"Sortimo" organization boxes - Page 1
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author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2014, 12:45:16 am
content: Check out this organizer system.http://www.sortimo.us/Cases-and-Boxes.2104.0.html

author: sacherjj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2014, 01:02:46 am
content: Adam Savage from Mythbusters has his whole setup on Tested.com. I'd love to have a setup. I don't have multiple thousands of dollars for it though.

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2014, 04:07:46 am
content: That's a very slick system. Haven't found those particular boxes listed for sale in the US, but theysell direct in Australiafor AU$57.88 a piece with the internal bins. So with the rolling rack something like a thousand bucks for the setup in the video.Apparently Bosch sell the L-Boxx series in their own livery, which includes some nice portable cases and racks.

author: neslekkim
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2014, 12:00:00 pm
content: Hm, Adam Savage seems to have the T-boxxes?I was looking around for the L-boxx, since they are stackable, but maybe T-boxx is good to?, mye problem with boxes like that, is that items move around between compartments, but maybe these are better there?Here I have to pay about $190 for an LB 136 WK for instance, so the L-Boxx are kinda expensive..

author: bookaboo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2014, 12:06:55 pm
content: Sortimo kit is expensive but well worth it, I have some in the service van. Installed 10 years ago and is as good as new. I've seen installs done in mechanical engineering vans that still work perfect after 15 years despite some seriously heavy use.

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2014, 01:00:12 pm
content: Quote from: bookaboo on August 27, 2014, 12:06:55 pmThat's what they are made for. Very expensive, but the best I know for that kind of use.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2014, 02:31:49 pm
content: Amazing for small parts and drill bits but the removable bins are a bit too small for tool storage. The pips on the bottoms of the removable sections along with the ridges in the lid are good attention to detail and show that someone was thinking when they design the system. For now I will stick with my present system of 35cm x 25cm partitioned boxes for the small parts and large trays with labelled plastic bags for the larger items, but I am sorely tempted.Maybe my lottery numbers will come up this weekend.

author: bookaboo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2014, 03:57:31 pm
content: For tools the best bet is to get the metal type cases they do, throw out the inserts then make your own system using kaizen foam or something similar. At least that's my idea, I have everything sitting I just have yet to get around to it

author: M. András
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2014, 06:23:13 pm
content: what bosch sells as their lboxx is the sortimo boxes in different color and name. pretty rugged boxes you can sit on them with your full weight use it as a saw horse etc even 4-5 boxes high, and you can move in once piece the whole system i have a few blue bosch tools in lboxes weights more then 30 kg you can easly move them without making a sound clips are plastic but very durable

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 12:07:26 am
content: Another competitor is Allit:http://www.allit.deOther Australian suppliers of boxes/drawers/inserts:http://www.rolacase.comhttp://www.bacsystems.com.au

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 01:18:17 am
content: Another supplier of sortimo style boxes isTanos/Systainer.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 02:27:10 pm
content: Quote from: Homer J Simpson on August 27, 2014, 12:45:16 amOh, so jealous right now.My storage 'system' is a mash of everything from matchboxes, cardboard boxes, icecream tubs, metal tins, ziplock plastic bags, cloth supermarket bags, parts drawers, stackable crates of assorted sizes (and every manufacturer has a slightly different size, grrrr), and various found filing cabinets.Biggest mistake: buying a bunch of stick-on labels from a stationary shop, and using them to label the parts drawers. Only to find now about a year later, that the adhesive fails. So they are all falling off.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 06:07:02 pm
content: Yes. label adhesive can vary in lifetime. Some age and detach, others grip tenaciously and after time become one with the mount, and some are incredibly aggressive in stick on certain materials but peel off in minutes on others.Best is plain paper labels and a suitable glue. For most plastics a solvent based plastic adhesive is best as it both penetrates and dissolves making a mechanical bond and also a chemical one.3M makes some really aggressive label adhesives and you should try them.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 07:18:21 pm
content: Life is full of coincidences and today somebody came to repair one of our double glazed windows. He brought with him two Sortimo T-Boxx cases full of parts so I had a chance to examine the system up close.Very impressive.Unfortunately I would need about 500 Euro worth of T-Boxx cases and inserts because, like most engineers, I am loathed to throw anything away.

author: ciccio
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 09:33:15 pm
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author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2014, 04:40:53 am
content: Quote from: ciccio on August 29, 2014, 09:33:15 pmHang on a sec, I thought MBA's took that sort of sentiment out back behind the wood shed, stabbed, shot, strangled, dismembered, and cremated the remains years ago to get rid of the evidence.On a serious note, I really do like those sortimo boxes. But I also like the metal ones from Durham Manufacturing (here). Cheaper too, even with the more expensive heavy duty roller bearing racks.TheAkro-Mils Tilt-Out binsare nice too IMHO (i.e. fasteners, supplies, crimp terminals, ... types of things).

author: ciccio
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2014, 07:58:36 am
content: Quote from: nanofrog on August 30, 2014, 04:40:53 amI'ts true, but when you arrive near retirement age you become more romantic.....