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I would love to get a set but I'm not gonna order them from the US if they are made in Europe. The T-boxx series sells for around €68,- or $75,- in Germany, paying $105,- + shipping to get them back to Europe is a bit of a stretch.
Yep about to say the same… any way of ordering this sick ass orange variant but in europe? They must have fabrication there so would be possible in some capacity to order it from europe even if the markup is higher cus of adam “badge”. I wouldnt mind, but ordering it from the us is a no go unfortunately.
I worked at RadioShack before they went under. The grey sorters in the background look like the parts drawers at RadioShack. They were incredibly efficient as long as people kept them clean and organized. If a hyper bunch of Boy/Girl Scouts or an elementary school electronics club came in and ransacked them, it would take a day to re-organize them. But I didn't mind because those kids were so enthusiastic to learn about building electronics that they didn't have time to put things back where they got them. I was happy to do that for them after they left so they could get back to their den or club and start learning and building. Really, that only happened one time. It was a Boy Scout bunch. And regular every day adults were sometimes just as bad, if not worse.
When my local radioshack closed, they sold all of their fixtures. I was able to buy one of those for my electronics stuff. I laser cut new dividers for it and have them spaced much tighter than you want in retail. I'm very sad that I didn't buy more of them, I could easily have used several more.
I remember those cabinets, but I can't remember for sure if they were Stanley Vidmar cabinets or not. I worked at a place where we had several Vidmar cabinets, and they are the pinnacle of storage systems for non-portable storage.
I miss the days of having RadioShacks everywhere WITH employees who really knew their stuff and you could ask complex questions to to figure out what you needed when I was a kid. When the employees could barely tell me WHERE common stuff was, I stopped going and started just ordering on Amazon. Wish knowledgeable shops akin to old RadioShack were able to make a comeback.
In a professional shop where people will be in and out of them all day every day these are 100% worth every dime. For a home workshop the Harbor Freight ones will last forever without issue. IMO
I agree for home use. I have several different styles of boxes for different stuff, mostly Plano and HF boxes, but even a few Artbins, and a set of homemade cabinets to keep them in. One thing Sortimo gets right and HF screws up is the overhang and structure of the lid lip and sides of the base. The base of the box is much narrower than the lid, and there are reinforcing ribs on the sides of the case. These force you to use a much wider cleat/runner rail to support the box, which requires a much stronger support as it's in bending, not shear.
@@marksnyder2232 I'll certainly agree with you that the HF boxes have some issues - I don't like that the carry handle takes up storage space for one. I just stack mine on top of each other on my Gorilla shelves with marker labels so I have some idea what's in them. I mostly keep fishing tackle in my Plano boxes.
I think $105 per box is ridiculous. I'm sure the quality is great, but I've had my $20 Stanley bins for at least 20 years with zero complaints. I expected these to at least have built-in side rails.
For the sort of highly repetitive spacing work, like the slider rail installations, I would recommend making a spacing block as it reduces the opportunities for error. Just watch how you fabricate the spacer, and how tightly you fit the adjacent bars to each other and it or else you might find a creeping error spacing things a little farther than you planned, and insufficient space for the top container.
I came looking in the comments to see if someone already mentioned this. After many years of carefully measuring everything only to find it was still a little off here and there, I agree that the few minutes required to make a spacer block is well worth the effort.
Absolutely. Work smart, not hard. Any form of fabrication benefits from this. Soooooo easy to insert an error and wreck a workpiece. It is not lazy to do this , it is wise.
After binging Tested videos for weeks now and seeing how much Adam loves those boxes, Ive been wondering if we would ever have a Sortimo/Savage collab! Congrats on the new product!! The orange is awesome!
I would love to just spend a day with Adam you can learn so much from him. I love to fix broken things. It's the only thing I'm good at is taking something that doesn't work and making it work again is the best feeling ever but I would love to be able to build tings but I have a issue with measuring things correctly. I have a lazy eye so I basically only have one good eye so I have to measure things 20 times to make sure it's right. I think you could just learn so much from him and he has so much knowledge to give.
Adam... I know there's a bit of time since you posted this video, but I wanted to thank you for the insights on this VERY simple build. There's a certain beauty to how well it works with a minimum effort. I built one of these for some older "pre-VersaStack" Craftsman sorters I inherited from my grandfather, and the one thing I added was a piano hinge down one side with a piece that swings out over the front opening from top to bottom, preventing all the sorters from sliding out, and I keep this in the back seat-area of my F150, behind the driver and facing the door. That way, I can keep all my tools reasonably secure, and still have access to my "hardware store" from the drivers-side rear door. I did add a sealing finish because down here in Florida, humidity and the heat fluctuations from this living in my truck would degrade and destroy MDF in a matter of a couple months,
I could binge Adam's videos to eternity and still keep coming back. I have watched this video multiple times already! I'm finally tackling shop organization myself as I've come to a point I have just too much stuff and too little efficiency when it comes to storage. I would love to be able to use the Savage Sortimo boxes, they are my color after all, but they are unfortunately out of my price range. I did however just purchase 18 similar boxes that were on sale from Harbor Freight and will be building myself an organizer rack to finally get stuff out of bags, carboard boxes, jars, coffee cans, and the like. Thank you for the inspiration to finally pull the trigger on this project!
Can you imagine having such a well equipped shop that a Milwaukee brad nailer is your cheapest brad nailer. Kind of an after thought, Savage Industries should sponsor a little give-away promotion. The contest could be "Guess how many casters are being used in the cave." Not including the stockpiled casters, just the ones separating something from the ground. Who ever gets closest without going over wins, in the case of a tie. the earliest post wins. The prize... a Sortimo 5 pack.
Adam, perfect timing for this - I have been thinking of developing a solution for my organizers, and to have a master like you build something so basic is such a treat. Thank you! $105 for a box though.. pricey.
They’re made to live in racks in the back of service vans, so they’re extra-extra well manufactured. If you need a lot of them for a home shop, it’s probably worth looking for alternatives that present more value for money.
