Craig, While this method works, it is not the best advice for those who do not have a few K2 assembly experiences under their belt.
I would like to resurrect a favorite method of sorting parts that I use (I believe there are photos on Tom Hammond's website www.n0ss.net ). I cut a corrugated box in half (the USPS Priority Mail boxes work great to create 2 'trays'. The leaded components are placed (in value order) into the open end of the corrugations. This enables me to quickly locate any component and quickly mount it - the misc hardware and oddball components just lay in the center of the tray. I line up the capacitors on the left side of the tray and the diodes, inductors and misc leaded components on the right - larger values toward the rear of the tray. This is a method that was advocated with the old Heathkit instructions, and I find it much more useful than putting the components in bins or taping them to a sheet of paper, but then Your Mileage May Vary - organize the components in ny way that you can easily access them when needed, that is more important than the precise method of accomplishing that goal. Fortunately, the base K2 now packages the resistors in assembly step order on a strip, so you do not have to sort the resistors as we did in the earlier days. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > > I've built a bunch of kits over the years and the following technique > works > > very well for me and keeps me from messing up...it is a bit labor > intensive > > but it has proved to be foolproof for me (me being the fool or course:) > > > I get sheet of legal size paper and write down the numbers of the > > components.i.e., R1, R2, C1 C2, etc, I do all the resistors and > then the > > capacitors. > > > I tape all the resistors and caps next to their designator on the paper. > > Just to keep the universe in balance let me suggest the complete opposite > technique: I separate the parts by type (resistors, capacitors, diodes, > etc.). I don't do an inventory (Christine usually does a really, > really good > job) but I do make sure I have the right part in my hand before soldering. > While I've messed up some other things (put a electrolytic cap in > backwards > but fortunately none of the smoke got out) I haven't had a > problem with this > method. To each his own, of course. IMHO, YMMV, etc. > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
