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On 7/1/2020 1:34 AM, Bob Blick wrote:
> 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 w=
ith 20 to 1000 transistors, one part number per bag, and a big label with p=
art number and a few specs. Saving space this way wastes a lot of time each=
 time I need to find a transistor, half the time I don't even know what I h=
ave. I am thinking about using one or two of those many-drawer things to or=
ganize 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 co=
mplementary 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

I use the multi-drawer parts cabinets with each cabinet labelled with a=20
letter and each drawer labelled with a 3-digit number. For example. A101=20
- A160 in one 60-drawer bin. Then, all parts are listed in a=20
spreadsheet/database containing quantity, part number, supplier part=20
number, supplier name, cost, etc.
This way, I don't have to go to the effort of shifting drawers when I=20
add to new part numbers to inventory, and it is easy to look up a part=20
by whatever characteristic you want.

Richard


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