Way less robust and precise, but Harbor Freight sells cheap "sorting boxes" of a similar form factor. They'll absolutely "cross pollinate" or even pop open all over the floor if you drop them... but if all you're after is a convenient modular sorting system (like I am), they work great, and go on sale fairly regularly for an even better price. (Also, for small things like M3 screws, I just subdivide each bin by putting each different style of that same length in their own small baggie, which also ensures they don't spill all over if dropped.) They come full of different inner bins, but it's also a fairly easy shape to print custom shaped bins for if you need weird shapes (I actually made some "power outage emergency kits" using those boxes to hold solar panels and other various emergency stuff). Of course I'd love to have the Sortimo boxes instead, but since I can buy 10 of the Harbor Freight brand for the price, I'll make do.
Just received mine. Very sturdy..very orange! As I grabbed my old HF plastic box that holds all my drywall screws the whole front broke off as I lifted it. Can't wait to get them all re-sorted into the new Savage Industries Sortimo's! They are so nice. Worth the money as they feel so much sturdier than my other cheap sorters. Good amount of internal boxes and dividers provided as well. Thanks Adam!
Adam, I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned it, but you can cut a spacer of the exact size needed to go between the runners and after the first set, use that to position the rest as you go along. Spacers in general have a ton of uses in woodworking. Great build! I haven't jumped on the sortimo bandwagon yet, but I get closer and closer every time I see them in use, and I'm not sure how much longer I can hold out...
Sortimo is fantastic. My favourite is definitely the packout system but they are bigger, bulkier than sortimo however so rugged and their ability to mix tools, accessories and storage together is amazing. I love the orange and the clear lid these sortimo’s are definitely a very nice product.
The second i saw the box, it reminded me of what Alexandre Chappel did with his sorting boxes on his YT channel - 3D printed compartments and a mix of ply and more 3D printed parts for the cases. For anyone daring, I believe his designs would inturn be a good value and a rewarding DIY experience for those unwilling to fork over a premium for These orange beauties. Loved the video as always, love to see collabs like these.
I've just started an organising system, but when looking at boxes, I could not justify the cost of the Sortimo (even though I really wanted them). I ended up purchasing sorters from Lee Valley, due to their lower cost. They seem pretty decent so far!
@@corydriver7634 there's a high-end version of everything or there. I won't judge anyone who wants the Sortimo cases, as I'm sure there excellent. If I had a business, I might consider them, as I would bet they'll be more durable when handled frequently. It just isn't worth the cost *for me* at this point.
Hi Adam, I have similar setups but use Aluminum angle instead of wood cleats. I think it's 1x1x1/8", which makes it really easy for approach angle and organizers need far less room for top/bottom clearance.
Same. I got some aluminum angle from a local hardware store that was going out of business and made a similar organizer for my harbor freight organizers with those and some hardwood flooring sample display boards I had lying around that were just the right size.
I built a cabinet like this for Stanley sorters several years ago when you first showed your Sortimo system. I realized I could do much the same thing at a fraction of the cost.
Wilco (farm store) still carries them for ~16usd. I buy one every month or so, they keep stocking 1 on hand. Feels like everyone is migrating to packout style.
I like the idea of these types of sorting systems; in my case I go with the sort boxes from Harbor Freight, because they’re more than good enough for what I need and they’re inexpensive; depending on sale times/prices you can get boxes from $6-$15 a piece, which is nice because $ starts adding up quick depending on how much sporting you need.
@@DynamicSeq: I tried the Stanley ones too but haven’t had much luck with them as the latches on each of the few Stanley ones I have used have broken. While I have occasional cracked a Harbor Freight lid I’ve never had a hinge or latch break on them. To me it shows the profit mark-up of some of the name brands as they aren’t using plastics that are that much more costly but they charge exponentially more money. I wish Husky made a similar product as they actually have lifetime warranties and stand behind their products but at the price I don’t feel too bad if I break a HF box. I’m a contractor so my boxes see more use than simply sitting in the shop as I love being able to both be organized and still have the ability to grab and go with job or material specific boxes. The boxes also travel well and keep things sorted on the move better than much else I’ve found/used.
@@DynamicSeq I’m glad you said it….I thought I was just way out of touch! $105 for 1 is …I’m sorry to say….ridiculous. A set of 5 for $105…I’d consider it
@@DynamicSeq: I’m with you with the sticker hate; I mean what glue do they use because they are damn near impossible to remove. I’ve tried plastic razor blades and alcohol, nothing seems to do a decent job. Stanley stickers peeled right off but their boxes just didn’t hold up. I built a rolling cart that my drill press sits on and that holds a number of containers in it which I grab and go with as I need.
A nice addition for the top, or the bottom of ones without wheels, would be stacking caps and nesting targets.This seems incredibly important for Adam's shop where they'll surely got 3 high.
fun insight to see how you tackle this problem. I've made similar sorter racks. I built both sides with guides as a single piece first (with both sides as part of a single sheet of ply), then separated the the sides with a vertical cut through the ply and the guides. This assures symmetric spacing and reduces the number of times you have to measure the gaps. Any time I can reduce the times I have to measure stuff the better.
Systainer bame out with their version a couple years ago. I ended up buying four at their promo price for screws and oft used hardware. They lock into each other and I made a couple mobile bases for the sorter/tool boxes. Getting to the box you want is a bit annoying, but being able to roll your entire tool stack and fasteners to where you need it is a huge plus.
I watch you all the time and I'm always learning something new, I don't have a workshop and barely own any tools, but I do enjoy building things any chance I get...anyway, today I was watching and saw you sticking out your tongue(as you always do when your deep in concentration lol)and it inspired a poem out of me, so for you Mr. Savage. I hope you enjoy it! :) Oh, also..you inspired this poem,, but it's actually about me and my thoughts on making things -THE MAKER- I want to make things yes I want to build I'll increase my talent and enhance my skill. As of now I know little, but for knowledge I yearn I'll suffer all stresses as I'm trying to learn. I'll stick out my tongue and I'll bite my lip while being sure on my tool, I have a tight grip I'll saw and I'll cut and I'll grind and I'll sand. I'll be the best builder in all of the land. Paper and cardboard and metal and wood Plastics Apoxys and resins are good. Whatever medium is fit for the job Should that be a hinge a lever or knob? Should that spin around or raise up or bend? I guess we'll find out when this project ends. I'll drill and screw. Or nail and staple I'll do what it takes. I'm sure that I'm able. And if I'm not, I'll learn as I make Through my successes and of course my mistakes. I'll scratch my forehead and I'll pull out my hair I'll hope for the lord to answer my prayer Oh please god help me to figure this out While I sulk and I cry and I yell and I shout. Oh there it is I knew it was wrong I was putting it in backwards all along. You see what I mean? you live and you learn Through your cuts and your scratches and bruises and burns. Okay the best builder I may not be But the joy is unending building gives to me. And maybe like me, you'll see one day The pleasure you'll have for the things that you make!!
