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Re: Large Quantity sorting?
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lugnet.storage
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Thu, 7 Jun 2001 23:59:10 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Shaun Sullivan writes:
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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.
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> Otherwise, how do you sort your high-quantity high-volume pieces?
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 most of my odd bits in plano divided boxes, mostly by
part and color. My plate, wheels, and castle type stuff is all in 2 wheeled
Rubbermaid drawer units. It's ugly, but it works and I have found 1: sorting
to be quick and easy. 2: finding parts to be very quick and easy. Really odd
stuff gets thrown into plastic shoeboxes.
GREG~
-When your pile is too big for the old Lego Denim bag, it's time to get
sorted out!-
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