Stripwood storage and organization

[stan.b.shields]

I use mailing tubes taped together for longer strip wood and parts. 



Nice, I really like that cabinet, thanx for posting the link!


For the smaller more fragile strip wood I use an Ikea ALEX cabinet with wide shallow drawers.  This is also nice for tools.



Here is a link to the cabinet:  http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40196241/

[S&S RR]

I'm old enough to remember when computers came with manuals, and those manuals were enclosed in nice sturdy slipcover boxes...


dave

Dang, you are old!     

I remember when computers, and software, came with manuals too!   

I remember slide rules.    Now that I think about it, I think they were faster than my PC with Windows 10.


I had one of the first PC's in my office at Michigan Tech. as a grad student.  Students would make appointments for my office hours just to see it.


Sorry - we got off topic.




The cardboard tubes in the picture above is what I use for my strip wood .

[deemery]

I found one of those NESL milled car roof 24" strips with a price tag on it, $.29 (1980 or so)


dave

[Random]

Dave -

I bought those milled car parts around 1990 when I had big plans to scratch build cars.  Yup, big big plans.....   

[jimmillho]

Dave -

I bought those milled car parts around 1990 when I had big plans to scratch build cars.  Yup, big big plans.....   

I did that also, now can't find all of them

Jim

[Dennis Bourey]

I know this is a old topic, But I found this and liked it.Dennis

http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/index.php?p=/discussion/246/stripwood-storage

[postalkarl]

Hey Dennis:

Very nice looks like something you made??? Or did you find it somewhere?

Karl

[Dennis Bourey]

Karl, I just found it and gonna build it as soon as I get to lowes and buy the wood and tubes.Dennis

[tooStupid]

I looked into that type of design and found out it took much desk space, collected too much dust and the strip wood dries out too fast then gets brittle while fading the colour. While the design lets you get easy access to the strip wood, it does not handle short pieces well. I'm not sure how it would address the tipping issue?

To be honest (if I am not already) I usually collect all of the strip wood once during a project and use the scrap bin for as many things I can.  (Plus the tubes are expensive here)

[Dennis Bourey]

Back to the drawing board