I just love the Sortimo organizers, but they always seemed so expensive. I first fell in love with the Sortimo boxes when I saw Adam's a few years ago, but I just couldn't justify the cost. I kept going back to them and could never pull the trigger. After much research in trying to locate a more affordable alternative that was also not flimsy, I came to the conclusion that I would need to bite the bullet and purchase some Sortimo organizers (that's two gun references now--hmmm...). Fortunately, I soon realized that I could get 20% off if I bought 5 of the Savage Sortimo boxes--SOLD! Skipping ahead a week, I received my first set of T-BOXXes and could not be happier with them. They are SUCH good quality and worth every penny! The clarity of the clear cover is unmatched. The sturdy and grippy handles put the cheap alternatives to shame. The latches are actually robust. Lastly, the overall construction is much more substantial and much better quality. I can't believe I've gone so long without them. Comparing them to the cheap alternatives reaffirms why the Sortimo boxes are worth it. The only change in the Sortimo boxes that I'd like to see would be the addition of more dividers in each box. I quickly ran out and now need to buy a bunch more. Adam, last night, I started my own "Logjam" sort-fest and am loving it! Thank you.
I love how the vibration from the table saw is causing the storage drawers to slowly creep open. (4:25, on the left, under the gold orb. Easiest to see each time the shot cuts.)
the price on those things are insane! at work and home, i started buying the husky double sided compartment organizers and theyre insanely good for the 12 bucks or whatever. they dont ever migrate even with the tiniest nuts and they have the real only deal breaker feature for me: theres no way to tote it without keeping everything in place because the lid is part of the handle so even if you forget or better yet break all of the latches itll still work
Yea, I also am a happy T-Box user. I own 6 of them for sorting my electronic components. They are great, but also a bit pricy. They also have a rail on their side that is intended to rest on runners. It has a "nose" that would fit into an indentation on a runner, so you can have e.g. racks on rolls or in a service car without risking the boxes to glide out of them. Edit: You mentioned the nobs on the runners Sortimo has on the racks they sell, but that is not what i am talking about. just have a look on the sides of the boxes.
Unsure if it was suggested yet, but the sides being manufactured around the 10 minute mark could be assembled as one big piece and then cut down the middle guaranteeing alignment.
Wow, $5300 in sorter boxes. This man is on an entirely different economic level than us poor makers. Those boxes may as well have a Snap-On sticker on them.
Yeah, they're insanely expensive. Obviously, they are a fair bit cheaper here in Germany, but one of the many awesome things about Sortimo is that they offer replacement parts for everything. Replacement handles, latches, hinges etc. So if you invest in them, you'll be set for life.
Wow. Those look awesome! I'm working on getting my random hardware collection sorted right now and those would be absolutely perfect... Of course a set of 5 plus the wood for the rack would be the entirety of my yearly project budget, soooooo....
I made my own wooden cases that hold a bunch of small plastic jewelry/craft boxes (that I buy for $12-$30 for 48 of depending on size). And I have a cabinet/shelving unit to hold 15 of these cases. The best part is that each of these craft boxes has their own lid so dropping an open case of these isn't the catastrophic occasion that Adam demonstrates on his channel so frequently. I posted a link to a handful of images of this build but the settings on this channel delete all comments with links in them.
Was looking around for storage ideas since trying to organize my garage and stumbled upon this. This is a great idea. Nice build. Will have to try to build one of these when i get situated enough in my house i recently moved into. Thanks for sharing.
I recently invested in 10 sortimos and built something quite similar. Though I used aluminum angle for the rails and bent up the front corners to hold the in. It was the first biggish project since things calmed down after the lockdown
For the price of a few of these just buy a 3D printer. ALCH has a great system very similar to these. I’ve printed so many and integrated into drawers. He also has plywood box designs that are great.
If i could be so bold as to make a suggestion. Use a plywood spacer for installing the runners. Gluing them in starting from the bottom one. Glue it in, then place the spacer on top followed by the next runner, progressing on up to the top. That way you don't have to measure anything and they come out perfect.
I really like this design, 5 per box. When I make mine, I'm going to add some kind of retainer on the front so I can take them from the shop, and put them in my truck. Some simple device to keep them from sliding out. Maybe a retaining plywood bar that pivots out of the way. Thanks for sharing.
You are awesome. I might never build the cabinet or buy the boxes, even though Germany is a 2h away from me. But you manage to make me smile many times, with your video's.
Just a few thoughts on improving the processes when making future ones… leave the side panels and rails as double length for assembly (using pre-made spacer) then cut in half on the table saw for each half
Adam you may want to check out antique dental drawers. You may like those for storage of tiny items that you don't need to pull the drawer out and take it with you. I use mine on the daily and love it
Stick a block on the underside of the brad feed so the gun fires at 90 degrees when sitting on it and the tip. No more careless blow outs!! And you can still fire at an angle 3 other directions so it doesn't limit you at all. It's a revolution for those who haven't done it!
I live in Germany and I have Sortimo everywhere in my shop - I freaking love them and would never use something else, and I am really hyped to see you collab with them - but boy, 105 bucks is...extremely pricey, not gonna lie, as much as I love one from you, I will continue getting them directly from Sortimo :) but now theres an itch to have at least one of yours...
Everything Sortimo makes is ridiculously expensive in the US. Even the bare standard dark grey T-Boxx with dividers is almost $85. Good luck finding any other colours too. With L-Boxx, it's either Dark grey direct from Sortimo online, Bosch blue or maybe you can find something from a tool importer for $150.
