Another option:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4580
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4727

-Pete

On Nov 21, 2008, at 1:15 PM, PAUL James wrote:

>
> Artie,
>
> Go to Wal-Mart or your local photo shop and see if you can pick up  
> some
> 35mm film containers.
> Most of these are sort of a dark gray or black color with either a  
> white
> or gray top.
> I have used these to house many SMT components over the years, and  
> still
> have a number of them in my lab.
> The last time I got any was earlier this year.  Imy daughter worked at
> Wal-Mart for a while late last year
> and earlier this year, so I had her ask the people in the photo  
> dept. to
> save them for me.  They did.
> I have probably gotten about 100 or so over the last 12-14 months.   
> And
> they were free.
> Give it a shot.
>
> If you can';t get any of them, you could always try Wal-Mart for  
> divided
> plastic boxes.  They're in the crafts
> Section, and usually have 12-20 small compartments.  They're being  
> sold
> as a Bead Storage Box, but they work
> Well for things other than beads.
>
> I believe Fry's also has boxes of this type.
> 	
> Regards,
>
> 	
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On  
> Behalf
> Of Artie Jones
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:04 PM
> To: piclist@mit.edu
> Subject: [OT]storage of bulk smt components?
>
> 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
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