If you are like me, you have a bottle or box full of different sized screws and nuts.
Keep your eyes open for a plastic sorting sorting tray.
Or
If you befriend your pharmacist, see if you can get an old pill dispenser unit.
To help with the sorting task, these are great with that rainy snowy day job, a glass of wine is a must.
For ferrous hardware, tape a magnet under a far off corner of the tray.
Place desired parts over the magnetic area so they stay in that location when you dump the remainder of the hardware back into the box.
@larryd, You have a truly expansive and complete setup in your "lab". What sort of projects do you make that require such a vast array of equipment? No doubt they're some pretty cool projects.
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larryd:
If you befriend your pharmacist, see if you can get an old pill dispenser unit.
To help with the sorting task, these are great with that rainy snowy day job, a glass of wine is a must.
You would be lucky. Most pills come in blister packs these days.
I know because a relative has arthritis badly and i have to open his pack of arthritis pills. :o
Edit.
To be fair the pharmacy offers a weekly pill popping service where they are transferred to an easy to open daily sliding compartment thing.
He has no trouble opening a bottle of scotch however so long as it does not have a childproof cap like those bottles of bleach.
However he has a 7 yr old grandson to help him with that.
A gadget to cope with those would be useful (the type you have to squeeze and turn).
Power_Broker: @larryd, You have a truly expansive and complete setup in your "lab". What sort of projects do you make that require such a vast array of equipment? No doubt they're some pretty cool projects.
Boardburner2:
Now now e Thread title says it all e Larry posts elsewhere on arduino stuff.
You would be lucky. Most pills come in blister packs these days.
I know because a relative has arthritis badly and i have to open his pack of arthritis pills. :o
Edit.
To be fair the pharmacy offers a weekly pill popping service where they are transferred to an easy to open daily sliding compartment thing.
He has no trouble opening a bottle of scotch however so long as it does not have a childproof cap like those bottles of bleach.
However he has a 7 yr old grandson to help him with that.
A gadget to cope with those would be useful (the type you have to squeeze and turn).
Any ideas Larry ?.
Transfer the internals into an easily manageable bottle.
Last addition are two rare earth magnets in cups, horizontal and vertical.
As mentioned much earlier, binder/bulldog clips are great for holding work.
The 6-32 screw fits in a threaded hole in the 1/2" Teflon base.
We all have a set of tools that are not being contained.
Tools can easily get misplaced, soon we have a set missing that one tool we like the best.
You can keep yourself organized by making your own ‘Tool Pouch’.
If you have access to a ‘Hand Impulse Heat Sealer Machine’ you can design your own roll-up pouch.
These ‘Sealer Machines’ cost about $40-50 and come with replacement heating parts.
These easily seal: 6mil poly, anti-static bags and other sheet plastics.
They can also seal that aluminumized half bag of potato chips.
4 mil sheet plastic takes about 2 seconds to seal with 1-2 seconds cool down.
Below is a 4 mil ZipLoc bag, writing is removed with IPA.
Set the timer dial setting to ~3-4 (1-1.5 sec).
Use a spacer to get even compartments.
A tongue depressor is used.
Further to post #349
We have all accidentally dumped a bottle of fluid on our work surface.
These ‘Sticky Pads’ are great in preventing this from happening.
Just got a few Arduino Mega clones from Terry (reasonable price!).
You may need to install an Arduino (here a Mega), in a box/case or other platform.
The Arduino designers made major mistakes in the placement of the mounting holes.
These were placed too close to headers etc.
I use a slightly smaller version of the computer motherboard nylon push through's that have a thread on them.
You can get the board off if you want just by squeezing the tab on the push through spacers and they are super cheap.
I have some of the white self stick cable tie mounts here that are over 20 years old and work great alongside the large collection of even older computer standoffs.
Its not so much about age as quality.
If the white ones are not subject to UV they will last a very long time and if its going to get any UV then the black ones.
Same thing with cable ties and other electrical nylon / plastic hybrid parts.
Not poo pooing your method at all for custom items.
But for standard items then off the shelf every time.
Just try ensure my stuff is HDPE or similar as its almost indestructable
