Abstract: A storage device comprising two blocks of different diameter with parallel axes and bases arranged at right angles to the axes. The blocks are set up with an eccentricity with respect to each other, the relative displacement of their axes being equal to half the difference between the diameters of the block bases presented to each other, the smaller diameter block having a possibility of running about the axis of the larger diameter block in both directions, therefore, by such means the billet can be transferred from the larger to the smaller diameter block with a smaller extent and number of bends when compared to the known storage device, thus allowing continuous drawing of tubes by joining and welding the billets end to end.