Like the title says, looking for ideas. Since I joined the site in 09 I have seen pictures of your scores, your stashes in the old "Lifetime Supply Thread" and pictures on the loading bench thread. Do you have it displayed on shelves, a paper list, a computerized spreadsheet, ect?
I mainly only have 2 types of alloy, with a few other lesser amounts of other stuff. I use mostly wheel weights. I smelt in batches of between 350 and 400 pounds. I usually lightly blend any harder alloys into this. Then there is my soft stuff. Mostly cable sheathing with some roof flashing and stick-on weights. I also have several bars of linotype and a few buckets of mixed foundry and monotype that I keep separate.
Over the years I have used muffin tins, cornbread molds and finally settled on the 1# Lyman style molds. These are stacked in milk crates and the crate is labeled with the type of lead and the date it was smelted. I'm now marking the ingots with a metal stamp but I have too much not marked to ever go back and do them.
So, how do you keep up with what you have and what you need. Please feel free to post pictures if you want. Oh yeah, if you use milk crates, be sure its where you want it to stay when you load it. I estimate a crate weighs around 700 pounds.