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I love my Akro-Mils Portable Organizers (was Re: Rolykits)
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Wed, 23 Jun 1999 02:06:15 GMT
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David Kadansky <{davidk@pobox.com}Spamcake{}>
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Those Akro-Mils Parts Storage are !!The Best!! IMHO for Technics bits.
I bought mine at Frye's in California. I have three, one of each size.
The lid storage is great for little bits such as pegs, bushings and other
tiny parts.
The rounded bottoms wonderfully enable adult-sized fingers to pick up a tiny
part.
On the other hand, for bricks, beams and plates larger than 1x1 I use
Flambeau rectangular cases.
-dk
Chris Phillips wrote:
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> I've been pretty happy with a storage container that I got from my local
> hardware store, manufactured by Arko-Mils, Inc:
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> http://www.akro-mils.com/
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> ... or more specifically ...
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> http://www.akro-mils.com/homeorg.htm
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> I was using one of their "large portable organizers" (I paid about $17
> US) to hold all of my important Mindstorms and Technics parts until a recent
> buying spree put me over the top. This past weekend I picked up one of the
> "small portable organizers" for about $12 to add some expansion space. They
> also have other toolboxes and organizers that might be of interest.
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> These are pretty good for holding enough pieces to do some real damage on
> the road. The lids have many small compartments (with removable dividers
> and rounded bottoms) that can hold sorted small pieces, and the main
> compartment can be divided into (about six?) smaller compartments. When
> closed and latched, the cases can be transported without mixing pieces
> between compartments. I find the lid storage great for small pieces and the
> bins good for bulk storge of bricks and beams. (But get rid of the foam
> padding that they give you -- it'll just eat up precious cubic inches.)
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> The major drawback to this type of container is that you MUST firmly
> close the lid compartment whenever you want to get something out of a bottom
> bin. But this is only a minor PITA compared with the days when I just
> dumped everything into one big bin and fished around forever looking for
> each Lego piece.
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> I hope this information is helpful.
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> Chris Phillips
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> p.s. Remove ".deathtospam" from my return address when replying via e-mail.
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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