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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">My store is done in levels: </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Level One and Two are inventoried and this is maintained regularly. Acquisition of parts is usually done to excess, that is, if i need 3 i buy 10. The quantity, description and type are entered into the list and debited when used. This is what makes this storage format work. Levels beyond this are inventoried in memory and fable and are re-discovered about once a year.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Level One is for HOT parts (used all the time), are kept at hand, and has 2 divisions:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">1) queued for a current or next project and all associated in a box (or laying on the bench) to avoid searching. </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">2) general purpose part (res/cap/tran/chip) applicable for any project and reside in ~150 drawers attached to a peg board next to my bench. This peg board has blister pak's on it as well. Resistors/Caps store by magnitude and type. Types never mix no poly's with ceramics or film with carbon. Transistors store by technology (bi-polar/FET/Mos/single/dual) and polarity (pnp/npn, N/P). Regulators by package and polarity.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Level Two is for Warm parts that are envisioned as candidates for projects early on the project wish list. </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">These parts are kept near by but in a filing cabinets. These parts store by association; Gen Op-amps, Special Op-amps, Special Linear, Logic, Micro's, Proms, DACs, ADC, LCDs, etc. Storage is not especially uniform but generally are kept in clear plastic boxes obtained from manufacturers for samples or small quantity purchase, i have some tubes but unless i have 20-100 of them they move to these boxes. Level two also includes EVM's kept in orig. packaging.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Level Three is cold store, replacement parts for things, technology that is cool but not applicable in the near term. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">These part store in boxes, these boxes store in closet shelves and pack away such that getting at them requires moving other stuff (like the glockenspiel, and some keyboard manuals and other stuff that convince my family i am nuts).</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Level Four is Frozen Storage. </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Kept in the garage. This is mostly large form factor parts, sub components (old projects finished/un-finished), part obtained in large quantities, and larger stuff not relevant to components such as E.Pianos, Synthes, computers, terminals, drives etc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">p</FONT>
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