Yep ..... at $17 for a case of 500 this looks like the winner! If you could find an old library card catalog system to store all the envelopes that would be icing on the cake .... <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Chris Callie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:reddog176@gmail.com">reddog176@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">At the electronics shop I work at, we have our resistors and other small parts sorted in 3" x 4 1/2" envelopes (<a href="http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-14719/Paper-Office-Envelopes/3-x-4-1-2-Kraft-Coin-Envelopes" target="_blank">http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-14719/Paper-Office-Envelopes/3-x-4-1-2-Kraft-Coin-Envelopes</a>) with a label with all pertinent information on the front. <div>
In order of value, in cardboard storage bins, (<a href="http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/?model=S-16267" target="_blank">http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/?model=S-16267</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>This method has worked quite well for the last 10 years or so.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Mark Fosbenner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cadmandu@enter.net" target="_blank">cadmandu@enter.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Try looking in a drug store for multi-day pill
organizers. Some of them have detachable inserts that can be removed from the
main tray for individual days. Each day may have multiple compartments. My Dad's
pill organizer has Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Bedtime compartments for each
day for an entire week. If your leads aren't too long (ie.: recycled parts) this
should be able to store plenty of them in a compact space.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Mark </font></div>
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a title="makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com" href="mailto:makelehighvalley@makelehighvalley.com" target="_blank">Build things for fun!</a>
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MakeLV] Resistors, bane of
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<div><br></div>On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Josiah Ritchie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josiah@josiahritchie.com" target="_blank">josiah@josiahritchie.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">The
Multimeter is my best friend in these situations. I just wish I<br>had one
that didn't mean switching the range as that gets old after<br>45mins.
:-)<br></blockquote>
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<div>That's <b>exactly</b> why I'm giving up on the multimeter approach for
unsorted resistors. For a bunch that are all the same value, sure. But with
the cost for a single resistor less than 1¢, it's hard to justify 30 seconds
of futzing around.</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">Red
and brown are the hardest resistor colors to distinguish for
me,<br>especially on small resistors.<br></blockquote>
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<div>Same here. Green gives me problems too. And purple vs. blue is bad,
because I'm not seeing the red part of the purple that makes it look different
from blue.</div>
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<div>Looks like I just need to find some nice containers for my resistors, and
never let them get messy.</div>
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<div> -scott</div></div>
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