How do world citizens store their resistors? Not SMD types.

[ez24]

Hi

The reason I put US in the title is because I live in the US and I am looking for resistor storage solutions I can buy in the US.

I would like reasonably priced plastic boxes.

thanks

Edit:  Here is the same topic from 2016
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-do-you-store-your-resistors/msg1053220/#msg1053220

[tpowell1830]

I use the snack size zip lock bags, and a shoe box. I mark values on bags with sharpie.

[Melt-O-Tronic]

I use these.  They snap together nicely and the green & pink ones are just the right length for new 1/4 watt through-hole resistors.

 

https://www.adafruit.com/product/433

https://www.adafruit.com/product/432

[xmo]

I store them in plastic drawers with a label on each drawer showing the standard value.

[TheSteve]

I store them in plastic drawers with a label on each drawer showing the standard value.

I want your containers with the "Batwings" on them!

[ez24]

I use these.  They snap together nicely and the green & pink ones are just the right length for new 1/4 watt through-hole resistors.

Looking at these are called "component boxes".  So searching on Aliexpress (easy to buy from the US) I see this:

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20180207212548&SearchText=component+box

A lot to study 

[ez24]

I store them in plastic drawers with a label on each drawer showing the standard value.

Holy crap 

[Ampera]

I store them in plastic drawers with a label on each drawer showing the standard value.

Can you find a M68k within that collection in under 20 seconds?

If not, you aren't collecting right. 

Since they are so cheap, in China we just buy them in full ammo packs, and use the original paper box to store them.

I've never heard those things called ammo packs, but now that I look at them they look like something you would load into a machine gun.

Maybe we could invent a gun that cuts, bends, and places resistors in a hole within a split second. Would serve about 0 purposes as real pick and place machines are used for anything that requires any sort of speed, but it would be damn cool.

[TheSteve]

I store them in plastic drawers with a label on each drawer showing the standard value.

Can you find a M68k within that collection in under 20 seconds?

If not, you aren't collecting right. 

Since they are so cheap, in China we just buy them in full ammo packs, and use the original paper box to store them.

I've never heard those things called ammo packs, but now that I look at them they look like something you would load into a machine gun.

Maybe we could invent a gun that cuts, bends, and places resistors in a hole within a split second. Would serve about 0 purposes as real pick and place machines are used for anything that requires any sort of speed, but it would be damn cool.

That existed for many years, the through-hole pick and place machine. Probably not too many in use today. The "ammo pack" term is still quite common for through-hole components though.

[tautech]

There was another thread on this some time back:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-do-you-store-your-resistors/

[tooki]

Hi

The reason I put US in the title is because I live in the US and I am looking for resistor storage solutions I can buy in the US.

I would like reasonably priced plastic boxes.

thanks

Title fail! :p I’m a US citizen, but live in Europe!  Foreigners living in USA might have a better answer!

[Zero999]

I store them in cases I got from work awhile ago, when they were having a clear out.

[andtfoot]

I use the snack size zip lock bags, and a shoe box. I mark values on bags with sharpie.

I do similar, but then use a hole punch above the seal to put them in ring binder books in order of value; makes it pretty easy to find stuff.
I only keep about 10 of each value (up to maybe 50 or so) so not sure how it would go for larger collections.

[MT]

I use these.  They snap together nicely and the green & pink ones are just the right length for new 1/4 watt through-hole resistors.

Looking at these are called "component boxes".  So searching on Aliexpress (easy to buy from the US) I see this:

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20180207212548&SearchText=component+box

A lot to study 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1PC-New-15-Slots-Cells-Portable-Jewelry-Tool-Box-Container-Ring-Electronic-Parts-Screw-Beads-Component/32820166282.html?

Heey, those transparent boxes i have a bunch of, nice and airtight , i paid 1 euro per box . Tight enough to store 0603 without creeping away. I store some recycled IC's wrapped in alufoil in them to, looking for graphene i a spraycan to improve the box.

I have tested this, not good difficult to open lids, not air tight 0603 can fall out, sold here as medicare box for pills.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/DIY-tool-Box-Electronic-plastic-toolbox-powdered-alcohol-Casket-SMD-SMT-screw-component-storage-box/32497849147.html

[xmo]

TwoOfFive wrote: "...Can you find a M68k within that collection in under 20 seconds? ..."
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I believe I could.  Or a 6809, or a 6800, or an HC11.  I even have an original 8008 I never got around to using.

The parts tubes with the Motorola logo are from long ago.  Back in the day, Motorola sold the blue parts tube racks to their two-way service shops.  The offered packages with a rack which came filled with parts or hardware in the tubes.  When you used up the contents of a tube, you re-ordered and got a new tube.  You could also buy empties.  Later, the tubes they supplied changed and the caps have no logo.  Sometimes these show up on ebay.

Here is another more inclusive view of my parts and component storage. 

[cdev]

This would be an almost ideal solution for me if only they were cheaper.

I use these.  They snap together nicely and the green & pink ones are just the right length for new 1/4 watt through-hole resistors.

 

https://www.adafruit.com/product/433

https://www.adafruit.com/product/432

[elecman14]

If they are ammo packed (still on the strip) around qty. 100 of them will fit per compartment in a plano 3500 "tackle" box. They would fit loose as well if trimmed.

[alsetalokin4017]

What, me worry?
 

