Suggest looking at Akromills manufacturer, some of the dealers are: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/category.asp?catalog_name=USPlastic&category_name=25398&Page=1&gclid=CKq46fqXh5cCFSCysgod0Hq4-A&cookie_test=1 and www.graingers.com The later has huge warehouses located all over the USA and like you would receive next day. Artie Jones wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been given a tremendous quantity of surface mount components, left > over from a commercial operation. There are anywhere from 100 to 1000 of > each value, although there are some sandwich sized ziplock bags that are > nearly full!!!!!!! They are all resistors and capacitors, so static is not > an issue. There are 4 boxes of these parts, the vast majority are 0805 and > 0603 size. The shipping weight oft he boxes was around 30 pounds each, there > are 3 boxes! And the components are bulk packed, not on reels so there are > literally millions of parts. > > They are sealed in ziplock bags of various sizes, but I need some way to > store them in smaller quantities, perhaps 100 or so parts for each value. > The problem is I can't find the value I need easily!!!! I need something a > like a container or plastic box with small compartments, so I can pull some > of each value and put them in the compartments so I can keep it in the > workshop and not have to struggle to find the values I need when I need > them. > > Can anyone suggest inexpensive containers that might be suitable for this > purpose??? Storage containers should be inexpensive. > > Any ideas?? > > Thanks, > > T > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist