[codehusker]

Adam Savage has a great solution for storing hardware like bolts/nuts/bearings/etc., and I think it would work well for lego as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OPSbF6kM9k

[mcphage]

Oh man, that's nice. Thanks for sharing that :-) I've got most of my legos in a far fallen distant cousin of those, namely Home Depot's HDX 15-compartment organizer: https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-15-Compartment-Interlocking-...

Which are nowhere near as nice, but they're $5 each instead of $50, and I don't have Adam Savage Bux.

I've got a number of them, and I'm looking for a way to make (or buy for not much money) a shelf to hold them like those shelves of Adam's.

[sokoloff]

I have standardized on the Harbor Freight parts storage containers. They're often on sale for $6 or so. https://www.harborfreight.com/19-bin-portable-parts-storage-...

I realized that the HF boxes fit quite nicely into surplus 19" racks, which are pretty readily available second hand and so that's the direction I went as it was very fast and easy.

I also bought a few for the kids' Lego, but I use most of them for electronic components, mechanical components, screws, nuts, etc. I've inadvertently knocked over closed bins a few times without spillage (similar to the demo in Adam's Sortimo video).

I suspect this is a another case of more than 80% as good for less than 20% of the cost.

[mcphage]

> I have standardized on the Harbor Freight parts storage containers.

Thanks, I’ll look into those!

> I suspect this is a another case of more than 80% as good for less than 20% of the cost.

Like the fact that most of my lego are actually lepin, a Chinese knockoff? :-)

[hackmiester]

> I realized that the HF boxes fit quite nicely into surplus 19" racks

Is this the right product? The link says they're 16.5" wide.

[sokoloff]

I think so (like 99+% sure).

I'm on my way home from re:Invent at the moment, but will put a tape measure on it when I get home. The 19" dimension on server racks is not the inside clearance, but includes the rack "ears" dimension, so 16.5" wide to fit inside the clearance between 19" rails sounds like it's probably the right thing. Shoot me an email (in my profile) if you need any pics or other confirmation.

[sohkamyung]

Interesting. I did a DuckDuckGo search on the boxes he used (Sortimo) and this blog post [1] popped up on Allit which is suppose to be a cheaper alternative to Sortimo.

[1] A Cheaper Alternative to Sortimo Sorting Bins [ http://www.briansbenham.com/a-cheaper-alternative-to-sortimo... ]

[gadders]

There is this link on Cool Tools as well to the Stanley equivalent: http://kk.org/cooltools/matt-velderman-black-decker-tool-des...

Also, in this article it seems Sortimo is kind of hard to order: http://kk.org/cooltools/sortimo/

[muro]

I use the Stanley FatMax Organizers, also very nice. There come in deep and shallow versions, work great. A bit heavy.

https://www.stanleytools.com/products/fatmax-tools/fatmax-st...

[kbouck]

I use something similar from Raaco for my (kid's) Legos. Same grid layout with inserts that lock in place with the lid (no migration of contents if you hold vertically)

https://www.raaco.com/Boxes-1601.aspx