One item I like for storing small items is the plastic 35mm film containers.
Preferably the clear(ish) ones that Fuji supply. Ideal for things like nuts
and bolts, but OK for SMT passives. Do not know how well they go for static
electricity, but would be OK if the components are in a antistatic bag
inside the container.

I like the idea of mounting the lids on a length of wood with a screw
through the centre, and then clipping the "body" containing the components
onto it. Each stick contains a specific family of parts (a decade of SMT
resistors for example). Keeps similar items together, and in a large enough
chunk to be easily handled without lots of tiny items floating around.

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