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Re: Drawers vs tilt-bins and scratching?
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Date: 
Sat, 26 May 2001 07:55:24 GMT
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"Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> writes:
William R Ward wrote:
You do sometimes find the drawer you want blocked, but if you
alternate commonly-used drawers with not-so-commonly-used drawers,
it's not a big problem.

There's a thought. Are all of your drawers directly in front of you?

Yes.  I have 3 IRIS cabinets of 7 drawers each.

[...]
My system has a total of only 21 drawers, so it's not very difficult
to sort things.  A little raking is occasionally needed, but that's
an acceptable price to pay, IMHO.

How large are the drawers you're using? Can you say anything else about
your setup? I'm curious. Like, how high up are they? Do you stand or sit?...

The cabinets are about 5 feet tall, and contain 7 drawers each, in
three sizes (deep, medium, and shallow).  I sit in a chair with a TV
table off to one side, where the model-in-progress and a bunch of
loose pieces are sitting.

--Bill.

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William R Ward            bill@wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
                    (formerly known as hermit@bayview.com)
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(...) That's cool. I know drawers are by far the most common system for AFOLs, and complaints like mine are practically unheard of. But I'm tempted (almost) to attribute their popularity to economy of space and price. Then, their defense to (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.storage)

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