Boohoo! In a moment of machine quilting frenzy, I inadvertently swept my favourite knick-knack container onto the floor, breaking the lid hinge in the process. I’ve purchased a replacement container but it’s just not the same. To demonstrate my point, I bring to you Exhibit One:
In the foreground, you can see my old container, complete with:
- a handy long compartment for marking tools, scissors and pens; and
- another handy compartment big enough to hold spare rotary cutter blades and a container of glass head pins.
At the back is its lesser cousin. All small rectangular compartments and only one “big” compartment that cannot fit scissors, pencils, blades or pins. Woe is me.
Postscript: In case you’re wondering, this is my magic container that I take to workshops with me. Hence the panadol, bandaids and cotton buds…
sion says
Did you try the fishing tackle section at Big W etc? The one here has a good selection of various-sized boxes, some with adjustable compartments. I’m pretty sure I have one of your unsatisfactory replacements, and I decided the tackle boxes were better.
Brenda says
I found the replacement earlier this week. However, today I checked out the multitude of options at Howard’s Storage World. There were boxes with adjustable compartments but they were too big and bulky for my purposes. I’ll keep on looking…
Fabrikat says
Think i’d be attacking it with a stanley knife to remove the offending ‘walls’. Cut down the sides and jiggle the bit back and forwards to make it snap off. Watch out for your fingers. Ten is a good number to keep.
Helen says
Try artbin.com – their superatchel boxes come in various arrangements. Plus how, come your box is for workshop emergencies but doesn’t contain any chocolate… or did you already have that emergency?!