Rip. At least it wasn’t a box of 50+ values in the same colored potting. I must of had spent days sorting through my dropped box, probably would’ve been more economical to just buy another box.
This why I use the ones that are like those pillboxes your mom uses for MWF… each compartment has its own latching mechanism so this is less likely to happen if you drop
When I was really broke, I would buy mixed bags of SMD components off of eBay and sort them out. (I am assuming they were floor pickups or excess stock from a run or something)
It took a few hours, but I was able to get a massive collection of parts after a few times doing that.
Get a pair of small forceps, put in the earbuds and get to work. I’ve done this many times. It’s kind of therapeutic, actually, and not nearly as bad/time-consuming as it seems before you start.
I’ve been there, I knocked over a plastic storage bin with all the little trays, 40 trays each with a different resistance resistor in them… Real fun reading all the lines for color or hooking up each to the multimeter
We all drop things, make mistakes. With osteoarthritis, recent hand surgery, I drop many things. It certainly is frustrating. Take a deep breath. Always hopefully a tomorrow 👍
Arrrgh! Well Hell’s Bells! I hate when that happens!
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Looks like your F are running away
Rip. At least it wasn’t a box of 50+ values in the same colored potting. I must of had spent days sorting through my dropped box, probably would’ve been more economical to just buy another box.
Component confetti. You’ll be finding parts in the corners of the room for the next few years.
This why I use the ones that are like those pillboxes your mom uses for MWF… each compartment has its own latching mechanism so this is less likely to happen if you drop
This reminds me of those pictures you’d see in the I-Spy books.
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Did you notice any light production when they dropped to the lower energy band?
I’ve found that the air seems to turn blue whenever I spill a tray of capacitors… or resistors, or cookies.
All I see is F
Box must have been over capacity.
At least it’s hardwood and not carpet?
This once happened to me with resistors… they weren’t labeled, the box was…
I find sorting kinda zen, actually.
When I was really broke, I would buy mixed bags of SMD components off of eBay and sort them out. (I am assuming they were floor pickups or excess stock from a run or something)
It took a few hours, but I was able to get a massive collection of parts after a few times doing that.
Sort the big ones quick and easy and then dump all the tiny ones in the same bucket. You can sort through them as needed when you need one.
Get a pair of small forceps, put in the earbuds and get to work. I’ve done this many times. It’s kind of therapeutic, actually, and not nearly as bad/time-consuming as it seems before you start.
Silly putty is an essential workshop tool.
Wirey M&Ms
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You mixed up the right handed and left handed capacitors.
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F I share your pain 🙁
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I’ve been there, I knocked over a plastic storage bin with all the little trays, 40 trays each with a different resistance resistor in them… Real fun reading all the lines for color or hooking up each to the multimeter
I’d help if I could I’ve been there
Magnet
Pffft
Looks like modern art
I think you dropped something
Time for a pill container
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That’s Fery bad!
Eh, it’s all through-hole. Wait until you get to assembling SMT and one sneeze makes ’em all disappear forever.
Next time, try it with SMD capacitors.
Oh the madness!!! 🤯🤯🤯
We all drop things, make mistakes. With osteoarthritis, recent hand surgery, I drop many things. It certainly is frustrating. Take a deep breath. Always hopefully a tomorrow 👍
Just don’t resist picking them up or you’ll find you don’t have the capacitance to do it
I feel for you but call me back when you’ve done it with a tray of resistors, 2000 of them in 5 different values.
Fuck? Fucking? Fuckerdy? Fuck?
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
They look like jellyfish.
With appropriate cropping makes a nice phone wallpaper…