WTB: - interlocking stackable component drawers - Page 1
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author: buzzawak
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2019, 11:42:46 pm
content: Hi guys,I am trying to source these interlocking stack-able component drawers.I have some old ones and want some more.I have found one place in South Africa that sells them but the freight cost is crazy.Let me know if you have seem them some where ?

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2019, 12:40:26 am
content: Nice size, what brand are they? or if they're as rare as hens teeth you may not want to make that public!

author: beanflying
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2019, 02:26:14 am
content: Looks like some old ones my Dad used in a Business 40 years ago for storing spare appliance parts. I would suspect they were Australian made given the time so just a guess NLAEDITTry these guys for their Visi-Pak series or someone there might recognise the ones you have shown. They have been around for a long time in the plastics industry. Ex Customers of mine from way back when I had a real job.https://www.fischerplastics.com.au/products

author: buzzawak
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2019, 04:41:10 am
content: Quote from: aargee on April 02, 2019, 12:40:26 amI have no idea on brand and I don't remember where or when I got them (have had a set of 9 for ages).The plastic has no markings, not even a stamp indicating the type of plastic used.The plastic is a ridged type and molding if very accurate.This is the only place I have found so far that has them.https://shop.communica.co.za/collections/tools-supplies/products/bin-1dI have emailed them asking about their supplier, but no response as yet.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2019, 05:01:37 am
content: No idea where you get them, sorry, although I've seen and probably even once had very similar ones, but that looks upside-down to me. Imagine: the one that stacks on top is going to have a protrusion to fit in the slot, so the one shownalsohas that protrusion, making it a bit wobbly. 'Course, you can probably invert the box and keep the drawer as it is, making it a non-issue, but one wonders if whoever took the photo new what they were photographing.

author: exe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2019, 08:01:01 pm
content: an option could be to 3d print them, but the cost, probably, is going to be higher. There are quite a few drawers on thingiverse, some of them are customizable. But, I think, one day I'll make my own design.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2019, 08:42:07 pm
content: I had a wall of them in the telly workshop, long time ago but they were common in the UK too.Seem to be called Add-A-Drawer from someone called Integrated Plastics but I don't remember them being called that here.https://www.tenaquip.com/product/integrated-plastics-add-a-drawer-1-525-w-divider-and-label-ca844http://www.championcommercialproducts.ca/html/634-0-parts_cabinets_2.html

author: buzzawak
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2019, 10:11:39 pm
content: Thanks Dunkemhigh, Exe and CJay,I have a feeling I will have to abandonthe hunt for these specific drawers. I could get them from South Africa, but with freight it works out at $10 per drawer (ouch!).I may have to settle for what is available locally, which all seem to be made from "Durable high impact polypropylene" It is beyond me why I needhigh impact polyproylene, I have no intention in throwing them against the wall.

author: exe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2019, 05:24:33 pm
content: Check your local makers fab, may be they can help withhttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2023587orhttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1554219, or some other solutionhttps://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=modular+storage&dwh=345ca4ebe0c80b9. It might not be much cheaper than $10 per box, but it will be custom. You know, when going custom, the price is easier to justify