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| | | Bram L wrote/: (...) When I first read about doing this it sounded like a great idea and I resorted all my sorted-by-color bricks into sorted-by-size, mixed colors. But when I tried to build, I hated it. The problem is that I mostly do stuff which (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —Chris Moseley
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| | | | | Kevin Wilson (...) At the risk of sounding negative, these didn't work as well as I'd hoped. Perhaps I couldn't get the right ones - what I got were drawers/trays about 6-8" deep, 4" wide and about 3" high. They stacked so I tried that. It worked (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | | As some other guys, I think the most appropriate way of sorting/storing the pieces (from the building point of view) is using a drawer system. Mine is from "port-bag" (an imported product so it must be available some other places, too). They are (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | (...) I also use pretty much the same method you do, except that I often keep smaller quantities of drastically unlike pieces together so that they'll be easier to find. For instance, I keep 2x2 round plates in with my 1x10 plates, as both are easy (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —John Morgan
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| | | | | | | | lots of interesting ideas here : ) here is the system I developed recently and its works for me. it goes thru a couple of stages. I prefer to sort by color first dumping the need to sort legos into one of the large boxes from the 5571 truck / dark (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | | | | RE: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —Ralph Hempel
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| | | | | | | | <snipped John's description of sorting strategy> I then locate the plano 3700 (...) Good God man! I have about 15 Planos full of Technic and I thought I was a bit nuts...well my spouse thinks so. If you have 115 of them at an average of $4 US thats (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | (...) "Wider is better" (slogan from a advertisement) (...) We label each drawer. This probably speeds up cleanup even more than building. (...) Hmm. Elevator chair? R2 magnetic lift? Steve (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | | (...) LOL! And fierce, too... gotta be careful how you treat her or you'll regret it. Maybe it would be better to have an exit instead, it might be easier to keep. Kevin (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) You need a zero-G environment with some clever way of keeping the bits in compartments that completely encapsulate you. The whole thing could seperate and come together with you inside. :-) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | | | | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) That's the ultimate solution. Especially if you can keep all the same-colored parts in physical proximity, for easier grabbing. Steve (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.storage)
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