[Elecraft] Extreme K2 Parts Staging!

[David Schornak]

I found that paper water cups to be good for parts sorting
and you can right on the cup as to what is inside and they
will even stack up so like parts can be in a stack together.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Rasmussen" <wb8yqj@yahoo.com>
To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 12:49 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Extreme K2 Parts Staging!


> Hi Guys,
> 
> At this QTH , muffin tins are old school, the parts
> fall out and there are not enough individual
> compartments for everything.
> 
> During the inventory I use 3 x 5 index cards, business
> 
> envelopes, and large transparent freezer bags. 
> 
> There is one freezer bag for the control board parts,
> one for the front panel parts, one for the main board
> assembly, and one for the hardware. 
> 
> In the control board bag is a group of stacked
> envelopes, each envelope has similar parts scotch
> taped to the outside of it. One envelope has resistor
> packs for example with the ID (ex. RP1) penciled next
> to it. Another envelope has the electrolytic
> capacitors taped to the front with the ID's penciled
> there, etc. Every (single) part is pre-labeled and
> ready to use. Where there is a group of 20 caps they
> go inside an envelope, with the individual part ID's
> written on the outside (ex. C21, C37,...), so they can
> be crossed off as the part is used.
> 
> Since you don't want to tape static sensitive devices,
> the IC's stay in their anti static bag, but I press
> all the transistors into that anti static matting
> along with the IC's, then draw a map of the parts
> placement on a 3 x 5 card that goes in the bag.
> 
> When it's time to build, each assembly is ready to go
> without doing any more than stuffing parts in the
> right position and making a good solder connection. 
> 
> Yes, I also wind and tin all those toroids before
> construction, count and recount the turns, then tape
> them to an envelope with an ID. The resistor strips
> also get the part ID (ex. R5) printed along the right
> side of the string before construction.
> 
> By doing all the mundane chores before construction
> begins, you can focus on getting all the important
> stuff right before the nostrils flare from the smell
> of solder. ;-)
> 
> 73,
> de Don WB8YQJ/6
> 
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