@@iamjohnmc that is insane. I am fine with the dark grey / black ones I get here in Germany from Sortimo directly, but those are usually around 50 bucks per piece. Still steep tbh but worth it imho.
@@iamjohnmc As Julian wrote, he lives in Germany - so do I. While it may well be that in the US it is extremely expensive, the G Box is also only around $83, doesn't make it any better for someone like @Julian or myself. For us, the T-Boxx is around 70€, imagine having to pay 105$ and then shipping and toll, that is a hefty hefty hefty price. I really would love to have one and I am not one that shies away from a huge price tag per se, but I cannot, in good conscience, justify paying around 215€ overall when I can get 3 for the same price but not branded.
@@GroovingDrums I'm not trying to justify the high price, just letting you know how it is to purchase Sortimo products in the US. Maybe something can be worked out to make it cheaper for it to be shipped direct to users in Germany and other parts of Europe for cheaper, but that's way beyond me. I'm just another end user who happens to live in the US (and pay stupid prices for high quality German storage).
So excited for this. I would argue that for this kind of build narrow crown staples would have been 'optimal' for the box frame, but that's at best an optimization, not a dealbreaker; glue and brads will be plenty for most applications and having a brad nailer is arguably more common than a narrow crown stapler.
Good build, and it looks easy enough even for me. (I'm not a woodworker, more of a sawdust generator.) They kind of remind me of Thomas Jefferson's book boxes. He had three different sizes, and they stacked on top of each other to form bookcases. For transport, he just un-stacked them and nailed covers on the front. Great minds think on the same frequency!
I seen you added wheels which could lead to them slipping out. Instead of adding bumpers to secure them in place you could add a velcro strap down the front to hold them in place and it would be easy to remove. You could even put the strap through the handles for extra support. We use a velcro netting to secure our hoses on our rigs at the fire department. Just a suggestion to keep them secure while wheeling them around.
I've been thinking of building something similar except making them the height of my bench and putting them underneath. Cheers for the inspiration Adam.
This freaking figures!!!😠 After one of the first videos here about these boxes, I attempted to source and price them. It was such a PITA that I finally gave up and settled for a crap-ton of Milwaukee Packout boxes. Damn it!!!
A fun one! It's always great to see Adam work so confidently and freely. I might be able to make that particular box (sort of), but when it came to gluing and tacking, I'd use up all the bar clamps in the shop and then go buy more before I drove a single brad! And congrats on the Sortimo deal!
This is my dream small parts organizer. I thought I found my dream box from Stanley (yellow from Home Depot, and in red by Craftsman from Lowes), but it was discontinued after I bought only 1, and it immediately sold out. A popular one is from Harbor Freight, but the lids are too flexible so parts would jump from bin to bin if there was any significant amount of parts in them. I think I would still have them on full shelves do prevent sag from when they are filled and heavy, rather than just side rails, but still...exactly the right design for me. Though, I'd love to see a double-height version (which that "perfect" Stanley/Craftsman box also offered) for larger items, that could fit in the same storage cabinets!
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What about us in Europe?
I can’t find the t-boxes on the German site…
I would love to get a set but I'm not gonna order them from the US if they are made in Europe.
The T-boxx series sells for around €68,- or $75,- in Germany, paying $105,- + shipping to get them back to Europe is a bit of a stretch.
Any chance they can get built in pull out rails\drawer rails?
Yep about to say the same… any way of ordering this sick ass orange variant but in europe? They must have fabrication there so would be possible in some capacity to order it from europe even if the markup is higher cus of adam “badge”. I wouldnt mind, but ordering it from the us is a no go unfortunately.
I worked at RadioShack before they went under. The grey sorters in the background look like the parts drawers at RadioShack. They were incredibly efficient as long as people kept them clean and organized. If a hyper bunch of Boy/Girl Scouts or an elementary school electronics club came in and ransacked them, it would take a day to re-organize them. But I didn't mind because those kids were so enthusiastic to learn about building electronics that they didn't have time to put things back where they got them. I was happy to do that for them after they left so they could get back to their den or club and start learning and building. Really, that only happened one time. It was a Boy Scout bunch. And regular every day adults were sometimes just as bad, if not worse.
When my local radioshack closed, they sold all of their fixtures. I was able to buy one of those for my electronics stuff. I laser cut new dividers for it and have them spaced much tighter than you want in retail. I'm very sad that I didn't buy more of them, I could easily have used several more.
That story escalated and then de-escalated quickly.
I remember those cabinets, but I can't remember for sure if they were Stanley Vidmar cabinets or not. I worked at a place where we had several Vidmar cabinets, and they are the pinnacle of storage systems for non-portable storage.
I miss the days of having RadioShacks everywhere WITH employees who really knew their stuff and you could ask complex questions to to figure out what you needed when I was a kid.
When the employees could barely tell me WHERE common stuff was, I stopped going and started just ordering on Amazon.
Wish knowledgeable shops akin to old RadioShack were able to make a comeback.
@@heyspookyboogie644 I miss them too, everything going online just not the same anymore.
Really nice, well-constructed, well thought out, but wow! $105 for one? Afraid I'll be staying with my HF $10 boxes for a long, long time.
Agreed. The economics just don't work. Can get 10 HF boxes for just one of these... doesn't make sense for most of us.
In a professional shop where people will be in and out of them all day every day these are 100% worth every dime. For a home workshop the Harbor Freight ones will last forever without issue. IMO
I agree for home use. I have several different styles of boxes for different stuff, mostly Plano and HF boxes, but even a few Artbins, and a set of homemade cabinets to keep them in. One thing Sortimo gets right and HF screws up is the overhang and structure of the lid lip and sides of the base. The base of the box is much narrower than the lid, and there are reinforcing ribs on the sides of the case. These force you to use a much wider cleat/runner rail to support the box, which requires a much stronger support as it's in bending, not shear.
I like sortimos but the prices tend to be pretty high. The L Boxxes they make for bosch are also super pricey
@@marksnyder2232 I'll certainly agree with you that the HF boxes have some issues - I don't like that the carry handle takes up storage space for one. I just stack mine on top of each other on my Gorilla shelves with marker labels so I have some idea what's in them. I mostly keep fishing tackle in my Plano boxes.
