Component and Parts Storage

General

Storage is a necessary pain. What do we want from storage?

• Easy to find the parts.
• Easy to setup and maintain.
• Space efficient.
• Reasonable cost.
• Some people want to see the part.
• Safe for the part.

Here we are mostly concerned with small parts which can be a problem no matter how much space you have.

Coin Envelopes

These are small ( but available in a variety of sizes ) brown paper envelops. You can buy them in boxes of hundreds. What is good about them.

Characteristics

• Little wasted space for small parts.
• Easy to write on ( and erase and reuse ).
• Easy to sort.
• Very inexpensive ( 500 for $15 recently on Amazon ).
• Need to store them but see pictures for one way.
• Parts not very visible.
• Best for small parts.
• Unclear on static issues, but can be used with static foam or bags.
• Parts are not physically protected.

Coin Envolopes in a drawer.

Small Drawer Sets

Characteristics

• Fair amount of wasted space. Drawer takes up same space empty or full.
• Nice labels are a bit of a pain.
• Fairly easy to sort.
• Can be expensive, and almost never cheap.
• Parts fairly visible by opening the drawer.
• Unclear on static issues, but can be used with static foam or bags.
• Parts are physically protected.