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Subject: RE: [motm] staying organized

From: Chris Walcott <cwalcott@...>
Date: 2002-09-16

Do you have a link to the resistor set?

I was thinking about putting together a set of common resistors and caps for backup or for mods. I'd like to just buy a set.

Does anyone have any recomendations for this kind of thing?

- chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhaible [mailto:jhaible@...]
> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 4:48 AM
> To: MOTM List
> Subject: Re: [motm] staying organized
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> 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?
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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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