On Monday, December 15, 2025 at 11:35:43 AM UTC-5 Instrument Resources of America wrote:
I've also been using these for years. To me, it just did not make any sense to put two or three diodes, transistors, chips, or what have you, into a full size plastic drawer. Way to much wasted space. Then the other issue was, "adding" a NEW previously not stocked part number to the drawers. Much easier to add a NEW item if using the envelopes. Just fill it, label it, and drop it in the correct place. I also buy the envelopes in boxes of 1000 but I pick them up from Ebay. Sometimes I do have to watch for a while to find the exact ones that I want, but about the size that you are using work well. The plastic drawer parts cabinets work well when an entire drawer can be completely filled, or almost so with something. I use all 24 of my Akro Mills style of small parts cabinets to hold nothing but hardware. 0-80 through 3/4 inch. Most are 50-60 drawers each, some smaller. Just about every type of screw, nut, bolt, and washer that one could think of, and they work great for that. For resistors I use the cardboard sleeves that 'five' of the small vacuum tubes used to be shipped and stored in. Those work great for that. Way to many resistors to put in these envelopes. I've included two pics of some of my hardware stash, 0-80 up to 1/4-24. I use a Dymo label maker for the labels. This is a lifetime effort to collect hardware, mostly from salvaging of equipment, or yard sales. My nearest hardware store is eleven miles from my home. Good to have a large stash on hand. I envy your organizational skills - that looks great. Unfortunately, that is not a trait I inherited lol. Thankfully, I have a pretty good memory and can recall the exact pile of junk hiding an item I am searching for with 99% accuracy :-) -- 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/376a00c8-8e62-4159-a9d3-430589f6882dn%40googlegroups.com.
