Storing nuts and bolts (so you can find what you need)

[twas_brillig]

We've got German and British 'classic' (i.e. old) vehicles (and a Japanese and a US motorcycle (Buell!). How do you folks sort/store/keep track of nuts and bolts for the various diameters and threads? and materials (mild steel, stainless, and some aluminum)? My brother (now a retired auto mechanic) used 1 litre engine oil containers, cut open and labelled. If I'd been smart, I would've started emulating him decades ago.
I was trying to find some Fine Imperial this evening, and that brought the question to mind.
Later,
doug

 

[DrEntropy]

The metric and SAE are separated, new stuff in drawers & labeled. "Recycleable" fasteners in cookie tins, also separate and labeled as to sizes as well.

But also a few large peanut butter (just clear plastic containers) jars, metric or SAE, further labeled as G.O.K. jars...

"God Only Knows!" Nuts 'n bolts, washers, plastic caps, springs, clips...

 

[Legal Bill]

Bass Pro Shops sells their store brand tackle storage boxes in two sizes. During the holidays, they usually sell them at a big discount. Like four for $10. They come with compartment dividers and you can arrange the compartments to fit your hardware and maximize the capacity of each box while keeping your hardware perfectly organized. They are semi-transparent and you can just write on them with a magic marker. Then you can stack them, with the label side facing out, on your shelves.

https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-utility-box-4-pack?hvarAID=shopping_googleproductextensions&ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=BPS%7CShopping%7CSmart%7CFishing%7CGeneral%7CNAud%7CTopPerf%7CNMT&gclid=CjwKCAjwwL6aBhBlEiwADycBIDY_C0Cgta9JyL_UM7KZeeUlNQj7ZDRkWi5J78FspMYr1cIAGz40dxoCIM0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[equiprx]

We've got German and British 'classic' (i.e. old) vehicles (and a Japanese and a US motorcycle (Buell!). How do you folks sort/store/keep track of nuts and bolts for the various diameters and threads? and materials (mild steel, stainless, and some aluminum)? My brother (now a retired auto mechanic) used 1 litre engine oil containers, cut open and labelled. If I'd been smart, I would've started emulating him decades ago.
I was trying to find some Fine Imperial this evening, and that brought the question to mind.
Later,
doug

I have stacks and stacks of small parts drawer cabinets, about 30.
They each carry between 15 and 60 drawers per cabinet.
Most are unlabeled but I know where everything is, for now.

 

[LarryK]

I have the Harbor Freight trays mounted to the wall and some 6 multidrawed cabinets. None are labelled so I have to look each time. Whatever I work on, I just pile bolts on the bench. One of my earlier bosses at a Jag shop told me I should put them on the bench in the order I took them off. Told him it wasn't necessary as they only go in one place. But at home, I do the same, but if I loose one have to go thru the storage. As Doc does, ASE and metric separated.

 

[John Turney]

I have the little plastic trays from frozen entrees that I put parts in when I'm working on something. Helps keep them together.

I have some multi-drawer cabinets that have new nuts, bolts, screws & small stuff labelled. Used nuts, bolts & screws go on a pie tin if they look to be reusable.

 

[AUSMHLY]

Harbour Freight storage box.
They have dividers that are moveable.

 

[LarryK]

I have a few of them, won't fit in the cabinet drawers.