large capacity parts holder

[lokeycmos]

anyone know where i can buy a parts holder similar to the one in the picture with around 200 drawers? the local college was clearing out the electronics lab and i was at the right place at the right time. i got ahold of 40lbs of resistors. tons of resistors. every standard resistor from .5 ohm to double digit Mohms. i need someway of neatly organizing them. TY

 

[ronsimpson]

Hardware store
Walmart

 

[Brevor]

Whats your location?

 

[lokeycmos]

yeah, i realize i can get them at walmart and the hardware store, but nobody has them with ~200 drawers.

 

[lokeycmos]

Whats your location?

minnesota usa

 

[jrz126]

do they even make a single unit with 200 drawers?
Why not get a bunch of smaller ones? I have about 8 different sets in my workshop.

Are the resistors already sorted? My college would end up with a huge box of mixed resistors at the end of every semester. Students wouldn't be bothered to put them back in the right spot. Can't imagine how long it'd take to sort 40lbs of resistors.

 

[lokeycmos]

do they even make a single unit with 200 drawers?
Why not get a bunch of smaller ones? I have about 8 different sets in my workshop.

Are the resistors already sorted? My college would end up with a huge box of mixed resistors at the end of every semester. Students wouldn't be bothered to put them back in the right spot. Can't imagine how long it'd take to sort 40lbs of resistors.

they are sorted for the most part. there is close to 200 manilla envelopes with hundreds of resistors in each.

 

[ronsimpson]

There are 24 standard values per decade. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2...........9.1
I found drawers with 12 per row. With two cabinets I get one decade/row.
Many cabinets have 10/row and it does not work out well. or 8/row. I think 6/row will work.

2 cabinets for standard through hole resistors.
2 cabinets for standard through hole capacitors.
1 for small inductors and one for medium inductors.
4 cabinets for 1% resistors.

 

[ronsimpson]

Home depot.
Some have 2 or 3 sizes of drawer.