[sdiy] Trays for through hole resistors?

[Tom Arnold]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 05:45:07PM -0400, Altitude wrote:
> I am on the hunt for parts trays (the hobby type with lid) that are wide
> enough for standard ? watt resistors but the only ones I have found only
> have 5 bins per tray which kind of defeats the purpose.  Anyone have any
> suggestions?  I have hunted high and low at local retail places but nothing
> really works 

I use Akro-Mills 5905's ( available from Amazon and hardware stores like
Orchard supply ).  They have fixed horizontal dividers and movable vertical.
I set them up for 9 divisions.  I then buy my resistors from Mouser, the 1% metal
films, and leave the resistors in their inner bag which I fold closed and
retain with Small Binder Clips.   I can fit 30 or so values in a bin ( 3 to 4
values per divider ).  When I'm stuffing a board I tend to do it starting with
all resistors starting with, say, 1.  I grab that tray and take it to my
bench.  Then 2, etc.

I get resistors elsewhere I just bag them in small ziplocks and store them but
the small ziplock bags tend to self destruct so I much prefer the binder
clips.

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