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I keep as many of mine on reels as possible and 7" reels are the exact size
for DVD racks repurposed and mounted horizontally they clip in same for all
my small parts

Steve

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Subject: [OT] organizing/grouping transistors

To save space, storage for the majority of my home stash of small signal
transistors is a plastic tub. Inside are about 50 or 60 ziploc bags, each
with 20 to 1000 transistors, one part number per bag, and a big label with
part number and a few specs. Saving space this way wastes a lot of time eac=
h
time I need to find a transistor, half the time I don't even know what I
have. I am thinking about using one or two of those many-drawer things to
organize them.

OK, how do I group the drawers? By part number seems wrong. By package is
probably a good start. Then by type(BJT, JFET, MOSFET), maybe. Grouping
complementary types together seems sensible. What next? Usage(RF, switching=
,
linear)? Voltage?

Anyone been through this before and have a system that makes sense? This is
just for my corner of the hobby sphere.

Thanks, Bob
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