'Engineers ' only - I need your help

[RetiredGreyFox]

Yesterday I dropped all my screws on the stairs and I want to get them back in their boxes.
I sat down and after 5 minutes got bored trying to sort them out so what amazing contraptions/devices can you think of to sort the different sizes out more quickly?

 

[Eddie]

I've got a super duper way of doing it that'll only take a minute or two but I'm not an engineer so can't tell you

 

[divuk83]

Have you got any kids? Could be a "Fun" activity for a rainy/snowy day.

Dave

 

[Ayahuasca]

Any competent engineer would want to be paid for that information.

 

[jsmoke]

That will take you all of 5mins. Time it.

 

[builder22]

you need something to alter your state of mind so time passes quicker

 

[Kelt]

A magnetic screwdriver will help.

 

[vertica]

Elaborate 'life-hack' cardboard and hot glue screw ramp sorter?

Won't take more than ten times the time to make it than just sorting them by hand

 

[builder22]

there's people who love sorting out lego....find one

also, take them out the panini machine

 

[Dis86]

Shake the box. Largest will rise to the top.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Put them all in the boxes randomly by just picking a pile up and dumping it in. Then, if you reach for a 1" screw and it's in the correct box then great. If you pick up a 1.5" screw then move it to the 1.5" box and repeat.

Etc..

 

[builder22]

will the wee ones not fall to the bottom

 

[Andrew_McP]

If it'd happened here yesterday I'd have gone outside and thrown them up in the air. They'd have been sorted, by weight, down the road in no time at all; about five hundred yards down the road if I caught a good gust.

Additional bonus is that they'd have equipped passing vehicles with instant snow tyres. Rather flat snow tyres, but who wants fully inflated tyres in these conditions?

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

I've got a super duper way of doing it that'll only take a minute or two but I'm not an engineer so can't tell you

I'll open this to technicians also.

If it'd happened here yesterday I'd have gone outside and thrown them up in the air. They'd have been sorted, by weight, down the road in no time at all; about five hundred yards down the road if I caught a good gust.

I might give this a go, it's still very windy here.

 

[rubberduck]

Thread of the year...

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Real men don’t need a pansy box for storing them separately.

 

[Efour]

Screw that, just sort by hand 10mins.

 

[lookitsjonno]

Real men don’t need a pansy box for storing them separately.

This. My box has about 80 different sized screws and the thought of sorting them has never crossed my mind.

 

[sigma]

Have you heard of hands and fingers? They're amazing things.

 

[Diddums]

Who the hell sorts their screws?