Hey folks - I am slowly accumulating more and more components. I am working my way through Charles Platt's second book: Make: More Electronics and now have many more IC's I need to find a good way to store. I was using his suggestion from the first book using very sturdy, albeit small, mini-storage boxes like these:
I have filled the 7 or 8 I have like this but have been unable to find any more of the same type.
In the second book he recommends small circular containers within a larger plastic box like this:
which looks similar but better than the storage boxes I have like these:
In these the parts tend to slip from one bin to another. But the price for that box of circular containers is too expensive for me.
What are your suggestions for storing components? I tried to scour the pictures in John Wiltrout's blog of shop tips articles to see how he stores things but I can't really tell how he does it. Mostly I am looking for IC's, resistors and capacitors at this point. I like the idea in this instructables ( https://www.instructables.com/4-DIY-Electronic-Parts-Storage/ )as I have hundreds of similar lidded containers (plastic dog food containers) that I have saved over the years but think they would be too big to store individual components (roughly 9cm x 12cm x 5cm). Should I worry about ESD with a method like this as one of the commenters noted?
Thanks for any ideas!
Robert Opalko
As I have said the Acro Mills Blue Cases are the best and can be found on eBay. or sometimes at the local Goodwill. I have 8 or 10 of these but they are in the 5 x 10 configuration.