Just a comment here - keep the ICs and transistors in their black foam
(or pink plastic bags) ESD safe holders. Remember that many plastics
can build a static charge. I suggest that you ignore any thoughts
about sticking the components into styrofoam - that does generate static.
As another personal taste note, I find that digging into a cup-like or
box-like container to extract parts is a pain - I line up leaded parts
by value and stick their leads into the edge of corrugated cardboard. A
USPS Priority Mail box cut in half makes 2 good trays for holding the
hardware parts and lots of cut corrugated edges to stick the parts
into. Old time Heathkit builders will recognize this method.
73,
Don W3FPR
David Wilburn wrote:
Yes, plastic organizer boxes did help. In the craft section at
Wal-Mart. Sorted and inventoried parts and put caps, diodes,
resistors in one, and misc hardware in the other. Helped out quite a
bit.
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