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Re: GMLTC resorting
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:34:31 GMT
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John Gerlach wrote:
> Some sorting advice: Don't try to do everything in one sort. Do a 'stage 1'
> and 'stage 2' sort. The stage 1 sort is very generic - all the plates here,
> all the roof bricks there, all the technic there. Then, you can go into those
> piles and sort them by piece/color. Otherwise, you end up trying to handle
> too many different pieces at once!
I can definitely second this. I use two stage sorting when sorting new
sets. Actually, in some cases I use single stage sorting. Certain parts
go through single stage sorting, I have three trays from 1298 which have
24 compartments each. Many of the small and specialty parts get single
stage sorted into these trays. I use 6-8 compartment trays from Technic
and Model Team sets for other two stage sorting. What is key is having a
decent number of bins you can reach without having to shuffle things too
much (due to one of my tables being taken over by my in progress castle
MOC, I have less sorting space).
Of course sorting something like a GMLTC module is different due to the
number of bricks. You need large capacity bins, which means you can't
reach very many.
I try and mix my building and sorting, though I am concentrating on
sorting right now (I'm a bit stuck on my castle, plus I don't have any
more room to display models, plus I really want to get the sorting inout
queue down to a level where I feel like it might actually finish some
day).
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Frank Filz
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Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:39CFD2F7.7DE1@m...ing.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) What Frank really needs is a bigger house! ;-) Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com PS: This probably doesn't belong in .trains (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| (...) We've spent about 150 (?) man-hours dismantling and sorting so far, we've got 6 sections - of 14 - pretty much done. We build scenery mostly out of 2x2 and 2x4 bricks, so those are sorted by color into large bins. Smaller pieces we were (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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