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I recently found some nice flat stackable boxes in Robert Dyas. The Organiser-160 has 14 compartments of various sizes (not adjustable), and I've successfully put all of my Technic/Mindstorms stuff into a bunch of them - all except for the big (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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K-Mart on Nimitz, HI has 50% off on all storage cabinets including a 60-drawer as seen here: (URL) price is $9.99. You might want to check your local K-Mart. I picked up 2 of them, they're an excellent way to organize parts. D. (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) show (...) I've been thinking about your problem for a couple of weeks and have a suggestion. I noticed at a local hobby and craft store that they carry a line of variously-sized Ziploc-style plastic bags. There should be enough sizes so that (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Plastic file crates that hold legal size file folders will hold all Plano 37xx storage boxes and probably the comparably sized TackleLogic boxes. The crates stack securely on top of each other by nesting the grooved bottom into a slotted top (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Only because some clutz couldn't convert. Anyway, the lander wasn't lost - it was gobbled up by a giant, intelligent floating martian gas cloud which doubling in size every four minutes. Jon (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) It also lost the mars lander.... Troy (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Don't knock the imperial measurement system - it put man on the Moon! If NASA had used metric at the time, it would surely have put them off going at all, I mean "400,000,000,000mm"* sounds a lot further away than "239,000 miles"* *All (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Why, us silly americans (as in people from the USA) still use a non-metric system of measurements! Just add it to the list of reasons why the rest of the world doesn't like us.... :) Troy (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Nope, A6 to A0 but if you can create your own AX where X goes to infinity..:-) A0 is the biggest one (equals 16 A4s in area). Since A1 is half of the A0 and A2 is half of the A1 and so on, (short side of A0 is long side of A1 and half of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Fr6sMB.I7w@lugnet.com... [ ...snipped ...] (...) them (...) Metric sheets sizes go from A4 - A1 from smallest to largest. A4 is approximately the same size as a standard US letter size (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Paulo Caparica Junior wrote in message <38C6F950.6BA9E203@n...com.br>... (...) after about (...) 10,000 (...) methods (...) binder (...) too long (...) doing (...) And I just measured my 5561 instructions which happen to be sitting right next to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I have found that the Plano 3700 boxes fit neatly inside cardboard archive file boxes. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I use Plano and TackleLogic tackle boxes to store my Lego Technic pieces. Since I have small children, I am always putting them away and getting them out, often carrying them up and down stairs, etc. And, I have (fortunately) reached a point where I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) They are European, they are ISO paper sizes. They are also used in Brazil, and Brazil is in America... (...) A4 is 210 mm x 297 mm (...) Paulo (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I have a Box-4-Blox and I use it frequently. It is useful for a rough separation of big pieces from tiny pieces, but most of the pieces end up on the second-from-bottom level. I use the B4B to store unsorted pieces until I can get around to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Hi all, As you know, I prefer the use of Plano tackle boxes for storing my Technic collection. My kid's collection is another story. The twins have about 10 of the Rubbermaid transparent boxes with folding lids. The question for all of you is: Would (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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"Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:38C12BAC.5DE148...ger.org... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I wonder about this also. I received a Model Team set in trade last summer that simply would not stay put together. I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Thanx for the info, Fred. Do you happen to know at what temperature the bricks start to lose there grippiness? I'm not concerned that my attic will reach 220 degrees, but 150 might be a possibility. eric (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) A bit more info for you to consider. We have an indoor/outdoor thermometer setup in the master bedroom with the "outdoor" probe in the attic (for measuring temp changes related to the use of a whole house fan). It's got a memory of the day's (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Over the past few years I have had a chance to play w/several types of ABS/plastics and various heating elements(1) to make race car body parts(2). Lego ABS melts at about 220 degres easily. A 15watt soldering iron can cut right thru them (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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