Hahaha, for those of us with several decades of collecting, organization after the fact is a nice dream but all too impossible...
On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM Instrument Resources of America < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes, organizational skills, TIME, and 'LOTS' of patience!! LOL > > Ira. > > > On 12/15/2025 8:48 AM, Tom Katt wrote: > > > > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/376a00c8-8e62-4159-a9d3-430589f6882dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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/db4037ea-0836-4cb2-be09-8d32a09b81a7%40HUGHES.NET > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/db4037ea-0836-4cb2-be09-8d32a09b81a7%40HUGHES.NET?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJD4P-jcbojrQk2Q%2BWeDg6hSc%3DPJ6rCsWFZ%3DN1r_xAQQ9n7UeQ%40mail.gmail.com.
