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Subject: Re: [motm] staying organized

From: "jhaible" <jhaible@...>
Date: 2002-09-15

I'm using these large plastic boxes with many little drawers.

I got most of them from www.conrad.com , because if you buy
the full E12 line of resistors, 100 pieces each value, you get
the box for free. Meanwhile I've bought several complete sets
(running out of resistors all the time), so I have a lot of these
boxes for caps, ICs, transistors etc., too.

JH.


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Von: <vulture.squadron@...>
An: MOTM List <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. September 2002 11:18
Betreff: Re: [motm] staying organized


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rogers t <winky_dinglehoffer@...>
> > Here's what I'm wondering:
> > How does everybody here keep his/her electronic
> > parts--resistors, caps, IC's, etc.--organized?
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> hello all,
> funnily enough i'm still with the plastic bags & little boxes, but with a
> twist, they all live in a gorgeous 1950's metal filing cabinet (each
drawer
> is just over CD sized) - so here's a few tips based on my system:
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> get hold of some nice corrugated card CD boxes (the ones that hold 10
CDs),
> neatly cut them down to form an open carton - this is great for holding
all
> the bags by component type
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> if you buy resistors or stuff on tape, get in the habit of writing the
value
> repeatedly down the length of the tape - you can just store these in an
open
> box
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> get a flat box (like a 4"x5" photographic paper box) line the bottom with
> dense antistatic foam and keep your ICs in there
>
> and of course stuff like photographic film canisters, little plastic
cheese
> tubs, etc etc are great for little things like MTA parts, bolts etc
>
> it works for me
> cheers
> paul b
> sheffield / uk
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