tall plano boxes

[refinery mike]

I really like the tall "Plano" boxes. They are made for hanging fishing lures in but they work well for storing tools in as well. And then they are just the right heigth to fit up in the floor joists, on simple shelves. Then there they are above me at the drill press or lathe, or what ever. And they are made in the USA not China.

[stevec]

I like the lower "flatish" ones for nuts & bolts or whatever, but i wish there was some way to glue in the partitions.

[Flybynight]

I like the lower "flatish" ones for nuts & bolts or whatever, but i wish there was some way to glue in the partitions.

I have "glued" partitions in small bolt bins. By running a bead of silicone on each side of the partition on each end.
Been there for years. (PS run your finger to flaten the ead out.)
Jim

[refinery mike]

I use the flat plano boxes as well. if you want the partitions to stay in place, just touch the corners with a solder iron and it will melt them together. But a knife will easily separate them if you change your mind. I also use a dremel circular saw blade on an arbor in my drill press to cut down the permanent partitions to a given heigth. to hold specific parts.

[stevec]

Jim, I tried the silicone and it didn't adhere to the plastic, maybe I wasn't using the "right" silicone. Or maybe 'cause mine aren't Plano, they're Flambeau?
Mike I thought of the soldering iron weld, but could only envision great craters full of solder and acid stains LOL, maybe I'll spring for a new tip and devote it to Plano (oops, I mean Flambeau) partitions.

[PeteH]

GOOP works fairly well on polyethylene. Doesn't really make a solvent bond, so you still can razor-blade it off, but makes a decent mechanical bond. I fixed a cracked polyethylene garbage can about three years ago and it's still holding, despite the best efforts of the town trash pickup.

There must be half-a-dozen kinds of GOOP out there, probably doesn't matter which one you use.

[Flybynight]

Jim, I tried the silicone and it didn't adhere to the plastic, maybe I wasn't using the "right" silicone. Or maybe 'cause mine aren't Plano, they're Flambeau?
Mike I thought of the soldering iron weld, but could only envision great craters full of solder and acid stains LOL, maybe I'll spring for a new tip and devote it to Plano (oops, I mean Flambeau) partitions.

It was the "calking" silicone that came in a tube.
But I used it on small removable bins.
The Plastic might not be the same.
Jim