Yes I do know the feeling about how impossible a huge project may seem,
and probably is. But if I could encourage you to first of all develop a
plan to tackle it, start perhaps in one corner, and if possible keep
working at it a certain amount each day. I found the following to be
quite helpful for myself, "How do you eat an
elephant?"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------One
bite at a time.!!!!
Good luck with whatever you attempt to do.
Ira.
On 12/15/2025 9:27 AM, Nick Andrews wrote:
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 :-)
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