Microfasteners for storing and organizing washers.

I'm sure other folks out there have figured this out, but I needed a way to keep separate two washers that I'd domed together, so I just plopped'em onto a microfastener screw and put a nut on it. Then I looked at the little compartmentalized plastic box I store all my washers in, looked at how the compartments just weren't separate enough to keep them from getting all mixed up, and an idea popped into my head.

This idea.

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Now, all my washers are easily accessible, organized, and don't get all mixed up even in the really poorly separated compartments of my toolbox!

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OCD much ????


I actually bought the little box that Microfasteners had on sale about 2 years ago, it has 4 molded seperated compartments in the front and 4 more in the back then 2 larger ones in the middle.. Since it is molded that way the washers can't slip under any "dividers" which I agree would drive my OCD brain nutz too :)

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

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OCD much ????

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What? No! I...

They needed to be...

But...

Yes. I have a slight OCD thing going.

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I actually bought the little box that Microfasteners had on sale about 2 years ago, it has 4 molded seperated compartments in the front and 4 more in the back then 2 larger ones in the middle.. Since it is molded that way the washers can't slip under any "dividers" which I agree would drive my OCD brain nutz too :)

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Man, I wish I'd seen those. My afternoon would've had a lot less checking the carpet with a flashlight and a magnet.

My OCD brain was getting angry at the not-so-OCD kit that my washers were in. It seems that the not-so-OCD kit would let the washers fool around with each other, and let the bolts mingle with the nuts. Let's be serious here....no one wants to mingle with the nuts.

So...my OCD brain concocted a plan. That plan involved epoxy. I let all the bolts, nuts, and washers have a short social get together on my workbench while I slipped into their container and improved it's structural integrity.

Now my OCD brain and my kit get along. It's much more peaceful in there these days......the kit....it's more peaceful in the kit. :)

Very impressed,someday I gotta get the thousands of washers,pins, wedges and all my razor stuff in order.
Somehow they sort of end up in the very bottom of my razor drawer:(
but I can still find the little suckers:)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...econe/mess.jpg

Oh crap...somebody find me a paper bag...I'm hyperventilating....

...someone....I.....can't....breathe....


:D :D

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Originally Posted by Maxi

My OCD brain was getting angry at the not-so-OCD kit that my washers were in. It seems that the not-so-OCD kit would let the washers fool around with each other, and let the bolts mingle with the nuts. Let's be serious here....no one wants to mingle with the nuts.

So...my OCD brain concocted a plan. That plan involved epoxy. I let all the bolts, nuts, and washers have a short social get together on my workbench while I slipped into their container and improved it's structural integrity.

Now my OCD brain and my kit get along. It's much more peaceful in there these days......the kit....it's more peaceful in the kit. :)

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I tried that method... But the boxes I'm keeping them in wouldn't bond to the glue I was using. :D

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Very impressed,someday I gotta get the thousands of washers,pins, wedges and all my razor stuff in order.
Somehow they sort of end up in the very bottom of my razor drawer:(
but I can still find the little suckers:)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...econe/mess.jpg

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That picture looks like my fingers bleeding after I try to find something.

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Very impressed,someday I gotta get the thousands of washers,pins, wedges and all my razor stuff in order.
Somehow they sort of end up in the very bottom of my razor drawer:(
but I can still find the little suckers:)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...econe/mess.jpg

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I keep looking at this, and Im thinking you have access to medical supplies, cuz that package on the left looks lie a suture removal kit. lol

I'm like the opposite of OCD. I tend to be more like pixlefixed. I understand his theories of organization.:w

I tend to be a little ADD and a very random right brain dominant thinker but not OCD at all. That surprises a lot of people when they see the detail in my work.

I few weeks ago I was asking on here about diamond plates for lapping hones. I found three of them the other day. I already had a fine medium and course. They got piled under something and forgotten about.:rofl2:

Nope I'm at the other end of the spectrum.

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Originally Posted by justinA

I keep looking at this, and Im thinking you have access to medical supplies, cuz that package on the left looks lie a suture removal kit. lol

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Work in surgury,have for 40 yrs,tons of med supplys that get tossed out,I haul home,all new stuff.what I cannot use i give to a couple vetrinarian friends.

haha I thought so, are those big plier in the middle medical too? I used to do the same thing when I was a paramedic(years and a different career ago) I've used some for a lot of non medical tasks. Its funny to see I'm not the only person, using medical supplies for restoration work. lol.

The stuff they throw out is mind boggeling,have boxes full of very finely made surg instruments,needle holders that cost hundreds per.Bone chisels (osteotomes) lenthes of med grade TI rod used in spine surg,Orig cost is about $50/inch,amazing amt of waste.

Well I'm not feeling so bad now. Pixelfixed's razor drawer kinds looks like my whole apartment. And similar to Ray, I "found" a 6/8 W&B in my abrasive stick tray last week, after checking every "probable and sensible" location. But, I did separate my washers in somewhat similar fashion. What I did was to put two wides and two standard washers on every bolt. That way it's sort of like a "go bag"...only for mockups. I don't have to dig through assorted compartments. I just grab a set and go. Since the wedge end doesn't need four, I have spares for when I drop one. Now all I have to do is find that little wooden cylinder I put them all in...Maybe it's in the fridge?

Nice, I went a little different route though. I hate putting the few washers on the razors as I pin them up, my fingers say they are to small to work with and I have to say I agree with them. So I would not have had the patients to stack them all up like that once much less all the times my stupid fingers decided to pull off more then I needed.

But like you I think they need their own place organization is good, so I picked these up from widget supply they stack together and where cheap.
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I just keep my washers in the little zip lock bags they came in from microfasteners.
That being said, I like the ideas shown here. I also have a draw that looks like pixelfixed's. :)

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Originally Posted by Str8Raz0r

I just keep my washers in the little zip lock bags they came in from microfasteners.

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Yup me to. Except for the ones that prefer to live on the floor. :p