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Do you buy alot of surplus components/equipment? 50% of my garage workshop is from bulk buys from hamfests and machine shop auctions. Its nearly impossible to
by mwbajor 3y ago
Do you buy alot of surplus components/equipment?
50% of my garage workshop is from bulk buys from hamfests and machine shop auctions. Its nearly impossible to keep organized because you always get extra stuff that you "can use later" which just adds to the clutter since there isn't always a place to put it.
- CapstanRoller 3y ago>50% of my garage workshop is from bulk buys from hamfests and machine shop auctions Is there a cure for this disease?
- mwbajor 3y agoSome sort of organizational method. I've thought about it alot, its more of an inventory system with an unknown amount of items and categories. Simple things become organizational nightmares forcing you to rethink you're bench layout for example: I put my LM317s in a small bin because I only had 3 but now I have a bag of 300, I guess I need to get a bigger bin, or do I just use the small bin and save some for later but where, but how many, how do I know how many I have in total?
- 83 3y agoI fight with this a lot. Best solution I've found is add a 'bulk' label to the bin so I know to refill from my 'warehouse' stockpile when something gets low.
- sokoloff 3y agoMine will only be cured by my death. Hopefully not prematurely under a tipped over pile of test equipment...
- Workaccount2 3y agoHere's the worst part: When I spin up a new project I just buy everything new from digikey rather than deal with the hassle of picking out parts from the part pile.
- fuzzfactor 3y ago>Do you buy alot of surplus components/equipment? Not any more, I already have thousands of kilos.