How do world citizens store their resistors?  Not SMD types. - Page 1
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author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 05:28:32 am
content: HiThe reason I put US in the title is because I live in the US and I am looking for resistor storage solutions I can buy in the US.I would like reasonably priced plastic boxes.thanksEdit: Here is the same topic from 2016https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-do-you-store-your-resistors/msg1053220/#msg1053220

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 05:42:08 am
content: I use the snack size zip lock bags, and a shoe box. I mark values on bags with sharpie.

author: Melt-O-Tronic
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 05:56:43 am
content: I use these. They snap together nicely and the green & pink ones are just the right length for new 1/4 watt through-hole resistors.https://www.adafruit.com/product/433https://www.adafruit.com/product/432

author: xmo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:03:05 am
content: I store them in plastic drawers with a label on each drawer showing the standard value.

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:10:48 am
content: Quote from: xmo on February 08, 2018, 06:03:05 amI want your containers with the "Batwings" on them!

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:33:28 am
content: Quote from: Melt-O-Tronic on February 08, 2018, 05:56:43 amLooking at these are called "component boxes". So searching on Aliexpress (easy to buy from the US) I see this:https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20180207212548&SearchText=component+boxA lot to study

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:34:30 am
content: Quote from: xmo on February 08, 2018, 06:03:05 amHoly crap

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 07:06:14 am
content: Quote from: xmo on February 08, 2018, 06:03:05 amCan you find a M68k within that collection in under 20 seconds?If not, you aren't collecting right.Quote from: blueskull on February 08, 2018, 05:48:59 amI've never heard those things called ammo packs, but now that I look at them they look like something you would load into a machine gun.Maybe we could invent a gun that cuts, bends, and places resistors in a hole within a split second. Would serve about 0 purposes as real pick and place machines are used for anything that requires any sort of speed, but it would be damn cool.

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 07:35:22 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on February 08, 2018, 07:06:14 amThat existed for many years, the through-hole pick and place machine. Probably not too many in use today. The "ammo pack" term is still quite common for through-hole components though.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 09:03:18 am
content: There was another thread on this some time back:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-do-you-store-your-resistors/

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 09:20:22 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on February 08, 2018, 05:28:32 amTitle fail! :p I’m a US citizen, but live in Europe! Foreigners living in USA might have a better answer!

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 11:56:37 am
content: I store them in cases I got from work awhile ago, when they were having a clear out.

author: andtfoot
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 12:15:32 pm
content: Quote from: tpowell1830 on February 08, 2018, 05:42:08 amI do similar, but then use a hole punch above the seal to put them in ring binder books in order of value; makes it pretty easy to find stuff.I only keep about 10 of each value (up to maybe 50 or so) so not sure how it would go for larger collections.

author: MT
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 12:31:34 pm
content: Quote from: ez24 on February 08, 2018, 06:33:28 amhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/1PC-New-15-Slots-Cells-Portable-Jewelry-Tool-Box-Container-Ring-Electronic-Parts-Screw-Beads-Component/32820166282.html?Heey, those transparent boxes i have a bunch of, nice and airtight , i paid 1 euro per box . Tight enough to store 0603 without creeping away. I store some recycled IC's wrapped in alufoil in them to, looking for graphene i a spraycan to improve the box.I have tested this, not good difficult to open lids, not air tight 0603 can fall out, sold here as medicare box for pills.https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DIY-tool-Box-Electronic-plastic-toolbox-powdered-alcohol-Casket-SMD-SMT-screw-component-storage-box/32497849147.html

author: xmo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 02:08:01 pm
content: TwoOfFive wrote: "...Can you find a M68k within that collection in under 20 seconds? ..."---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I believe I could. Or a 6809, or a 6800, or an HC11. I even have an original 8008 I never got around to using.The parts tubes with the Motorola logo are from long ago. Back in the day, Motorola sold the blue parts tube racks to their two-way service shops. The offered packages with a rack which came filled with parts or hardware in the tubes. When you used up the contents of a tube, you re-ordered and got a new tube. You could also buy empties. Later, the tubes they supplied changed and the caps have no logo. Sometimes these show up on ebay.Here is another more inclusive view of my parts and component storage.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 02:15:09 pm
content: This would be an almost ideal solution for me if only they were cheaper.Quote from: Melt-O-Tronic on February 08, 2018, 05:56:43 am

author: elecman14
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 02:22:12 pm
content: If they are ammo packed (still on the strip) around qty. 100 of them will fit per compartment in a plano 3500 "tackle" box. They would fit loose as well if trimmed.

author: alsetalokin4017
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 03:24:38 pm
content: What, me worry?

