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(...) I've never lived in a house with an attic, but I can tell you I used to keep a gallon ziplock bag of used and abuse pieces behind the seat of my NLS's pickup truck to play with, and they were none the worse for wear, even after baking in 100F+ (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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I just completed a Lugnet post search on "attic heat" and did not read any postings that said: "Attic heat destroyed my Legos." I was wondering if our intuition tells us not to store in the attic but if in all actuality there is no hard evidence of (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting strategies [was: Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !]
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(...) Ok, what wasn't quite so obvious was the sub-dividing you were doing. I agree that there is some modest number of global categories of parts. I'd pick a different set than your 21, but the number does depend somewhat on what you tend to build, (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting strategies [was: Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !]
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(...) [snip inventory of huge collection] If my collection was as big as you describe, I would probably still have only 21 (or a similar number) categories. Each category might correspond to a stack of bins, though (Probably each ziplock in my (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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Simian's advice was pretty good, so is Jonathan's. (...) Divide and conquer and multi-stage sorting are key techniques to huge sorting problems. (...) I haven't learned that one yet :-) Frank (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting strategies [was: Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !]
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(...) Obviously you have a much smaller collection. Believe me, the sorting problem gets worse as you get more pieces. To get an idea, I'll try and relate how much of each of your 21 bins I have... For reference in the following, a "large tub" is (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !
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(...) And here, I just spread out on every flat surface in my kitchen and make little piles. My apartment is only 400 square feet, almost 1/3 of which is occupied by LEGO in some form or another. Generally I make short trips between kitchen and the (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Sorting strategies [was: Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !]
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(...) I don't think this is necessary for efficient sorting. I just pick out a handful of pieces of a given type, then put them in their bin, and then a handful of pieces of either the same or a slightly different type, and repeat. But then, I'm not (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I do my sorting in phases. Firstly, the setting. I sit on my couch with the coffee table in front of me. On my coffee table I have several containers to sort into (one for each category). Then I get a big glass of water, a glass of Coke and (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) This is more or less the advice that I'm looking for. Basically, I have two 3'x 6' tables covered in miscellaneous parts, plus 3 or 4 3033 tubs with a variety of parts in them as well. My inclination is to divide and conquer. Split the larger (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I think it depends on how you're set up. I have a table with all my storage drawers on it against a wall. The drawers only take up about 10 inches of tables space (10 inches down the entire length of the table). I use the open table space as (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Interesting question. If I construe it correctly here is how I do it. 1 - use a double bed or a large area of floor (both are likely to induce 'lego-leg' after a while but I haven't found a better way.) 2 - Put the entire amount to be sorted (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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I have started pulling apart a bunch of my complete (and not so complete) models and reintegrating the pieces back into my collection. My question is, How do most people begin sorting a pile of random pieces? I'm not talking about color vs. shape, (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !
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(...) I've thought about checking those out. I have a feeling they would be too small to be useful. The ideal sorting tray is about 12"x18" and 2" deep, divided into 6-25 compartments. For some stuff, a larger tray, 15"x25" and 4" deep with 6-10 (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Talon's Nest will close in 2 weeks, help me find my floor!
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(...) Maggie has hers, so you should return her $$, but yes, I still have your bucket for you :-) Paul (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) yes. i have a working version of the BLdb (the 0.5) of course is unfinished. i'm thinking in upload to 1000steine in the next weeks. i don't touch in the code after march. others works... and the BLdb will be free. lbaixinho (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Talon's Nest will close in 2 weeks, help me find my floor!
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(...) Paul, The trick is to make the other guy store the stuff for you... Any chance you still have my two buckets? -- Hop-Frog (the contrite) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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I read part of that thread, but stopped after people started asking how to subdivide drawers further. It's simple - DON'T. Buy more carts, or more Lego, so that 1x1 plates fill a drawer ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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I use Iris carts, myself - (URL) get the 7-drawer (2 large, 3 med, 2 small) from Costco. They just dropped the price to $19.99, I've got to get back there and buy another 5-10 of them. FYI, the med drawers are 1.5 times the height of the small, and (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Talon's Nest will close in 2 weeks, help me find my floor!
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Bachelorhood? I've been married for almost 10 years ;-) My wife was happy to help sort in the beginning, but it wore her down after a while. She can finally understand WHY I stopped sorting small lots as they came in (no room to put them in a sorted (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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