Re: Parts Storage

In article <1138240902.630366.175010
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, zwsdotcom@xxxxxxxxx says...
>
> Carl Smith wrote:
> > So I've been looking for an efficient way to store lots of
> > electronic components in my home lab...
>
> What sort of components?

That's a good question. :-) I really need to go through my
stuff and decide what is stuff I am likely to use and store that
at my work bench, what is stuff that I want to keep for
sentimental reasons (like old parts I inherited from my
grandfather) and probably pack those in some boxes and put them
away somewhere, and what is just junk I'll never use.

> For small SMD passives and jellybean SOT23 transistors I use 1-dram
> sample jars bought off eBay in lots of 100.

I had no idea such a thing existed, but there seem to be a lot
of them in various sizes on eBay.

I don't have a lot of SMD stuff yet, but I am planning on doing
a lot more stuff at home in the future and it will probably be
as much SMD as possible, so I've been thinking about what to do
with all the parts.

It's hard to find things to organize SMT parts because it is
just a big waste of space to put even a hundred 0805 caps in a
normal flip top plastic box with compartments that are 1.5"
cubes. Jameco had a small parts orginizer case for SMDs with
128 small compartments but they want $50 for one.

> (see <http://www.larwe.com/workspace.jpg>).

You should probably flip that bottom shelf over to start
reversing the sag. :-)

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