Reddit mentions of Waterwood Adjustable 24 Compartment Slot Plastic Storage Box Jewelry Tool Container

Hallow! /u/dragon1291 posted a great image for a pinning kit but there are a few things missing. This is a comprehensive data sheet on schlage pins and keys. If you want to build your own pin kit here are my suggestions:

• DO NOT BUY A PREASSEMBLED KIT! I don't know why, but they always cost more.
  
  
• CLK Supplies is a great place to find what you are looking for. Using the data sheet that I gave you, you can get "Universal" pins in the correct heights. Here are the keypins in many sizes by .003" increments. Here are the Top/Master pins also in .003" increments. Here are their assortment of springs and these are their security drivers. If you don't really want to have 300 serrated pins and 600 spools, you can always go for their Security pin kit that has a little bit of everything including the bump stop pins. If you want to use the bump stop pins, just put only 1 in each lock. Anything more than that isn't necessary.
  
  
• This is what I use for my pin kits. The price is cheap and it works well for me. They do ship from China so you have to wait several weeks to receive it. Each of the chamber walls go all the way to the top so there isn't any spill over. I would however use something like a pice of tape to make sure that you don't pull up any of the side walls by mistake.
  
  
• I would get Sparrows aluminum followers because the resin ones don't last as long as you would like.
  
  
• Pinning tweezers are a must! I would suggest that you pick up Sparrows 120mm tweezers. I have their 99mm tweezers and I wish I got the longer ones.
  
  
• T -pins are fun to work with when you advance but they aren't easy to come by. You can put those on the back burner for now. Here are the only ones that I have come across. I haven't used them so I can't give you any kind of review on them.
  
  
• You can go with can go with the Sparrows mini pinning mats, their full size mat or a pinning tray. This is a cheaper tray, and I do mean cheaper. I think it might be made from compressed foam. You can also go with the premium steel pinning tray. Just be aware that they are very small. Like smaller than your phone small.
  
  
• Core shims are VERY useful! You can find them in different places. Like here, here, here or here. Just to name a few places.
  
  
• Make sure that you watch various videos of people gutting their locks to try to predict how things might go wrong.
  
  
• When you start with your hands on work, go slow and be very deliberate. If you forget (or intend) on leaving any keypins out of your locks ALWAYS remember to remove the corresponding driver and spring otherwise you will have to force the plug out and ruin a spring and possibly the plug.
  
  Now, if you don't want to have a hefty pin case filled with 2,400+ pins I can always help you out there. I have been selling pins to other users here in smaller amounts for cost. Feel free to hit me up.

I use something similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Compartment-Plastic-Storage-Container/dp/B00MUI5LZO

I use a Ptouch labeler to label the compartments as to what pen the bushings are for.

I've traditionally kept all of them inside the boxes like you're doing, but a few months ago when i pulled out some of my first ones (3-4 years ago) I did notice some of that sticky residue. It was nothing that a damp cloth couldn't clean. Depending on the size of your collection, maybe air them out once every year or half a year?

I've also heard of ppl buying containers with a lot of boxes just to hold the smaller parts.

something like this

I do a snap build first just as you are doing. After that I separate by how it is separated in the manual, usually head, foot, leg, etc. so that I don't have one large "pail" of parts. Even this https://www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Compartment-Plastic-Storage-Container/dp/B00MUI5LZO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1468423184&sr=8-2&keywords=adjustable+storage+container can be useful for separating parts. When I put them on skewers, I keep the same separation process. one set of skewers per limb.