How do you guys store your PCBs?

[drgonzo1969]

I am organizing my workspace after moving apartments. I've got everything pretty much sorted out but I need to rethink storage of my ever growing collection of pcbs waiting to be built. Right now I have them loose in several jlcpcb boxes. How do you guys store your backlog of precious PCBs?

 

[jcpst]

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

In a few shoe boxes

 

[Erik S]

Binder and card sleeves. Post it’s with the name and whether I’ve ordered parts.

Works great for most 125b stuff. Bigger boards go in the pockets on the covers.

Also - glad to hear you’re settling into a new place! Last update I remember seeing, that sounded like a stressful process.

 

[derevaun]

I like to print the build doc when the PCB arrives, because there's always a danger that the board will be revised before I get to it in the queue Bean archives the docs so they're easy to find, but then I get distracted and shop for more....

 

[CheapSuitG]

Great idea to print the build docs! Printing all mine up right now!

I like to print the build doc when the PCB arrives, because there's always a danger that the board will be revised before I get to it in the queue Bean archives the docs so they're easy to find, but then I get distracted and shop for more....

 

[Locrian99]

In a couple different piles around my work area that takes me 15 minutes to find that thing i just had.

 

[iamjackslackof]

I like to print the build doc when the PCB arrives, because there's always a danger that the board will be revised before I get to it in the queue Bean archives the docs so they're easy to find, but then I get distracted and shop for more....

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This is exactly what I do, print the doc/part sheet and put it into a ziplock bag. Then the bag gets filled with pots and other parts, and the partially built board if I don't finish in one go.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Ummm, I keep mine inside finished pedals.



Just kidding, I have a sack of loose pcbs on the floor next to my bench.

 

[jimilee]

JLCPCB boxes. Build docs are all PDFs.

 

[Stickman393]

Ya mean there are alternatives to in several piles, in various states of completion, scattered hither and fro?

 

[PapaBear]

I put the PCB's in Parts bags, Print the PDF of build doc and staple the bag to the doc and stack them in a box. The ones that don't have build doc's yet go in a separate box.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I put the PCB's in Parts bags, Print the PDF of build doc and staple the bag to the doc and stack them in a box. The ones that don't have build doc's yet go in a separate box.

So what you’re saying is you have a separate box just for PPCB boards

 

[Feral Feline]

I use the envelopes the PCBs come in, and store said envelopes in a big box.
Some things get grouped, for example FV-1 is all together (including MBP's FV-1 and others), all the Muff PCBs are together, phasers ... but mostly the dirt is all kept together by brand (PPCB / Aion / MBP / Lectric-FX / DEFX / ELS / Zorg etc).