[ez24]

There was another thread on this some time back:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-do-you-store-your-resistors/

Added this to my first post.  What is new to me is tubes.
 

[ez24]

This would be an almost ideal solution for me if only they were cheaper.

These are 70 cents each  vs 3.00 each (I do not know which price you are looking at)

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-Pcs-Set-Portable-Electronic-component-Storage-box-IC-parts-box-paster-box-screw-small-object/32840887309.html


There are three methods I am going to try.  The above box.  Small zip lock bags.  Tubes

 

[TheSteve]

TwoOfFive wrote: "...Can you find a M68k within that collection in under 20 seconds? ..."
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I believe I could.  Or a 6809, or a 6800, or an HC11.  I even have an original 8008 I never got around to using.

The parts tubes with the Motorola logo are from long ago.  Back in the day, Motorola sold the blue parts tube racks to their two-way service shops.  The offered packages with a rack which came filled with parts or hardware in the tubes.  When you used up the contents of a tube, you re-ordered and got a new tube.  You could also buy empties.  Later, the tubes they supplied changed and the caps have no logo.  Sometimes these show up on ebay.

Here is another more inclusive view of my parts and component storage.

If you ever feel the need to get rid of the Motorola marked tubes do let me know. I'd like some as would my friend who owns batlabs.com

[ez24]

From the other post, this is the first thing I am going to try (No.6 coin envelopes)

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/how-do-you-store-your-resistors/msg1053220/#msg1053220

https://smile.amazon.com/Quality-Park-Envelopes-6-Inches-50662/dp/B0012VIB0C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1518126069&sr=8-3&keywords=coin+envelopes+6

Heck of a lot of them 

These will fit in Dollar Tree's plastic shoe boxes that they sell for $1.00 each.  Got 96 of them suckers.
https://www.dollartree.com/Essentials-Colorful-Translucent-Plastic-Storage-Boxes-with-Lids/p357592/index.pro

I got 48 in clear and 48 in assorted colors and in the store you can buy any amount.  But they are not always in stock.

[Melt-O-Tronic]

This would be an almost ideal solution for me if only they were cheaper.

These are 70 cents each  vs 3.00 each (I do not know which price you are looking at)

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-Pcs-Set-Portable-Electronic-component-Storage-box-IC-parts-box-paster-box-screw-small-object/32840887309.html


There are three methods I am going to try.  The above box.  Small zip lock bags.  Tubes

 

Nice find!  I may pick up some more on Aliexpress.  I got mine from Sparkfun, but they're carrying fewer sizes now.

They are called Wen Tai boxes.

You don't need a whole lot of them for a basic assortment of resistors either.  This is what I keep handy at the bench for breadboarding.  It covers most of the E12 values, plus extra boxes for 10K and 330R, which I use a lot.

[BradC]

Not a US citizen.

[PlainName]

This is what I keep handy at the bench for breadboarding

How do you get the text on the boxes? On the right they are obviously labels, but on the pink/green ones the text has no background.

[Red Squirrel]

What, me worry?
 

That's pretty much my setup right now, I find they don't seem to really sell those nice mini drawer systems here.  There are some but they are kinda crappy.

I saw a few youtube videos of carpenters that made their own modular drawer/box systems with plywood, I want to eventually do that.  I will make various jigs and tooling to make them easy to make, and just make a bunch.  The nice thing with something custom is you can repeat it.  Anything you buy these days, they only make it for so long then you can't find the same kind anymore, so it's hard to have a consistent system. 

I would use this not just for electronics but pretty much everything.  Like screws.  I have screws all over the place, and there is pretty much no organization whatsoever.   Could inventory them in software too, and have full datasheets.  In the box/drawer I would also store a small piece of paper of the most important parts of the datasheet, like voltage/amp/watt rating, of whatever the item is. And the pin out.

[Melt-O-Tronic]

This is what I keep handy at the bench for breadboarding

How do you get the text on the boxes? On the right they are obviously labels, but on the pink/green ones the text has no background.

Black-on-clear TZ Tape and a Brother label printer (a PT-1880 in my case).

[PlainName]

Thanks. Very nice

[cdev]

The folk at NY Resistor would know.


https://www.nycresistor.com/

[David Hess]

I prefer the Acro Mills storage cabinets with wide drawers.  With dividers, each drawer can hold 3 decades of resistors.

[Nusa]

Test tubes are an option. Something like this, about 10 cents each: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-Pcs-Clear-Plastic-Test-Tube-With-Cap-12x75mm-U-shaped-Bottom-Long-Transparent-Test-Tube/32711420608.html

You just have to label them and figure out how you want to store them. Making a tube rack is pretty easy, or you can buy one. Sewing elastic loops into some kind of folder or display board would be an option. Or stick them in a box about the right size to keep the lot of them upright.

[tautech]

Test tubes are an option. Something like this, about 10 cents each: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-Pcs-Clear-Plastic-Test-Tube-With-Cap-12x75mm-U-shaped-Bottom-Long-Transparent-Test-Tube/32711420608.html

You just have to label them and figure out how you want to store them. Making a tube rack is pretty easy, or you can buy one.

Yep a rack is the way to go.
While looking for one for cartridge reloading I can across this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Laboratory-Lab-Plastic-60-Sockets-11mm-Diameter-Test-Tube-Stand-Holder-Blue-/172709423652