[sdiy] parts storage needed

[harrybissell]

I use $1 "Sterilite" shoeboxes... with appropriate sized pieces of the SAME
conductive foam recommended below, with the same 'finger hole' to lift them
easily.   I don't worry that the plastic box is NOT anti-static because I think
the
foam gives adequate protection.

I use one sheet for opamps, one for memory, one for logic...

I also use the antistatic tubes... if I'm buying ICs in quantity I just leave them

right in the tube. (thats if I buy 25 or more)

My BBDs I keep in the bottom of my wife's birdcage...   I used to use the
litter-box
but we don't have a cat anymore...   (probably BECAUSE of the BBDs in the
litter-box).

H^) harry (now being hunted down by the SPCA :^)

Tom Arnold wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 07:55:32PM -0800, synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com wrote:
> > Questions:
> > --Is static electricity a problem? Should I line this with some kind of
> > conductive surface material?  Maybe just for the CMOS stuff and
> > fet-type-op amps?
> > --Anyone have a better idea?  What do some of you DIY mavens use?
>
> I use boxes that look quite like the ones you have picture from
> AllElectronics, but they have no compartments.  I then get the 12x12 squares
> of actual 3M antistatic black foam, the stuff they swear wont break down and
> get gooie in 10 years, and punch in a layer of ICs.  then a second layer of
> the foam with a little cutout so I can stick in my finger to pull it out,
> and punch in more ICs.
>
> I just store bulk ICs in tubes ( I have two tubes of BL3208's taped toegether
> in a cross to ward off errant Harrys ).
>
> Just a heads up, as I found, Radio Shack didnt splurge for good foam for
> packing their IC's, so if you have any still in the bubble packaging you may
> one to scrape them out and store them some other way...
>
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