Sample book for through-hole/axial components?

[kreyszig]

So far I managed to design a few circuits using only a few components, but as I am starting less trivial projects I need to get lots of basic components. For now I would like to minimize space usage, so I was wondering if it could be a good idea to use some sample book for through-hole/axial components? I saw many SMD component sample books on Ebay, but I am not sure if there are books that could work well with through-hole/axial components. Any idea/suggestion? Basically I am just looking for a space efficient way to deal with hundreds of different components without ending up wasting a lot of time searching for a given component value.

Thanks!

[TimNJ]

How about baseball card/trading card binder sleeves and then get a whole bunch of resistors (and other parts) on cut tape? Then you can label each pocket?

[tszaboo]

What for? Companies, like farnell dont have minimum order quantity, and the few times TH resistors are used, you can just order them and have them next day.

[kreyszig]

What for? Companies, like farnell dont have minimum order quantity, and the few times TH resistors are used, you can just order them and have them next day.

I live in Canada and shipping cost for a few components is prohibitive (shipping cost can easily represent 5-10 times the total cost of the items), unless I order from China, in which case I have to wait for a month...

[senso]

Try Mouser, for Europe anything over 50 or 60€ is free shipping, so, make a project(dont rely on the cart to save things..) and just keep adding everytime you need something, when you are over the threshold, order it, its 3 days from USA to Europe, to Canada might be 1 day..