I think $105 per box is ridiculous. I'm sure the quality is great, but I've had my $20 Stanley bins for at least 20 years with zero complaints. I expected these to at least have built-in side rails.
For the sort of highly repetitive spacing work, like the slider rail installations, I would recommend making a spacing block as it reduces the opportunities for error. Just watch how you fabricate the spacer, and how tightly you fit the adjacent bars to each other and it or else you might find a creeping error spacing things a little farther than you planned, and insufficient space for the top container.
I came looking in the comments to see if someone already mentioned this. After many years of carefully measuring everything only to find it was still a little off here and there, I agree that the few minutes required to make a spacer block is well worth the effort.
Absolutely. Work smart, not hard. Any form of fabrication benefits from this. Soooooo easy to insert an error and wreck a workpiece. It is not lazy to do this , it is wise.
Absolutely agree. Every individually marked measurement introduces the possibility of error.
After binging Tested videos for weeks now and seeing how much Adam loves those boxes, Ive been wondering if we would ever have a Sortimo/Savage collab! Congrats on the new product!! The orange is awesome!
I would love to just spend a day with Adam you can learn so much from him. I love to fix broken things. It's the only thing I'm good at is taking something that doesn't work and making it work again is the best feeling ever but I would love to be able to build tings but I have a issue with measuring things correctly.
I have a lazy eye so I basically only have one good eye so I have to measure things 20 times to make sure it's right.
I think you could just learn so much from him and he has so much knowledge to give.
Adam... I know there's a bit of time since you posted this video, but I wanted to thank you for the insights on this VERY simple build. There's a certain beauty to how well it works with a minimum effort. I built one of these for some older "pre-VersaStack" Craftsman sorters I inherited from my grandfather, and the one thing I added was a piano hinge down one side with a piece that swings out over the front opening from top to bottom, preventing all the sorters from sliding out, and I keep this in the back seat-area of my F150, behind the driver and facing the door. That way, I can keep all my tools reasonably secure, and still have access to my "hardware store" from the drivers-side rear door. I did add a sealing finish because down here in Florida, humidity and the heat fluctuations from this living in my truck would degrade and destroy MDF in a matter of a couple months,
The editorial additions are really great. Today's hashtag expansion had me howling. Nice work!
The editing on this video is *chef's kiss*
I could binge Adam's videos to eternity and still keep coming back. I have watched this video multiple times already! I'm finally tackling shop organization myself as I've come to a point I have just too much stuff and too little efficiency when it comes to storage. I would love to be able to use the Savage Sortimo boxes, they are my color after all, but they are unfortunately out of my price range. I did however just purchase 18 similar boxes that were on sale from Harbor Freight and will be building myself an organizer rack to finally get stuff out of bags, carboard boxes, jars, coffee cans, and the like. Thank you for the inspiration to finally pull the trigger on this project!
Can you imagine having such a well equipped shop that a Milwaukee brad nailer is your cheapest brad nailer. Kind of an after thought, Savage Industries should sponsor a little give-away promotion. The contest could be "Guess how many casters are being used in the cave." Not including the stockpiled casters, just the ones separating something from the ground. Who ever gets closest without going over wins, in the case of a tie. the earliest post wins. The prize... a Sortimo 5 pack.
Adam, perfect timing for this - I have been thinking of developing a solution for my organizers, and to have a master like you build something so basic is such a treat. Thank you! $105 for a box though.. pricey.
They’re made to live in racks in the back of service vans, so they’re extra-extra well manufactured. If you need a lot of them for a home shop, it’s probably worth looking for alternatives that present more value for money.
if it helps you can buy from sortimo directly for $22 less per box.. no orange but who cares that much?
Way less robust and precise, but Harbor Freight sells cheap "sorting boxes" of a similar form factor. They'll absolutely "cross pollinate" or even pop open all over the floor if you drop them... but if all you're after is a convenient modular sorting system (like I am), they work great, and go on sale fairly regularly for an even better price. (Also, for small things like M3 screws, I just subdivide each bin by putting each different style of that same length in their own small baggie, which also ensures they don't spill all over if dropped.) They come full of different inner bins, but it's also a fairly easy shape to print custom shaped bins for if you need weird shapes (I actually made some "power outage emergency kits" using those boxes to hold solar panels and other various emergency stuff). Of course I'd love to have the Sortimo boxes instead, but since I can buy 10 of the Harbor Freight brand for the price, I'll make do.
Just received mine. Very sturdy..very orange! As I grabbed my old HF plastic box that holds all my drywall screws the whole front broke off as I lifted it. Can't wait to get them all re-sorted into the new Savage Industries Sortimo's! They are so nice. Worth the money as they feel so much sturdier than my other cheap sorters. Good amount of internal boxes and dividers provided as well. Thanks Adam!
Adam, I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned it, but you can cut a spacer of the exact size needed to go between the runners and after the first set, use that to position the rest as you go along. Spacers in general have a ton of uses in woodworking.
Great build! I haven't jumped on the sortimo bandwagon yet, but I get closer and closer every time I see them in use, and I'm not sure how much longer I can hold out...
Sortimo is fantastic. My favourite is definitely the packout system but they are bigger, bulkier than sortimo however so rugged and their ability to mix tools, accessories and storage together is amazing. I love the orange and the clear lid these sortimo’s are definitely a very nice product.
I love the "mad scientist" hair. Warms my heart.
The second i saw the box, it reminded me of what Alexandre Chappel did with his sorting boxes on his YT channel - 3D printed compartments and a mix of ply and more 3D printed parts for the cases. For anyone daring, I believe his designs would inturn be a good value and a rewarding DIY experience for those unwilling to fork over a premium for These orange beauties. Loved the video as always, love to see collabs like these.
“As this shelf/storage will be static in my cave”.
Proceeds to put wheels on it. 🤩
Yow! $105 per box. Trying hard to push my price pain point that high. I’m sure it’s a lifetime investment and supporting Adam is a good thing.
I've just started an organising system, but when looking at boxes, I could not justify the cost of the Sortimo (even though I really wanted them). I ended up purchasing sorters from Lee Valley, due to their lower cost. They seem pretty decent so far!
