Reloading storage bin

Try MSC Industrial. I got a bunch there years ago and bought the brackets separately.

I know it’s not the single bin mount but you might be able to cut it to size.

https://www.zoro.com/quantum-storage-systems-48-wall-mount-bin-rail-qru-1w/i/G4111983/

Amazon has a huge variety of parts bins

HARBOR FREIGHT!!!!

Take a piece of flat metal, drill two holes for your bolts. Put 3 or 4 heavy washers under the metal you just drilled to equal thickness of the bin edge and bolt the thing to the frame. Problem solved.

Not terribly hard to make, just something you can hook the tray lip over. Made several to put trays where I thought they were more comfortable to access.

This is all I use, down and dirty, Get err Done!

2" X 1/8" I think I bought this at Lowes.

$1.25 ea at northern. With a wall mount. Guess if you have a plasma you could cut them into individual brackets.



I make my own brackets, when I need them in a particular spot. Can be as easy as flat stock that fits the grove with a spacer behind it so the lip has room in the back and a screw holding the flat strap and spacer.



If you really want the Z in the metal you can buy extruded aluminum Z’s, you could cut 18, 4 inch wide brackets out of a 6 ft stick.



Still would make the brackets more expensive than the bin at $1.61 ea.

For $0.04 more per bin I too would get the Akro from Zoro. My wife has given me the NH bins the last two years for Christmas, haven’t opened either though to see how they compair with the Akro bins.

ericuda said:

Wished I woulda asked before I spent the 11.99 to midway. I have access to a lot of steel and I thought about strapping with a washers to create a lip. That is an awesome deal from northern but I wonder how the bin quality is. I guess for 1.25 though doesn't matter much. I will mount the midway one to my movable stand and cut the 48" channel I got to lengths I desire.

I use zoro as they are 3 day delivery to my door. I haven't had as good of luck with others and the closest harbor freight store is 2 hours away.

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The last bins I got from NH were Akron bins. Haven't bought any in a long time. I use a piece of sheet metal screwed down. All depends on where you need to mount it at.

Lotsa things work for a bracket. I used 3/4" aluminum angle from Homer Depot mounted to the top edge of my bench (Somewhat similar application as Tiger in post 10 above)

I've fondled the smaller bins at HF and Northern Tool. They are a bit thinner material than the Akro bins

I buy the house brand of bins at https://www.globalindustrial.com/ which are identical to the Akro bins but half the cost and they sell them in all the different sizes and colors too.

I once bought the wall mount that is around 3' x 2' and holds 20-30 bins but the price is high and shipping is worse so I made my own wall bracket out of some 1" wide flat stock welded up into a "H" pattern with 3 pieces running vertical and 7 or 8 running horizontal and welded with the top of the horizontal pieces tilted out at the top slightly to hang the bins on. I probably have $30 into it in metal and it is 6' high by 4' wide and has held hundreds of pounds.
in this pic I used round stock because that is what I had but flat would be better and more to weld to.