That's essentially what I use, and a dymo or brother labeler, except for the big ones, and they stay in boxes on a shelf with the contents written on them in sharpie on all sides.
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 4:51:28 PM UTC-4 Terry Bowman wrote: > This is a "how do you guys do it?" question... > > I need a way to organize and safely store the odds and ends of tubes that > I have. Nixies, Dekatrons, bargraphs, Magic Eyes etc. as well as a lot of > the weird things from the WWII era. > > Half of this stuff is loose except for some bubble wrap. Most of the > Soviet surplus items are still in the box sent from Ukraine, all different > shapes and sizes. It makes finding a particular tube a real hassle and > handling a box like this can lead to disaster. > > Then there's cabinets. You can't find anything decent anymore. Everything > is overpriced flimsy crap. The drawers all fall out if you tip it 30°. > Standing cabinets are only four feet high and can't take more than five > pounds of stuff on top. > > I did manage to find this: > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2UOCO > > > From the video it appears that at least the drawers don't slide all of the > way out. > > > I also need boxes for my bubble lights and bubble tubes. If I had a a 18 x > 26 laser cutter I'd make custom boxes and inserts out of heavy C1S stock > but I don't have a place to set one up. Can't afford one that size right > now, anyway. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com > > Edward R. Murrow: “Who owns the patent on this vaccine?” > Dr. Jonas Salk: “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could > you patent the sun?”—*See It Now*, 12 April 1955 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/914a2fb9-a7f3-4811-a4e4-060ce4750ec5n%40googlegroups.com.