@@aaron-bieber do you mean the Allit modular storage cases?
@@TheEricSchubert Yes! I use the economy ones, too, but even the pro ones are less than half the price of a Sortimo.
@@aaron-bieber thanks!
IKR? $105 a pop! Even if you get the 20% discount it’s still ridiculous.
@@corydriver7634 there's a high-end version of everything or there. I won't judge anyone who wants the Sortimo cases, as I'm sure there excellent. If I had a business, I might consider them, as I would bet they'll be more durable when handled frequently. It just isn't worth the cost *for me* at this point.
$105 + shipping for one???? Yikes that’s a tough sale. I’m sure they’re great and I’d love to have a few but not at that price.
yes, an extremely tough sell, even if you could write it off as a business expense.
Yeah, this is completely mental pricing imo for a plastic box.
You can get a regular Sortimo for cheaper. He's literally charging extra for a rebranded box.
Yeah the Stanley ones are far cheaper and for me accomplish the same goals.
Worth it for work though right? Maybe not for the home shop, there are similar systems for way less money that do almost the same job.
Hi Adam, I have similar setups but use Aluminum angle instead of wood cleats. I think it's 1x1x1/8", which makes it really easy for approach angle and organizers need far less room for top/bottom clearance.
Same. I got some aluminum angle from a local hardware store that was going out of business and made a similar organizer for my harbor freight organizers with those and some hardwood flooring sample display boards I had lying around that were just the right size.
I built a cabinet like this for Stanley sorters several years ago when you first showed your Sortimo system. I realized I could do much the same thing at a fraction of the cost.
Wilco (farm store) still carries them for ~16usd. I buy one every month or so, they keep stocking 1 on hand. Feels like everyone is migrating to packout style.
Thank you for all of the vast and varied contributions that you've made to our world, Adam. Truly
@My Cancer Journey stay strong and keep going! My thoughts are with you. I truly hope your journey has a happy and delightful destination x
I am sure Adam can build just about anything.He makes it look so easy as well.Very Talented and just great to watch him build anything.👌
Harbor Freight has a similar line of parts sorters for a fraction of the cost. $7-14. Indexed lids, too.
I like the idea of these types of sorting systems; in my case I go with the sort boxes from Harbor Freight, because they’re more than good enough for what I need and they’re inexpensive; depending on sale times/prices you can get boxes from $6-$15 a piece, which is nice because $ starts adding up quick depending on how much sporting you need.
That's what I got and the Stanley ones.......105$ for one ....Way to much...
@@DynamicSeq: I tried the Stanley ones too but haven’t had much luck with them as the latches on each of the few Stanley ones I have used have broken. While I have occasional cracked a Harbor Freight lid I’ve never had a hinge or latch break on them. To me it shows the profit mark-up of some of the name brands as they aren’t using plastics that are that much more costly but they charge exponentially more money. I wish Husky made a similar product as they actually have lifetime warranties and stand behind their products but at the price I don’t feel too bad if I break a HF box. I’m a contractor so my boxes see more use than simply sitting in the shop as I love being able to both be organized and still have the ability to grab and go with job or material specific boxes. The boxes also travel well and keep things sorted on the move better than much else I’ve found/used.
@@DynamicSeq I’m glad you said it….I thought I was just way out of touch! $105 for 1 is …I’m sorry to say….ridiculous. A set of 5 for $105…I’d consider it
@@libertarian1637 Mine just sit neatly in the shop..I don't think i have ever broken one...But I friking hate the sticker...
@@DynamicSeq: I’m with you with the sticker hate; I mean what glue do they use because they are damn near impossible to remove. I’ve tried plastic razor blades and alcohol, nothing seems to do a decent job. Stanley stickers peeled right off but their boxes just didn’t hold up.
I built a rolling cart that my drill press sits on and that holds a number of containers in it which I grab and go with as I need.
I see signs of Adam's Mythbuster days being a little over 100% for the camera...and I fracking love it!
A nice addition for the top, or the bottom of ones without wheels, would be stacking caps and nesting targets.This seems incredibly important for Adam's shop where they'll surely got 3 high.
Ive never been so excited to click on a video in my life
"Because I like it that way."
A+ cinematography.
Just bought 2! I'm stoked!
I think this is a great place to note that if you spray your dry wood with water before gluing it creates a stronger bond
fun insight to see how you tackle this problem. I've made similar sorter racks. I built both sides with guides as a single piece first (with both sides as part of a single sheet of ply), then separated the the sides with a vertical cut through the ply and the guides. This assures symmetric spacing and reduces the number of times you have to measure the gaps. Any time I can reduce the times I have to measure stuff the better.
Awesome product, Adam - and in my favorite color! I think painting the box a shiny medium grey would go with the 'Too Hot To Handle Orange'.
Thats WILD! It looks amazing. Congratulations.
Congratulations on the deal. I love seeing one day organising builds.
Systainer bame out with their version a couple years ago. I ended up buying four at their promo price for screws and oft used hardware. They lock into each other and I made a couple mobile bases for the sorter/tool boxes. Getting to the box you want is a bit annoying, but being able to roll your entire tool stack and fasteners to where you need it is a huge plus.
Very nice, but the price on these is absolutely nuts!
I watch you all the time and I'm always learning something new, I don't have a workshop and barely own any tools, but I do enjoy building things any chance I get...anyway, today I was watching and saw you sticking out your tongue(as you always do when your deep in concentration lol)and it inspired a poem out of me, so for you Mr. Savage. I hope you enjoy it! :)
Oh, also..you inspired this poem,, but it's actually about me and my thoughts on making things
-THE MAKER-
I want to make things yes I want to build
I'll increase my talent and enhance my skill.
As of now I know little, but for knowledge I yearn
I'll suffer all stresses as I'm trying to learn.
I'll stick out my tongue and I'll bite my lip
while being sure on my tool, I have a tight grip
I'll saw and I'll cut and I'll grind and I'll sand.
I'll be the best builder in all of the land.
Paper and cardboard and metal and wood
Plastics Apoxys and resins are good.
Whatever medium is fit for the job
Should that be a hinge a lever or knob?
Should that spin around or raise up or bend?
I guess we'll find out when this project ends.
