[sdiy] Ideal way to store IC/Transistors?

[Tom Arnold]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:14:35PM -0400, Jeff Farr wrote:
> are there any ways of doing this that are generally considered
> superior?  Right now I'm using multi-drawer plastic cabinets with
> static sensitive components stuck into conductive foam (clearance @
> radioshack!).  I'm wondering about the more expensive stuff (SSM, etc)
> and am considering buying a bunch of little zip lock baggies like some
> dealers use (heh.. double entandra there..) as they fit nicely inside
> the drawers.  Is something like this just much ado about nothing?

I've switched to drawers with little baggies in them ( antistatic if
required ).  I do not use ziplocks as they are too much of a long-run pain,
I use small document clips ( the black springie ones not paperclips ) to keep
the bags closed.  For ICs I keep one-offs in a flat plastic flip-top tray in
foam, for bulk I keep them in IC tubes.  I'm going to make a rack for tubes
out of PVC pipe, but I havent gotten around to it yet.

One system that I've seen that worked well was hanging folders.  Get the
accordian folders with sides, drop baggies of parts in them.  I didnt do
that cause I'm a small-plastic-drawer sorta guy.

One huge drawback with plastic drawers, NEVER put loose parts in them cause
they will fall out one day...



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