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Re: Drawers vs tilt-bins and scratching?
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lugnet.storage
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Sat, 19 May 2001 14:53:42 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> In lugnet.storage, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
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> > No one should have a system that requires (or allows?) drawers to be
> > opened hundreds of times a day. That sort of thing is easily avoided.
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> I'd like to hear more about this if it's not confidential.
In a tilt-bin setup, bins get opened only once (they stay open) no
matter how many times parts are taken from them. They can also be removed.
In a tray system, as at TLC, the entire drawer is a compartmentalized
tray (aprox 24x30x3). It gets pulled out, then taken over to a
worktable. Or, if the user is holding an empty tray, they pull a
selection of elements they expect to use in that session. Often, a
number of trays are on the worktable at once.
A pulled out drawer blocks access to the drawer beneath. So, if using
this system, one can start out with an empty tray (aprox 18x22x3),
remove any drawers they expect to use, and arrange them inside. In the
case of Akro-Mills drawers, there are a few LEGO set boxes with exactly
the correct dimensions for filling, as a tray, with a grid of drawers.
With experience, this method feels natural and requires a drawer to be
pulled out only once.
Personally, I find the pull-out drawers maddening. They are designed for
storage, not the kind of usage required when building. As you can see
above, I turn the drawer system into a tray system to use it. If I were
forced to use drawers and could not remove them, I would fill only every
other row of drawers, allowing any to be left open while building.
This stuff isn't confidential and I'm happy to elaborate.
-Suz.
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 | | Re: Drawers vs tilt-bins and scratching?
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| (...) I use pull-out drawers (IRIS) and don't have that problem. The drawers are big enough that you can pull one out 1/3 of the way and the one below it 2/3 of the way, and access both. You do sometimes find the drawer you want blocked, but if you (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.storage)
| | | Re: Drawers vs tilt-bins and scratching?
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| (...) So it sounds like the key is having a big enough worktable so you can have the likely trays out and available as you do your design run? (...) I agree about drawers, i don't use them and would find them maddening as well. Where I went wrong is (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Drawers vs tilt-bins and scratching?
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| (...) I'd like to hear more about this if it's not confidential. When I am free building or designing something new (as opposed to doing a production run where I am working from a parts list) I don't always know how much of what I will end up (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.storage)
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