I'll drill and screw. Or nail
and staple
I'll do what it takes. I'm sure that I'm able.
And if I'm not, I'll learn as I make
Through my successes and of course my mistakes.
I'll scratch my forehead and I'll pull out my hair
I'll hope for the lord to answer my prayer
Oh please god help me to figure this out
While I sulk and I cry and I yell and I shout.
Oh there it is I knew it was wrong
I was putting it in backwards all along.
You see what I mean? you live and you learn
Through your cuts and your scratches and bruises and burns.
Okay the best builder I may not be
But the joy is unending building gives to me.
And maybe like me, you'll see one day
The pleasure you'll have for the things that you make!!
I just love the Sortimo organizers, but they always seemed so expensive. I first fell in love with the Sortimo boxes when I saw Adam's a few years ago, but I just couldn't justify the cost. I kept going back to them and could never pull the trigger. After much research in trying to locate a more affordable alternative that was also not flimsy, I came to the conclusion that I would need to bite the bullet and purchase some Sortimo organizers (that's two gun references now--hmmm...). Fortunately, I soon realized that I could get 20% off if I bought 5 of the Savage Sortimo boxes--SOLD! Skipping ahead a week, I received my first set of T-BOXXes and could not be happier with them. They are SUCH good quality and worth every penny! The clarity of the clear cover is unmatched. The sturdy and grippy handles put the cheap alternatives to shame. The latches are actually robust. Lastly, the overall construction is much more substantial and much better quality. I can't believe I've gone so long without them. Comparing them to the cheap alternatives reaffirms why the Sortimo boxes are worth it. The only change in the Sortimo boxes that I'd like to see would be the addition of more dividers in each box. I quickly ran out and now need to buy a bunch more. Adam, last night, I started my own "Logjam" sort-fest and am loving it! Thank you.
This is exactly what I have been looking for!
Great seeing Adam so Stoked ~Smile oN
I love them. I bought one, but may it sure was a difficult choice. My Husky bins to the exact same thing and only cost $20.
I love how the vibration from the table saw is causing the storage drawers to slowly creep open. (4:25, on the left, under the gold orb. Easiest to see each time the shot cuts.)
the price on those things are insane! at work and home, i started buying the husky double sided compartment organizers and theyre insanely good for the 12 bucks or whatever. they dont ever migrate even with the tiniest nuts and they have the real only deal breaker feature for me: theres no way to tote it without keeping everything in place because the lid is part of the handle so even if you forget or better yet break all of the latches itll still work
was excited and then saw the price....just going to get a few more milwaukee packout boxes and 3d print my inserts.
Congratulations on the collaboration! I'm looking forward to organizing my workspace with these.
Yea, I also am a happy T-Box user. I own 6 of them for sorting my electronic components. They are great, but also a bit pricy.
They also have a rail on their side that is intended to rest on runners. It has a "nose" that would fit into an indentation on a runner, so you can have e.g. racks on rolls or in a service car without risking the boxes to glide out of them.
Edit: You mentioned the nobs on the runners Sortimo has on the racks they sell, but that is not what i am talking about. just have a look on the sides of the boxes.
Unsure if it was suggested yet, but the sides being manufactured around the 10 minute mark could be assembled as one big piece and then cut down the middle guaranteeing alignment.
Sign it! - I was so happy to hear you say that.
jack of all trades. Really admire the guy.
Wow, $5300 in sorter boxes. This man is on an entirely different economic level than us poor makers. Those boxes may as well have a Snap-On sticker on them.
Yeah, they're insanely expensive. Obviously, they are a fair bit cheaper here in Germany, but one of the many awesome things about Sortimo is that they offer replacement parts for everything. Replacement handles, latches, hinges etc. So if you invest in them, you'll be set for life.
You didn't pick up on that at the "I'm using my cheapest nail gun" and pulls out a cordless Milwaukee 😂😂😂
I love it a simple solution that can't really be improved hence it will last for as long as people need to sort and store stuff
Wow. Those look awesome! I'm working on getting my random hardware collection sorted right now and those would be absolutely perfect... Of course a set of 5 plus the wood for the rack would be the entirety of my yearly project budget, soooooo....
Yeah $525 without the rack……whoooosh
I made my own wooden cases that hold a bunch of small plastic jewelry/craft boxes (that I buy for $12-$30 for 48 of depending on size). And I have a cabinet/shelving unit to hold 15 of these cases. The best part is that each of these craft boxes has their own lid so dropping an open case of these isn't the catastrophic occasion that Adam demonstrates on his channel so frequently. I posted a link to a handful of images of this build but the settings on this channel delete all comments with links in them.
will you guys be making another run of these boxes? I hope so
Was looking around for storage ideas since trying to organize my garage and stumbled upon this. This is a great idea. Nice build. Will have to try to build one of these when i get situated enough in my house i recently moved into. Thanks for sharing.
$105 per box? I thought my packout boxes were expensive lol. Happy to see you name on a brand you love Adam. Keep up the great work!
Even the caster are orange! Very cool!
Have you checked our Zach Freedman's 3D printed gridfinity system for quick modular work?
I recently invested in 10 sortimos and built something quite similar. Though I used aluminum angle for the rails and bent up the front corners to hold the in. It was the first biggish project since things calmed down after the lockdown
My ocd was very satisfied to see orange casters to match the new sortimo boxes.
For the price of a few of these just buy a 3D printer. ALCH has a great system very similar to these. I’ve printed so many and integrated into drawers. He also has plywood box designs that are great.
Yep, Alexandre's box are pretty cool but you would need to create the whole encasement as well.
There is UA-cam guy that shows you how to do it.
@@refactorear His plans include multiple options for cases and cabinets ✌🏻
Jer Schmidt also has a cabinet/box system that he made himself that would work quite nicely.
Gridfinity by @zackfreedman is all you'll ever need.
If i could be so bold as to make a suggestion. Use a plywood spacer for installing the runners. Gluing them in starting from the bottom one. Glue it in, then place the spacer on top followed by the next runner, progressing on up to the top. That way you don't have to measure anything and they come out perfect.
