Drill box

 

On the right, my old box for tiny drill bits. It's a plastic container from RS Components, which I saved from the bin in the 1990s. At the time I worked for the Ministy of Agriculture, and can't remember why it came my way. 

It's done valliant service holding my collection of small drill bits. I usually fish around with a dial caliper to find the size I need rather than keeping them in one of those boxes with the non-sliding cover and marked places for each bit. It's easy to end up with loads of those with half the bits missing. For many of the jobs I do, a "near enough" bit will be fine anyway. 

Sadly, the box has worn out. The hinge at the back, only a thinner bit of plastic, has finally given way. Red gaffer tape sort of works, but isn't firm enough to let the vestigal catch on the front do its job. 

Since I really don't want to be picking tiny bits off the workbech, I invested a whole fiver in a tin. Yes, these would have been thrown away, but I needed it now, and it's worth the money not to lose bits. Being metal, it should last - let's face it, it's probably 60 years old already!