Running out of space--how can I manage my space better?

I've just started work on a AVCHD project, and am using an external drive as my scratch. It's got about 125 gigs free on it, but already after my first import (approx 6 gigs from memory stick) it's chewed through almost 18 gigs on the disk.
Once I've added all the clips I want in the timeline, is there any non-risky way to delete clips off the scratch drive to free up space for more incoming footage? Or is there a "space saver" action that dumps unused and non-favorited clips like in iMovie?
I've heard that FCE is extremely picky about original clips being altered or removed in any way, but there's got to be a better way to conserve space.
Help!

Well, it's a fact of digital video life that you're going to need more and bigger hard drives over time. Expect to invest in a 500GB or 1TB drive if you are doing any kind of serious video work. Fortuantely they aren't that expensive - a 500GB Lacie d2Quadra is only about $155 at newegg.com these days.
You can estimate disk space needs starting here -->
-DV requires ~13GB per hour of video
-HDV & AVCHD (AIC) require 25-50GB per hour of video depending on whether you shoot 720p or 1080i. (See this article for more info - Final Cut Pro 5: About HDV and the Apple Intermediate Codec.
-And that's just your source media clips. You also need space for render files, exports, iDVD projects, and archives, which can easily double the amount of disk space you need for a project.
You can minimize space needs by doing the following -
-Keep only the source media clips that you actually use in your project
-Export QuickTime reference movies, not self-contained movies
-When you archive your FCE project, only keep the _source media_ (clips, photos, etc) that you used in the project + your _FCE project file_. Get rid of all the render files, audio render files, waveform & thumbnail cache files. (But be careful about that if you make it a practice to work on more than one FCE project at at time, as the project folders will be intermixed underneath your +Final Cut Express Documents+ folder.

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