I've knocked over my small unobtainum parts tray for the last time. Now I can do it four at a time

The covers are held captive with short lengths of lacing cord and should help keep some parts inside. I use one tray for each step of disassembly.

I know there are plenty of better ideas out there, so let's see them.

Bill

Looks like it should work well. Very nice idea.

I've used these for years, one for parts and tubes, the other for hardware:



The big one is a serving tray by Rubbermaid. It has a deep transparent plastic cover if I need it. The little one is a four-pocket egg poacher.


Larry

I had a friend who ran a TV shop. When he took a console set apart he just put all the screws on the floor behind the set. He was the only person in the shop.

I use food containers that have a snap on top if it's gong to be a while before I put things back together.

RRM

You old-timers should have plenty of these.

Shush kid, get off my lawn.....

The pill bottle's aren't a bad idea, but I find them a bit small...

These worked better, and were at the (relatively) local Ikea, and cheap too.... Various sizes for various parts, the lids are good for when you knock it off the bench..

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60149673/



David

Thanks Nick... I needed a good belly laugh!

~ Mitch ~

Depends on your hobbying specifics I guess, but I NEED small closed containers just for screws, washers, nuts and other little parts. Everything else is.... plenty big enough for me to keep track of.

Which reminds me. We "old timers" need one of these also:

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Bill

I use one of those divided plastic containers sold as tackle boxes or spool holders. The ones with the rounded bottoms so screws can be easily removed from the compartments.

I use a marker to number each section. A note pad can provide a numbered list of where each part goes back when reassembling the radio and any helpful information about assembly. Just start with the highest number and work back to number one.

The snap-down lid makes the parts secure until needed again.

I use them to store very small tools.

Empty Egg cartons.

Especially Great for dismantling phonographs, keeping screws, nuts & clips in proper order, left to right, double row of Six compartments. When time to reassemble after cleanin' & fixin' reverse the order, right to left, bottom row first.

Cartons can be labeled & relabeled & used again. They stack well & aren't prone to tip or spill over.

Lloyd
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I really like your tag line Lloyd!

I'm a bit surprised to see little nuts, bolts and screws put in containers. I always put anything threaded back on the location where it came from, minus the part it was holding. No more guesswork on where the little buggers go.

When I used to work on cars I would always wonder where those "extra" fasteners came from