Thanks for the replies ,,,,
I am trying to avoid the 10 min delay lookin for a resistor as mine are all in one box and its drivin me crazy
Still not sure what to do yet ,, But cheers for the ideas
Bernie
Hi,
That's why i suggested the baggies. What you do is organize your parts and label each bag, even with a simple number like 001, 002, 003, etc. On the computer you make a file that contains all the bag numbers and what is inside. Here's an example:
Bag 001
Resistor, 100 ohms, 1/4 watt, 5 percent (5)
Resistor, 2.2k, 1/4 watt, 5 percent (10)
Resistor, 10k, 1/2 watt, 1 percent (3)
Bag 002
Transistor, 2N2222A (23)
Bag 003
Capacitor, 0.1uf, 25v (50)
Capacitor, 0.01uf, 50v, (25)
Note the quantity of each part is the last thing in the line and enclosed in parentheses so you know how many of each thing you have left. That means you have a record of inventory too. When you need a part, you look at your file where you keep this list and find the part using a text editor (like Notepad) using the "Find" feature and find the part, then you see what bag it is in. If you keep the bags in larger bags you can log that too and it gets really fast to find a part. When you take out a part you can decrease the quantity by 1 so that when you get low you know it right away and can order some more. Alternately, you can show the quantity you bought AND the quantity you used like so:
Resistor, 1k, 5 percent, (25-3)
which would mean you bought 25 but used 3 already (so of course 22 are left). When you get to something like this:
Resistor, 1k, 5 percent, (25-23)
you know you only have two left so you should probably order some more.
If you use drawers too you can number each drawer, Drawer 001, Drawer 002, etc., and use that in your list to find the part also.