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 05:51:03 pm
content: Quote from: tautech on February 08, 2018, 09:03:18 amAdded this to my first post. What is new to me is tubes.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 06:03:33 pm
content: Quote from: cdev on February 08, 2018, 02:15:09 pmThese are 70 cents each vs 3.00 each (I do not know which price you are looking at)https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-Pcs-Set-Portable-Electronic-component-Storage-box-IC-parts-box-paster-box-screw-small-object/32840887309.htmlThere are three methods I am going to try. The above box. Small zip lock bags. Tubes

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 09:09:26 pm
content: Quote from: xmo on February 08, 2018, 02:08:01 pmIf you ever feel the need to get rid of the Motorola marked tubes do let me know. I'd like some as would my friend who owns batlabs.com

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2018, 10:30:06 pm
content: From the other post, this is the first thing I am going to try (No.6 coin envelopes)https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-do-you-store-your-resistors/msg1053220/#msg1053220https://smile.amazon.com/Quality-Park-Envelopes-6-Inches-50662/dp/B0012VIB0C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1518126069&sr=8-3&keywords=coin+envelopes+6Heck of a lot of themThese will fit in Dollar Tree's plastic shoe boxes that they sell for $1.00 each. Got 96 of them suckers.https://www.dollartree.com/Essentials-Colorful-Translucent-Plastic-Storage-Boxes-with-Lids/p357592/index.proI got 48 in clear and 48 in assorted colors and in the store you can buy any amount. But they are not always in stock.

author: Melt-O-Tronic
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2018, 03:09:10 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on February 08, 2018, 06:03:33 pmNice find! I may pick up some more on Aliexpress. I got mine from Sparkfun, but they're carrying fewer sizes now.They are calledWen Tai boxes.You don't need a whole lot of them for a basic assortment of resistors either. This is what I keep handy at the bench for breadboarding. It covers most of the E12 values, plus extra boxes for 10K and 330R, which I use a lot.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2018, 03:54:49 am
content: Not a US citizen.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2018, 05:32:52 am
content: QuoteHow do you get the text on the boxes? On the right they are obviously labels, but on the pink/green ones the text has no background.

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2018, 07:40:51 am
content: Quote from: alsetalokin4017 on February 08, 2018, 03:24:38 pmThat's pretty much my setup right now, I find they don't seem to really sell those nice mini drawer systems here. There are some but they are kinda crappy.I saw a few youtube videos of carpenters that made their own modular drawer/box systems with plywood, I want to eventually do that. I will make various jigs and tooling to make them easy to make, and just make a bunch. The nice thing with something custom is you can repeat it. Anything you buy these days, they only make it for so long then you can't find the same kind anymore, so it's hard to have a consistent system.I would use this not just for electronics but pretty much everything. Like screws. I have screws all over the place, and there is pretty much no organization whatsoever. Could inventory them in software too, and have full datasheets. In the box/drawer I would also store a small piece of paper of the most important parts of the datasheet, like voltage/amp/watt rating, of whatever the item is. And the pin out.

author: Melt-O-Tronic
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2018, 02:54:11 pm
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on February 09, 2018, 05:32:52 amBlack-on-clearTZ Tapeand aBrother label printer(a PT-1880 in my case).

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2018, 03:38:04 pm
content: Thanks. Very nice

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2018, 06:41:17 am
content: The folk at NY Resistor would know.https://www.nycresistor.com/

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2018, 04:44:14 pm
content: I prefer the Acro Mills storage cabinets with wide drawers. With dividers, each drawer can hold 3 decades of resistors.

author: Nusa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2018, 06:07:07 pm
content: Test tubes are an option. Something like this, about 10 cents each:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-Pcs-Clear-Plastic-Test-Tube-With-Cap-12x75mm-U-shaped-Bottom-Long-Transparent-Test-Tube/32711420608.htmlYou just have to label them and figure out how you want to store them. Making a tube rack is pretty easy, or you can buy one. Sewing elastic loops into some kind of folder or display board would be an option. Or stick them in a box about the right size to keep the lot of them upright.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2018, 07:23:45 pm
content: Quote from: Nusa on February 10, 2018, 06:07:07 pmYep a rack is the way to go.While looking for one for cartridge reloading I can across this one:https://www.ebay.com/itm/Laboratory-Lab-Plastic-60-Sockets-11mm-Diameter-Test-Tube-Stand-Holder-Blue-/172709423652