I kind-of do the same thing, except I sort them into a partitioned
plastic box. Sorting is the second ritual of MOTM. The first is
reading the instructions through. I turn my iron on as I'm sorting,
and the smell let's me know that I am performing the ritual correctly.
Mike
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Pontius <jpont@k...> wrote:
> > i guess i should admit that i have only built the power source.
> > anyways, i am sure i will be cursing paul eventually when i get
lost
> > in a pile of resistors.
>
> FWIW before any assembly I cut small strips of masking tape, label
the
> non-sticky side with the resistor values, and then 'stick' the wire
ends
> of all of the corresponding resistors to the sticky side of the
tape.
> That way I can concentrate on assembly and not on identifying
resistors at
> the same time. (Same for some cap's).
> Jeff