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[RedStagKiller]

I have, due to a customer's dog. Never again am I using open-tray pinning kits out in the public. I'm strictly a pill-peddling locksmith from now on!
Top (small) tray is master and top pins and springs, Bottom (large) tray is bottom pins and a junk slot. You can probably fit 300 to 500 pins per slot, but I only load them with 150.
I need to find something like these with 10 or 20 slots for Schlage, Sargent, Yale, etc.

Check out amazon for some of their monthly pill kits. Usually 30 slots.

[demux]

I have, due to a customer's dog. Never again am I using open-tray pinning kits out in the public. I'm strictly a pill-peddling locksmith from now on!
Top (small) tray is master and top pins and springs, Bottom (large) tray is bottom pins and a junk slot. You can probably fit 300 to 500 pins per slot, but I only load them with 150.
I need to find something like these with 10 or 20 slots for Schlage, Sargent, Yale, etc.

Check out amazon for some of their monthly pill kits. Usually 30 slots.

If you had a need to take a whole universal kit out into the field with you, you could also use something like this. The case itself is quite sturdy and all the compartments are individually lidded:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SK128-SMT-resi ... 0786050204

Disclaimer: I have no stake or interest in the above, I just happen to have purchased one for my pin collection and really like it. Have not tried dropping the whole thing yet to see how it fares though...

[Squelchtone]

I have, due to a customer's dog. Never again am I using open-tray pinning kits out in the public. I'm strictly a pill-peddling locksmith from now on!
Top (small) tray is master and top pins and springs, Bottom (large) tray is bottom pins and a junk slot. You can probably fit 300 to 500 pins per slot, but I only load them with 150.
I need to find something like these with 10 or 20 slots for Schlage, Sargent, Yale, etc.

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Check out amazon for some of their monthly pill kits. Usually 30 slots.

If you had a need to take a whole universal kit out into the field with you, you could also use something like this. The case itself is quite sturdy and all the compartments are individually lidded:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SK128-SMT-resi ... 0786050204

Disclaimer: I have no stake or interest in the above, I just happen to have purchased one for my pin collection and really like it. Have not tried dropping the whole thing yet to see how it fares though...

demux, that's a really clever solution, I like how they shut individually.

Thanks
Squelchtone

[GWiens2001]

Have used the weekly/monthly pill boxes for years when I was starting out and needed to sort pins and parts. Still have a number of my kits that way.

Gordon

[Raccoon]

If you had a need to take a whole universal kit out into the field with you, you could also use something like this. The case itself is quite sturdy and all the compartments are individually lidded: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SK128-SMT-resi ... 0786050204

Oooh, that one's really neat! I'm interested, and since you own one, can you tell me how many ~.200" pins will fit per container?

[Raccoon]

I've been eyeballing this 60 slot case with individual screw-top vials used for crafts.
$25 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PDQ5SPY/


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I do like your recommended 128 slot case, and I'm also curious if each compartment snaps shut or if they only stay shut with the lid down.
$23 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/120786050204


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Do wish I could find these 32 slot pill organizers for cheaper, if anyone knows where.
$11 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LSS8YYW/



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[demux]

If you had a need to take a whole universal kit out into the field with you, you could also use something like this. The case itself is quite sturdy and all the compartments are individually lidded: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SK128-SMT-resi ... 0786050204

Oooh, that one's really neat! I'm interested, and since you own one, can you tell me how many ~.200" pins will fit per container?

I have my universal pin set in one of these, I currently count 56 .200 top pins and 59 .201 bottom pins in their respective compartments. There's probably room for at least another 10-15 of each, those numbers are just how many I have on hand at the moment.

[demux]

I do like your recommended 128 slot case, and I'm also curious if each compartment snaps shut or if they only stay shut with the lid down.

The lid of each compartment does snap individually, though the snaps on the individual compartments do not feel nearly as strong as the snaps on the lid for the whole thing. It feels like it could take a minor shock with the lid open and probably keep all the pins in place, at least.

[Raccoon]

Very cool. I've completed sorting out my mixed up mini kit that got trashed years ago (pictured earlier) and have since cleaned and sorted out all the dirty discarded pins I've accumulated over the years. I have to admit that the process was somewhat cathartic and I'm looking to acquire more discards from a variety of locks to build a collection of pins of every size and shape, so I'm looking for a multi-compartment tray that has at least 50 or 100 slots.

My aim is to label them as 01, 02, 03... or 01-02, 03-04, 05-06... and then sort them according to the least significant hundredths and thousandths digits. 0.100 0.200 0.300 pins would share the same slot, 0.056 0.156 0.256 pins would share the same slot. Bottom pins, top pins, master -- pointy, domed or flat -- and could be easily identified by eyeball when looking for "just the right pin" to fit a worn out lock that's misbehaving.