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  • Punched Cards: Storage Trays

    Keeping stacks of punched cards under control is important for orderly production:

    Punched cards - storage trays
    Punched cards – storage trays

    The two on the left fit finished cards and the larger ones fit 1/3 Letter paper raw cards.

    The patterns come from boxes.py:

    I added a finger slot behind the front opening so I could pick up the whole stack at once:

    Punched Card Trays - LightBurn layout
    Punched Card Trays – LightBurn layout

    Admittedly, my “stacks” are nothing compared to the Bad Old Days, but …

    The program adds a sequence number in columns 73-80 as a last-ditch effort to ensure the punch pattern matches the print pattern: after a few dozen cards, the digits in the last few columns become recognizable.

    The LightBurn SVG layout as a GitHub Gist:

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