Looking back on it, to me the biggest advantage of doing a complete
inventory before starting construction was the problem of identifying
capacitors. I remember how thankful I was that the resistors were packed
in order and wanted the same convenience with the capacitors. I laid out
several sheets of paper on a table, separated the capacitors into little
piles on the paper, then marked down the value and quantity of each
pile. Using the parts list as ground truth, if there was a discrepancy
at that point, I knew either I did something wrong in sorting (always
the case for me) or I was sent the wrong part or quantity (never the
case for me). I'll admit this took some time, especially with my
soldering station begging for attention, but once I started soldering,
it was more like running an assembly line than solving a 1000 piece
jigsaw puzzle.
At least it worked for me.
73's,
John AA0VE
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