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(...) Thank you for your reply, William. I've found the link to the European manufacturer that produces these boxes (they had even 2 additional types) As far as I can tell these organisers contain a certain amount of differend fixed size containers. (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Manfred, In the U.S. Akro-Mils brand Akro/Logic Organizers are one of the best for LEGO parts. They come 12 and 17 compartment models with removable bins that are interchangeable. It is made with a heavy-duty polypropylene base and (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Which tackle boxes
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Hello all, Living at the other side of the puddle, it's a bit hard for me to locate recources for tackle box type of storage compartments. I know from this newsgroup that in this field there has been some product replacement going on last Year, so I (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Poor Mans Work Table
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I know that NGLTC uses the plastic rain gutters attached to the sides of building tables that are used for kids to play with. -Scott Lyttle (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.space)
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Picture if you will, a sheet of tinted Plexiglas with a hole in one area, or perhaps a door that lifts up to reveal a hole. Underneath the hole is a large, maybe 2 foot diameter wheel-like structure, which hangs from the table. It is partitioned (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Actually I have. After I built this, I already have noticed that same issue. The hard surface is good for sliding pieces off the table, but the tile and front board kind of make the bottom ones get stuck. What could be done is to have a small (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.space)
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I too really like your table edge- keeping pieces off the floor is important with cats with a chewing fetish. Has anyone thought of putting a 'funnel' or 'pour spout' on their table? I don't have room for such a table right now, but as soon as I (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.space)
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Nice Table Brad, I use a similar sized table for building on except mine is built on two hollow core interior doors. You can pick one of these up at a lumberyard for about 15-24 dollars (US). They have a pretty strong strength to weigh ratio (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) first link, above) is almost identical to those my father and I built when I was a kid and using my parent's basement as a LSF (Lego Storage Facility, for those who missed it). ...Actually, as the story goes, I 'duped' my father into showing (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Personally....I just build on the floor. :) I found a nice table, about 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, and a foot high, for $10 at a garage sale down the street. But I never use it except to hold stuff I'm not actually working on (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.space)
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(...) Nice table Brad! I had an idea I might try if I ever make a work table, top it with that non-skid foamy padding stuff. That way bricks don't go sliding all over. It's a little pricey, and finding a big roll would be a chore, but I think that (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.space)
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The following work table was my Sundays project. For starters I use to build on a 3/8 inch 4x8 board layed across a printer stand and a old desk. To say the least it was very flimsy. After I started seeing the middle starting to sag in and having (...) (23 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Sorting strategies [was: Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !]
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(...) Yow. I can't begin to imagine sorting 500k pieces. I've got about an order of magnitude lower than that currently unsorted, and I'm not looking forward to that. But, to get back to the topic at hand: When I sorted mine, I first sorted six (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Attic Heat
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Almost all of my Lego from my childhood was stored in an attic for 10 years in Northern Virginia, which can get pretty hot in the summer. The attic had a fan, but if you went searching for something up there in July, you found it FAST, or you came (...) (23 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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When you get up to 20-50 7-drawer Iris carts, you WILL sort in as fine a detail as possible, trust me :-/ (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (23 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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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+ (...) (23 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 (...) (23 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, (...) (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting Methods
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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 (23 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 (...) (23 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 (...) (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting Methods
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting Methods
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting Methods
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Sorting Methods
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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 (...) (23 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, (...) (23 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 (...) (23 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 (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: BLdb version 0.1 Previews announcement
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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 (23 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) (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Question about larger storage drawers
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Question about larger storage drawers
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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 (...) (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: BLdb version 0.1 Previews announcement
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Luis, Do you have a working version yet? and if so are you happy to sell it to others? Only I am very interested in this tool. Regards Jason (23 years ago, 2-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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Ah, bachelorhood.... I would like to publicly thank Tom and Frank (via Mike) for posting those pictures. I'm going to show my wife these pictures so she'll see that my collection isn't anywhere near as bas as she thinks it is. In fact, since Tom is (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.storage)
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| | Completed Models, Sun, & High Temps, and it's effects
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Not sure where to post this so lugnet.general it will be. Cross-posting to lugnet.trains because I know a lot of train guys have shipped completed models to train shows. Cross-Posting to lugnet.lego in the chances that THEY (lego) might answer (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.trains)
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| | Glad A+++!
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I've found that the little round Gladware containers work best for storing almost any small piece. They can store over 50 minifig heads and they don't pop open too easily! I'll try to get some pics up sometime. Dave. (23 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | the LEGO Desk Pal
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Sorry if this was already reported.. I was surprised to not find it in a search. My Feb 2002 issue of The Toy Book had news from LEGO Writing Systems about this pencil holder thingie. It should have been visible at Toy Fair this year (?). I don't (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Origins of blue Lego suitcase?
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Hi! A fellow German AFOL recently "rediscovered" an old blue storage case in his cellar he bought around two years ago from Austria. Here are some photos: (URL) anyone happen to know where this case comes from, or if it has a set number? As you can (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Question about larger storage drawers
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(...) I change over to small 1-gallon to 1.4-gallon bins, stacked on Ikea wire shelving. It works fairly well. I don't think I have any basic bricks anywhere in drawers anymore! best LFB (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Question about larger storage drawers
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(...) I personally use the IRIS brand drawers for my larger/more abundant parts. Read about them here: (URL) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Question about larger storage drawers
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I've finally started to sort my LEGO. I;ve been using a drawer system suimilar to the Akro-Mils Storage Cabinets from a company called Stack-On. I found the cabinets at Home Depot for $10-$15. You can see a picture of them here: (URL) (The light (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: House Hunting (was K'nex or something
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(...) Well, I just signed onto a 2 bedroom, 2 bath town house style apartment with double deep garage. It's 1245 square feet. I haven't decided exactly how things will be laid out, but I may build a train layout in part of the garage. It should (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage)
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(...) And I haven't been evaluating positions of closet doors and such in my apartment search... And the only reason I'm looking at two and three bedroom units is so I can have space for visitors to sleep... Frank (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage)
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(...) There's an old running gag in Model Railroading circles: you can tell the diehard MRR on a househunting trip, because the first thing he(1) does is check out the basement to see how the columns are laid out and where the furnace room is and (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: "Fixing" movable dividers in Plano boxes
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Don't glue it, bite it . . . with scissors. Cut the edge of the divider to make barbs. Problem: Loose divider between bins slips and the contents of adjacent bins merge. Acceptance Test: The divider remains seated when sweaty fingers move up one (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: BLdb version 0.1 Previews announcement
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(...) Thank you (...) the BLdb works offline, but you have good ideas, perhaps in the version 2 (i hope finish v.1 in April) (...) the only thing that BLdb do for now is import the MLCad files created on menu Extras>Reports>Pieces but i think in (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.cad, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.storage, lugnet.db.inv)
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This is an awesome idea! In fact, I've begun the very same project a couple times, but never run it to completion. One feature that I wanted the most in my version, and would very much like to see in your version is integration with BrickLink. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.cad, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.storage, lugnet.db.inv)
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