[sdiy] Ideal way to store IC/Transistors?

[Bob Weigel]

Most of my stock I got from an electronics store here that sold out and 
the place that bought them couldn't make it.  I got a good stock for 
real reasonable and got a bon marche' roto rack to supplement hanging 
the bags.  Plastic zip lock bags with hole punch works fairly well.  I 
have to pull a bunch of bags off to access a bag now and then but boy it 
sure saves a ton of space and gives reasonable access. 
 -Bob

Tom Arnold wrote:

>On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:14:35PM -0400, Jeff Farr wrote:
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>>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?
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>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.
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>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.
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>One huge drawback with plastic drawers, NEVER put loose parts in them cause
>they will fall out one day...
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