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"Anthony Babington" <hottsnoz@swbell.net> writes:
> ...I've been giving serious thought to sorting my collection, even if only
> by color. lazy though I am, i know that all my really cool pieces are
> cowering in fear at the bottom of the huge (60 gallons) tub which houses the
> bulk of my collection. Perhaps I have just found a project to occupy my
> summer? truly, an automatic sorter would make everybody happy... ::ponders a
> moment:: hmmm, can light sensors differentiate between colors?
If you're going to sort them, DON'T do it by color. It's the most
obvious choice, but it's a bad idea. Sort by size and type instead.
Think of it this way: Say you want a blue 1x4 brick. Would you rather
dig through a pile of blue bricks, or a pile of 1x4 bricks of all
colors? With the latter, the color jumps right out at you. With the
former, you can't tell a half-buried 1x6 or 2x4 from a 1x4 unless the
angle is just right.
For years I sorted by color. And I finally got around to re-sorting,
using categories of size/shape instead. And I love it!!!
Another problem with sorting by color that I had is that out of sheer
laziness I would tend to build models that were all one color. To
find the right piece of another color I'd have to rake through or dump
out that color's bin. Why do that when you've already got all the
blue pieces spread out in front of you on the floor? So the result is
rather monochromatic and boring models. Sorting by size/shape makes
it a lot easier to put interesting color accents into models, since
it's no harder to find a dark grey whatsit than it is to find a blue
one.
--Bill.
FUT: lugnet.storage
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| (...) I think this will depend slightly on the size of your collection. As my collection has grown, I have gone to sorting by color to sorting by color _and_ size. That way, I don't have to dig through anything! Exceptions are when a piece is scarce (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) I haven't thought about doing it by size but it is hard to find some pieces when every thing is the same color. One helpful thing is that in some containers I have two colors (red + blue gray + yellow) -Kevin W. (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Never thought about doing it by shape. I do have a problem finding some things because every thing is the same color. -Kevin W. (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) light sensors can, but not very well. Vision command can and if you do make an automatic sorter let me know. ;-) (...) Well that's just going to far. Maybe I'm miss reading this, but I would not suggest to someone who says he's lazy to sort by (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Odd. I never did the sort-by-color thing, but I wouldn't've guessed this would be a problem-- I don't tend to build models that are all one piece... :) On the other hand, maybe I do. I use 1x4s a lot more often now that they're easier to find, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Well, I have a rather substantial collection and I sort by color, with a few exceptions (all my castle walls and doors together, all trans pieces in one big 2 gallon bag, and various odd ball pieces/more than one color together). This is the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| ...I've been giving serious thought to sorting my collection, even if only by color. lazy though I am, i know that all my really cool pieces are cowering in fear at the bottom of the huge (60 gallons) tub which houses the bulk of my collection. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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