Tube inventory progress...
 

Shelving units: $435
Cardboard bins: $375
Time spent sorting: "Don't ask"

Being able to find something quickly:

PRICELESS

(That and I realized I have about 75 6SN7 tubes.)

I haven't even started on the miniature stuff yet,
this is mostly the old balloon and ST tubes and
the octal stuff.

Jeff

Tube inventory progress...
 

Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
I haven't even started on the miniature stuff yet,
this is mostly the old balloon and ST tubes and
the octal stuff.

Over 1500 tubes, and 240 types (sorted into bins).
Having done a full physical inventory and listed
retail prices, it shows a rough value in excess of
$15K.

It's going to go up when I finish doing the miniature
tubes.

The time (and money) I've spent so far hasn't quite
"paid back" yet, but it helped enormously on the
Truetone Radio From Hell being able to quickly find
substitute tubes to swap around and finally find the
problem.

Jeff

Tube inventory progress...
 

Jeffrey D Angus wrote:

Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
I haven't even started on the miniature stuff yet,
this is mostly the old balloon and ST tubes and
the octal stuff.

Over 1500 tubes, and 240 types (sorted into bins).
Having done a full physical inventory and listed
retail prices, it shows a rough value in excess of
$15K.

It's going to go up when I finish doing the miniature
tubes.

The time (and money) I've spent so far hasn't quite
"paid back" yet, but it helped enormously on the
Truetone Radio From Hell being able to quickly find
substitute tubes to swap around and finally find the
problem.


You won't regret it. I spent months, around 1970 cleaning &
organizing my shop. Done properly, it doesn't have to be done again.


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