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Old February 2nd 04, 07:39 AM
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Default Storing your computer junk

After having computer parts scattered about and in cardboard boxes and even
in laundry baskets, I finally hit on a good storage method.

At first I thought of buying a bunch of those plastic containers with
drawers but knew I'd end up accidentally dumping the draws and rummaging to
the backs of them. And big stuff like mobos, keyboards and rolls of cat5
wouldn't fit.

I finally hit on the idea of using shallow 32 qt plastic containers with
latching tops. It works great. I put a couple of plastic shoes boxes in each
one for the smaller parts. They're a shorter type of perforated shoebox so 2
only take up about half the space in the container, side by side. 3 longer
shoeboxes would fill the whole space pretty well.

I got 4 containers and 8 shoeboxes without tops for $20 total. It's best to
get an even number of containers so you can form two even stacks for the
back of your vehicle or when you pile them on the floor. I might get a
couple more. You can carry 3 at a time but 4 gets to be a bit much, 2 is
easy. The tops form a nice work surface which is indented so screws won't
roll away. The brand is "Cornerstone" from Big Lots but there are many
similar brands, but with slightly different shapes. Just try out the
shoeboxes to make sure they fit the way you want. I got all white tops but
you might want to color code them. They look rather cool in a stack. Kind of
a coversation piece.

GP





 




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