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Re: Sorting tray suggestion.
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lugnet.storage
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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 06:53:08 GMT
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> Another useful thing I have for sorting is a shallow serving tray. It
> easily sits on my lap and will hold a couple hundred parts pretty
> easily. With it's rounded edges it is easy to scoop parts out of it. It
> is also useful for building small sets (I build the new mini-Star Wars
> sets using this tray).
I use a 8457 Power Puller box that I ripped the lid of.
> I'm not sure how often people have talked about actual sorting
> strategies, so I thought I'd share some key points:
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> - I do a 2 stage sort
> - In the first stage, various types of parts are sorted by general
> category.
I do this too, plates, bricks (and slopes), Technic bricks, special parts and
Technic special parts (anything Technic that's not a brick or plate).
> - In the second stage sort, these types of parts are sorted into final
> categories.
In my second stage sort they bricks end up in their final storage boxes.
I just lay out all my storage boxes needed in front of me and start tossing
LEGO around.
<<snip>>
> - I use three methods of pulling parts from the serving tray:
> 1. start picking out part X until I have a handful,
> depending on quantity and need for variation, I
> either start with a new part or continue. If I am
> sorting new sets, I count the number of each piece
> so I can be sure I get them all. Usually I start with
> the largest pieces, with high contrast colors being
> another determinant.
Dito.
> 2. When there are few parts left in the tray, I do a
> "shuffle board" sort where I start to shuffle the 2
> or 3 types of parts each into their own corner of the
> tray. This is quicker than picking them out, especially
> since the last part type to come out is the smallest.
> The way this works is you tease parts around, and don't
> always move them all the way to their corner. The idea is
> to minimize hand travel, and maximize the number of pieces
> moved when you do make a large hand move.
Me too, then my fot slips of it's rest and the tray tilt's 30-degrees all of a
sudden and I have to reshuffle :)
For reference I have a "small" 40K collection and sort something like 1-3K
bricks per session.
Best regards,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
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