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Title: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: TheQsanity on Wed, 08 May 2013, 14:13:32: What type of containers do you guys use to hold your small commodities?
Title: Re: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: BunnyLake on Wed, 08 May 2013, 14:20:53: there are like 3 threads currently active about this in the keycaps sub forum good sir
Title: Re: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 08 May 2013, 14:43:29: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=38617.0

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39180.0

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43320.0

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43159.0

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43317.0
Title: Re: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: keymaster on Wed, 08 May 2013, 14:44:58: I usually just store my switches/springs in small boxes I have laying around...nothing fancy.
Title: Re: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: cgbuen on Wed, 08 May 2013, 15:21:44: http://www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10003027&N=&Ntt=ring+box

I like these a whole lot - I have about 15 of these in different sizes that I use for stems, springs, stabilizer parts, and switch tops. I believe #162071 is the one that holds 87 MX stems perfectly.
Title: Re: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: baldgye on Wed, 08 May 2013, 16:34:12: I've seriously been thinking about using either old VHS tape boxes or finding the clear new cartridge plastic snap cases you can get on ebay for housing all my bags of keycaps in some sort of order, rather than just all together in a big random box... but can't find where my VHS taps are...
Title: Re: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 08 May 2013, 17:11:14: Quote from: baldgye on Wed, 08 May 2013, 16:34:12
I've seriously been thinking about using either old VHS tape boxes or finding the clear new cartridge plastic snap cases you can get on ebay for housing all my bags of keycaps in some sort of order, rather than just all together in a big random box... but can't find where my VHS taps are...

here ya go

http://www.bagsunlimited.com/c-525-no-hub.aspx (http://www.bagsunlimited.com/c-525-no-hub.aspx)

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then you put those in one of these

http://www.bagsunlimited.com/c-10-vhs-storage-boxes.aspx (http://www.bagsunlimited.com/c-10-vhs-storage-boxes.aspx)

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Title: Re: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: baldgye on Wed, 08 May 2013, 17:12:09: Quote from: ray4jc on Wed, 08 May 2013, 17:11:14
Quote from: baldgye on Wed, 08 May 2013, 16:34:12
I've seriously been thinking about using either old VHS tape boxes or finding the clear new cartridge plastic snap cases you can get on ebay for housing all my bags of keycaps in some sort of order, rather than just all together in a big random box... but can't find where my VHS taps are...

here ya go

http://www.bagsunlimited.com/c-525-no-hub.aspx

then you put those in one of these

http://www.bagsunlimited.com/c-10-vhs-storage-boxes.aspx

Yes...yes... and then to make custom sleeves for them....
Title: Re: Containers for your switches, springs, keycaps...
Post by: TheQsanity on Wed, 08 May 2013, 17:15:41: I was thinking about using a plastic bits drawer for tools for mine but they cost around 40 usd. That would be the best way to organize everything.