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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. 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?
"Steven Lane" <Steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.starwars, Bryce McGlone writes:
> >
> > I'm in the build, photograph, then put the model up or away somewhere and
> > buy new Lego mode. It's just too much trouble usually for me to take • apart
> > and re-sort one of my models. I'm sort of lazy that way too. I hate • sorting...
> > Bryce
>
> This is a very timely subject for me. I'm a life-long Non-sorter with only • 1
> or two break downs in my career. I've always had the draws but never • sorted,
> until recently that is. I couldn't stand it any more, scrabbling through
> box's of lego to find each part. Thats of course, how come all my old • parts
> are scratched to oblivion. It's always been a trade off between time spent
> sorting and saved during building compared to not sorting, then having to
> search for the next part. This is why for years I've wanted an automatic
> sorter, this would be the ultimate Lego accessory.
>
> Steve
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| (...) I've looked into this and apparently color sensors can only differentiate between black, white and grey which to me was really bad news. The £150 spent on mindstorms to build a sorter would also be better spent on more technic and a bit of (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.storage)
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| (...) This is a very timely subject for me. I'm a life-long Non-sorter with only 1 or two break downs in my career. I've always had the draws but never sorted, until recently that is. I couldn't stand it any more, scrabbling through box's of lego to (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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