment - Well they are the non waterproof version - which has plastic clips and no seal

I will have to relook at mine, as i know when i first purchased , screwfix had a buy one get one free and it was the non waterproof plastic - but I have since got the waterproof versions on a deal at Amazon a year or so ago at around the £14 mark

maybe black friday will give some deals

EDIT - so i have 4 of the deep pro , when screwfix had a 2 for 1 deal - not waterproof
and 3 of the shallow pro , which are waterproof

heres a photo side by side, you can see the plastic catches (left) v metal catches (right) and in the lid on the left you see a yellow seal (right)
Same compulsory neat organisation of the op...
 
I just use ice cream boxes and other lidded food containers.
 
DIYer,i got these on a deal from screwfix
https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-fatmax-deep-pro-organiser-14-x-18/22910
I now have 8 , with various screws, bolts , plugs etc sorted , some deep some narrow and they lock together - you can get water resistant version that have metal clips and gasket.
I also have some dewalt organisers , on offer from toolstation & screwfix, also very good.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-tstak-organiser-dwst83497-1-4-6-x-13/472kj

I like that i can take out the cup and then relock the box for any screws i need

BUT ,they only go out in the car if i'm helping someone, NOT every day use

Will that stak stack onto the dewalt tough system?
 
Will that stak stack onto the dewalt tough system?
dont know for sure, on the tough system, although I doubt it.
BUT it does not fit the T-Stak system
Answered on previous question on another forum - see images
 

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Went to tool station and they have them on offer. Stanley Fatmax. Gonna try them permanently in the shelf in my van. That will be their place now. I hope they can survive as they are plastic so I'm not hopeful.

Regarding screws was gonna buy the box in photo but wondered if I should get a wider selection of screws sizes from somewhere
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Gonna try them permanently in the shelf in my van. That will be their place now. I hope they can survive as they are plastic so I'm not hopeful.
Make sure that your shelf us close fitting and has a lip around the edges (it only needs to be 5 to 10mm high). Screw a chain plate staple at either side of the shelf:

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and use one (or more) of these :

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to keep the boxes in place as you go hare-arsing round country lanes

The sizes of screws you get depends on the jobs you are doing. At one time I bought a big Spax selection which was about £50 at the time and just added to it over time (mostly Spax, Reisser and ForgeFast screws). On the one hand for structural stuff you'll find sizes 5 x 50/70/100 and 6 x 70/100 very handy, whilst door ironmongery requires 3 x 12/16/20/25 and 3.5 x 12/16/20/25s in BZP finish. For kitchen work I have a selection of Hospa screws, small angle brackets, Euro screws, shelf pins, door knob screws, csbinet joiners, etc. As I said - different kits for different tasks, and everyone has different screw needs
 
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It's a personal feeling, but I think I'd avoid anything with moveable dividers as opposed to lift-out containers. My experience with them is the the dividers can let fixings "submarine" beneath them and migrate into other compartments when you bump them around in the back of a van, and also that the dividers can just let go completely at times. Having lift-out "pots" means that if you know the job just needs say some 5 x 70s then you can get away with just taking one "pot", not the whole sorter (which can be quite heavy) - so long as you remember to put it away in the right place when you get back to the van :rolleyes:
 
As a Diyer, i find the pots really useful.
I also have a few of packs of these these types of screw packs - which also have pots https://www.screwfix.com/p/goldscre...iAbTm7ijJ-P246hA--xoC1bIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Working in the loft this year, i just took 2 pots of screws up. Working on a window seat/toy box & made a Cupboard and shelving, again used a pot of screws for the piano hinges.

i so often pull out a pot to work on something maybe sometimes 2 pots. Really found that useful.
And when i buy packs individual packs of screws, i just refill the pot
 
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