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[Bluetangclan]

Trying to organize my garage a bit better. What are some ideas on good accessible slab and smaller rough rock storage? Right now I am mostly using shoe boxes and the like. Something preferably with wheels and drawers so I am guessing some sort of tool chest thing. What do you guys use? Trying to kick the chaos that I have seen many rock people have for a work area.

[olgguy]

Originally stored slabs and rough in small boxes, shown on bottom shelves of my new system. The boxes were stored in kitchen style cabinets around my studio. This became a problem when trying to find a particular material. The boxes were packed side by side and on top of one another to the top of the cabinets which required a lot of moving and restacking. The new 6 shelf rack, 5ft high x 2ft. wide x 13 inch deep, let me store alphabetically, and allows removal of only 3 or less boxes to get what I want. Wheels are available.

[jakesrocks]

For slabs I use those plastic shoe boxes. Wife works at K-Mart, so picks up a few for me whenever they're on sale.

Way too much rough rock & spare equipment, so I bought a 20' sea shipment container. Sometime after spring thaw I'll build shelves down both sides & the closed end. 5 gallon buckets of rough will sit on the floor with shelves above to hold medium flat rate boxes of rough.

Any time I receive something in a small or medium FRB, I save the boxes if they're in good shape. Glueing the bottom flaps of the boxes goes a long way towards strengthening them. Large self stick labels helps to identify everything in each box or bucket.

The small FRB's are great for storing 1 cab size slabs & preforms. I turn the old boxes inside out & glue the tabs which makes them super strong.

[Ranger_Dave]

I had 5 plastic file boxes full of 5.25 floppy disks. I don't even have a way to read them anymore. I now use those cases to hold my mid sized slabs. I use the old 3.5 floppy disk file boxes to hold smaller slabs.

Now I have several hundred 5.25 floppies to recycle somehow.

[55fossil]

   A couple observations. You have a really nice and clean shop. The new storage system works great as long as you do not increase your inventory. When you start counting your rough by tons instead of boxes ......  I will be having a spring sale to cut down on my slabs. I have about 200 Pepsi Flats and boxes of slabs. With over 10,000 slabs it is time to cut back. So keep a plan in place for additions unless you are one of those few people who can control their slab collecting.

[olgguy]

I have bought my share of LEVERITE, and after 37 years have learned to be very picky and am now into the more rare or scarce varieties or at least great examples. The rest goes into our local estate sales auction held 3 times every summer. I don't have tons but will buy private collections, the last one was 10 milk crates, then take what I want and the rest goes to the auction where I usually double my money.