Adi Linden wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using more and more surface mounted parts. What are good parts bins
> to keep surface mounted parts in? My platic baggies in a cardboard box
> just don't cut it anymore....

Raaco make some nice storage boxes - I use the A45 boxes as component storage 
boxes. They're fine for SMD and through-hole.

What I do is label the reels/tapes with a fine-tip marker, then sort the parts 
into decades. In other words, the 4.7, 47, 470, 4k7, etc. resistors go in the 
same bin. In addition, I keep them in E12 order, so the 1.0 and 1.1, 3.3 and 
3.6, etc. E24 decades end up in the same compartment.

Photo here: 
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=46043&criteria=N06AC&doy=6m10

Manufacturer's product page, with a slightly better photo:
http://www.raaco.com/raaco/products/popop-prod.asp?web_sort=110&lang=en&cat=35

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