As a Dutchie i aprove youre love of the color orange. :)
😂 He doesn’t look different at all, even his T-shirt looks the same. Perfect timing was getting ready to build this for my stanley sorters.
love your glue bottle and the sortamos
I really like this design, 5 per box. When I make mine, I'm going to add some kind of retainer on the front so I can take them from the shop, and put them in my truck. Some simple device to keep them from sliding out. Maybe a retaining plywood bar that pivots out of the way. Thanks for sharing.
You are awesome. I might never build the cabinet or buy the boxes, even though Germany is a 2h away from me. But you manage to make me smile many times, with your video's.
i love the color too, its like the orange dieter rams used to use
Just a few thoughts on improving the processes when making future ones… leave the side panels and rails as double length for assembly (using pre-made spacer) then cut in half on the table saw for each half
Adam you may want to check out antique dental drawers. You may like those for storage of tiny items that you don't need to pull the drawer out and take it with you. I use mine on the daily and love it
If I paid $105 plus shipping I couldn’t afford to buy anything to go in them! Come on Adam, make something that the mere mortal could afford.
Stick a block on the underside of the brad feed so the gun fires at 90 degrees when sitting on it and the tip.
No more careless blow outs!!
And you can still fire at an angle 3 other directions so it doesn't limit you at all.
It's a revolution for those who haven't done it!
I live in Germany and I have Sortimo everywhere in my shop - I freaking love them and would never use something else, and I am really hyped to see you collab with them - but boy, 105 bucks is...extremely pricey, not gonna lie, as much as I love one from you, I will continue getting them directly from Sortimo :) but now theres an itch to have at least one of yours...
Everything Sortimo makes is ridiculously expensive in the US. Even the bare standard dark grey T-Boxx with dividers is almost $85. Good luck finding any other colours too. With L-Boxx, it's either Dark grey direct from Sortimo online, Bosch blue or maybe you can find something from a tool importer for $150.
@@iamjohnmc that is insane. I am fine with the dark grey / black ones I get here in Germany from Sortimo directly, but those are usually around 50 bucks per piece. Still steep tbh but worth it imho.
@@iamjohnmc As Julian wrote, he lives in Germany - so do I. While it may well be that in the US it is extremely expensive, the G Box is also only around $83, doesn't make it any better for someone like @Julian or myself. For us, the T-Boxx is around 70€, imagine having to pay 105$ and then shipping and toll, that is a hefty hefty hefty price. I really would love to have one and I am not one that shies away from a huge price tag per se, but I cannot, in good conscience, justify paying around 215€ overall when I can get 3 for the same price but not branded.
@@GroovingDrums I'm not trying to justify the high price, just letting you know how it is to purchase Sortimo products in the US. Maybe something can be worked out to make it cheaper for it to be shipped direct to users in Germany and other parts of Europe for cheaper, but that's way beyond me. I'm just another end user who happens to live in the US (and pay stupid prices for high quality German storage).
@@iamjohnmc well, for the T-Boxx, you actually don't pay that much stupid prices as it is 80$ to 70€, that's not that much of a difference
So excited for this.
I would argue that for this kind of build narrow crown staples would have been 'optimal' for the box frame, but that's at best an optimization, not a dealbreaker; glue and brads will be plenty for most applications and having a brad nailer is arguably more common than a narrow crown stapler.
Go team orange 🧡 my boat is orange & I paint everything I make orange, it's the color of positivity🍊
It is very inspiring to see your solutions to everyday challenges. Have a nice day Per Hedegaard Denmark.
Bit of a Tim the Tool Man Taylor grunt at the end there 😂
You and me both, Adam. Orange is also my favorite color.
I was looking at item organizers last night, happy to see this in my sub-box, may pick up a couple sortimo's!
Once the wheels were on, it reminded me of a roady case. Put some of that carpet stuff on the outside, and voila! Roady case with parts storage FTW!
Pure gold editing!
Good build, and it looks easy enough even for me. (I'm not a woodworker, more of a sawdust generator.) They kind of remind me of Thomas Jefferson's book boxes. He had three different sizes, and they stacked on top of each other to form bookcases. For transport, he just un-stacked them and nailed covers on the front. Great minds think on the same frequency!
They make very good tackle boxes too
I've been meaning to do something like this (inspired by a previous build) this'll finally be the push I needed. Thanks!
I seen you added wheels which could lead to them slipping out. Instead of adding bumpers to secure them in place you could add a velcro strap down the front to hold them in place and it would be easy to remove. You could even put the strap through the handles for extra support. We use a velcro netting to secure our hoses on our rigs at the fire department. Just a suggestion to keep them secure while wheeling them around.
I've been thinking of building something similar except making them the height of my bench and putting them underneath. Cheers for the inspiration Adam.
Just last week I was thinking I need more Sortimo boxes.
WELL. This is fantastic news for me! AND they're ginger like me 😁
This freaking figures!!!😠 After one of the first videos here about these boxes, I attempted to source and price them. It was such a PITA that I finally gave up and settled for a crap-ton of Milwaukee Packout boxes. Damn it!!!
Dang it. Only 5 months later and not for sale. I liked the orange
A fun one! It's always great to see Adam work so confidently and freely. I might be able to make that particular box (sort of), but when it came to gluing and tacking, I'd use up all the bar clamps in the shop and then go buy more before I drove a single brad! And congrats on the Sortimo deal!
BOOM BOUGHT ONE!!!
Thanks again for another great 1 day build. You have inspired me to do great things as a model maker and to organise my work shop 😊
OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS? EACH?????
I've heard of the influencer tax but holy wow that is outrageous.
I want one but the price is hard to justify
Very nice storage system
10:23 resisting the urge to taste the forbidden mayonnaise
This is my dream small parts organizer. I thought I found my dream box from Stanley (yellow from Home Depot, and in red by Craftsman from Lowes), but it was discontinued after I bought only 1, and it immediately sold out. A popular one is from Harbor Freight, but the lids are too flexible so parts would jump from bin to bin if there was any significant amount of parts in them. I think I would still have them on full shelves do prevent sag from when they are filled and heavy, rather than just side rails, but still...exactly the right design for me. Though, I'd love to see a double-height version (which that "perfect" Stanley/Craftsman box also offered) for larger items, that could fit in the same storage cabinets!