Try searching for a drawing cabinet, 2nd hand perhaps... Those tend to be excellent quality.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 9:51 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> 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/2D234DB3-CD0C-41F7-A466-23FCC1B90B6E%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2D234DB3-CD0C-41F7-A466-23FCC1B90B6E%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Vriendelijke groeten, Frank Bemelman Frank Techniek Vennestraat 11X 2161LE Lisse Telefoon +31 252 769 178 -- 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/CAEhU539v8C%3DefByMim%3DWiZq0xnHVKEGSrf7X0o-WkOkU5wHRyQ%40mail.gmail.com.
