I finally got around to building some new workbenches in my computer room. Now I have a complete “U” of desks wrapping around the room. I was tired of the clutter and no empty desk space. Once I got everything organized using the new desks I moved on to organizing all of my miscellaneous electronics parts. I dug them out of every nook and cranny and pretty much filled the entire floor. Something had to be done, but how the hell do you organize thousands of tiny Digi-Key bags of parts?
I searched around and found a simple, genius idea. Just a 3-ring binder, baseball card holder pages, and some 2.5″ x 3″ ziplock bags. I found the ziplock bags on Amazon along with the baseball card pages. The bags are 4 mil thickness so they’re very strong and not likely to be punctured. They fit perfectly inside the card pouches. I just took a magic marker and labeled the bags as I filled them. Then it was just a matter of organizing them in the binder.
Everything fit into a single 4″ binder (although it’s pretty stuffed). And it sits right on my desk ready to be flipped through any time I need a part.
Now I can get back to work!
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