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Large Quantity sorting?
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lugnet.storage
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Mon, 4 Jun 2001 20:38:04 GMT
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I've been depriving myself of all LEGO construction the past month in
order to finally sort all of my pieces. Using Akro-Mils units, I've
just about completed my first run through the sorting process. My
question relates to the sorting of bricks, plates, and slopes.
Up till now, I've simply been tossing bricks and the larger plates and
slopes into large rubbermaid bins, knowing full well that I won't be
able to fit them into any drawers. What sort of a system do people tend
to use for these high-quantity, high-volume pieces?
I was considering buying a bunch of the rubbermaid three-drawer units.
My thought was that I could put logical pairs of pieces together - 1x6
and 1x1 in one drawer, 1x2 and 1x8 in another, 1x3 and 1x10 in a third,
etc. With a system like this, I imagine it might be pretty easy to pick
out the part you wanted - first because the eye sorts by color quite
naturally, and secondly because the mixing of two widely disparate
shapes might be easily distinguishable. My thought was that this might
necessitate fewer drawers total. Has anybody ever tried something like
this, and have they had any luck with it?
Otherwise, how do you sort your high-quantity high-volume pieces?
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Message has 7 Replies:
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| I sort Bricks using LEGO Tubs and Buckets. They are all sorted by type, for really common sizes like 2x4 and 1x4 I usually split up colors. For example I put Red, White, and Blue in one tub Black, Yellow, and Green in another and all other colors in (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Shaun, I use the Akron Mills bins for small pieces as you do. I have also used the LEGO buckets (old style work much better than new "anti-helmet" style) as mentioned. However, many years ago, I happened upon some kitchen trash cans (30 qt) (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Ah, the age old question... I'm still stuck on using bins, for the reasons that I mostly just don't want to sort down to the "all white 1x4's in this box/bin/drawer", and this method is very easy to move...(I've already moved my collection 3 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) I keep my plates of 4x4 und larger in rings. That is, I connect them on one corner or one edge, creating an object. When working, I then have, for example, a ring of 4x6 gray plates from which I peel off plates as needed. Rings can be stacked (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) I use the following categories in large IRIS drawers (counting upwards from the ground): * 1x2 and 2x2 bricks and plates * 1x3 and 2x3 bricks and plates * 1x4 and 2x4 bricks and plates * 1x6, 2x6, 1x12; 4x6 and 6x6 bricks and plates * 1x8, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Some of my akro-mills (and Plano) bins include drawers about six or eight times as large as a standard drawer. I use those. Sure, I still can't fit all my, say, 1x2s of a given color in one, but I can fit enough to build stuff. The rest hide (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) Hmm, sorting is for you what it is for us all, that which works best for your given situation. I have all my basic bricks sorted by color and sixe, put into Zip-locks and thrown into big tubs. (1500 peice blue tubs for off colors) I then have (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.storage)
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