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Offline killernat

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #325 on: March 11, 2013, 06:02:51 am »
im quite jealous of most of these benches im very slowly building my equipment but im a student and well food is a bit more importent than an oscilloscope or function gen atm
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #326 on: March 11, 2013, 06:15:15 am »
Rigol 1052E, Extech EX330, Mastech 3005F, Hakko FX-888, and other fun stuff.
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #327 on: March 11, 2013, 07:49:15 am »
Haven't seen that white board with the holes in it for a loooong time.

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #328 on: March 27, 2013, 08:40:41 am »
Here is my little home lab!
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #329 on: April 10, 2013, 04:12:45 pm »
My home lab workbench
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #330 on: April 11, 2013, 10:24:29 am »
Looks a bit cramped, but you're set up looks very functional.  I assume that's why you have the wireless keyboard is for space.

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« Reply #331 on: April 11, 2013, 01:12:38 pm »
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #332 on: April 21, 2013, 04:21:33 pm »
My lab is reasonably well equipped for hobby use but i am just missing a function gen.
I'd like to get into RF and get some gear for it, but they usually are too expensive. :(

 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #333 on: May 24, 2013, 10:36:56 am »
It's not that big, but it will do. Next upgrade would probably be a Agilent E3612A with multimeter and/or a memory and serial-decode upgrade for my scope.



 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #334 on: May 24, 2013, 06:59:20 pm »
Mine is in a constant state of change and it gets cleaned twice a year. It's been over six months so here's the latest set-up.


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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #335 on: May 25, 2013, 01:23:28 am »
Now that you have that Power Designs PS it is a real lab ;D

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #336 on: May 25, 2013, 07:51:07 am »
Steve, i love your collection of measurement gear ( and your website) I have two analog multimeters I still use, an Unigor 4P because the 50 uA scale and a Simpson 260 is sitting in my living room to test batteries or when I need to check something and are to lazy to go to the lab. Mine has a very nice leather case but I noticed you had a very nice transistortest adapter for it. Real cool. I have 5 transistortesters but never seen such an adapter. My olders transistor tester is a 1955 Philips ( Philips started making transistors at the end of 1954). The cutest a made for radio shack one that uses the DUT to form an oscillator and that makes a neonlight glow.
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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #337 on: May 25, 2013, 11:31:25 am »
Now that you have that Power Designs PS it is a real lab ;D

You can never have too many power supplies.  :-DD


I actually like the Power Designs better than my HP but the HP is higher current.

PA4TIM - I thought that adapter for the Simpson was interesting when I found it.  Listed with it is a booklet showing a number of different adapters they made for the Simpson 260.  I used a Hickok transistor tester for a long time.  Still have it and use it occasionally when I have a bunch to test.  It runs on a 9 volt battery though and I really should put a power jack in it as I don't leave batteries in equipment that sits on the shelf for long periods. 
FYI: Duracells consistently leak.  Don't use them.  I've had much better luck with Energizers.
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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #338 on: May 25, 2013, 03:38:32 pm »
Well here's a few pics of my man cave.
There's a bit of everything hiding out in there.

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #339 on: May 25, 2013, 04:26:01 pm »
Love your style Phil! Every man cave needs an overhead crane :)
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #340 on: May 25, 2013, 09:05:40 pm »
Bridgeport, lathe, CNC mill, helicopter...... Life is good :-+

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #341 on: May 25, 2013, 10:09:45 pm »
i would gladly house in our garage a 5 axis cnc but the damn things are soo expensive....
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #342 on: May 25, 2013, 11:59:31 pm »
Here is my lab bench down in the basement (probably the nicest spot in the house ) ;).
Just cleaned it up, so a good time to take picture. Left to right:
Electronic load  (TekPower 3711) on top of BK 1698 power supply, then Fluke 8840A and 8842A DMMs, HP 54645D MSO, Rigol DG1022 and finally tenma 72-3085 linear power supply. Oh, and all lighting is LED-based.
Only problem is, I am under a heating duct so space to grow up is limited.
 
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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #343 on: July 07, 2013, 02:24:12 pm »
It took me some time but I looked at all your workplaces. Very impressive, got a few awesome inspirations. Thank you all for sharing!

This is where I do my projects. It is small but its mine and I love it!

Power on almost everything is switchable from the PC as well (via a custom build usb relay-board). The supply and the Agilent are LAN-networked, as is the Printer-Scanner combination under the table. I have a food pedal for the vacuum pickup and a few cap-touch pedals on the floor to control my music and video playback for entertainment. Don't know what else to say.
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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #344 on: July 07, 2013, 07:41:10 pm »
It took me some time but I looked at all your workplaces...

Nice and organized. I'm wondering what exactly you did to that hot air station to modify it to accommodate vacuum pick-up.
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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #345 on: July 07, 2013, 07:49:06 pm »
Well mines not a lab I'm not a scientist, but here's my Radio Amateur work space
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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #346 on: July 07, 2013, 08:18:00 pm »
"I'll buy you a beer if you know where this is from"

Off topic: I take that challenge. It's from the cinema for students at TU München. http://www.tu-film.vo.tu-muenchen.de/pages/view/der-tu-film.
So I guess you'll take an ICE to Arnhem (NL) for that beer? :P >:D (But yes, I'm friends with Google, so have one on me and we're even  8) )
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #347 on: July 07, 2013, 09:33:07 pm »
OK, mine.
This is the "lab" inside the house. Additionally, there is the workshop adjoining the garage in a separate building. A bit of a mess right now, so pictures maybe later...
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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #348 on: July 07, 2013, 10:00:28 pm »
I posted this at the topic about keeping the workbench neat and clean. Thought it might apply here also.

When I was doing the installation of my LED lighting system I bought a Metaltech Baker Scaffold so I could work comfortably when doing work along the ceiling. When I'm not using the scaffold for that work I use it as a test bench. I plan to eventually have shelves supported by the end rails. The scaffold has four locking wheels so the test bench can be stationary or rolled to the work. There is a handhold in the scaffold floor (bench work surface) for removing the floor to change the heighth and I find that opening to be handy for quickly gathering up small parts on the benchtop. I just hold a drawer from the storage area under the opening and with a sweep of the hand the parts are in the drawer. I have attached some photos and as you can see I don't have much equipment (yet).
 

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Re: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.
« Reply #349 on: July 07, 2013, 10:07:17 pm »
I'm wondering what exactly you did to that hot air station to modify it to accommodate vacuum pick-up.

I tapped the internal power supply to switch an electronic valve I bought from ebay. That valve opens and closes the fume extractor line. When I use it as vacuum pick-up I connect the fume extractor line to the original hand actuated vacuum pick-up that came with the unit.

Off topic: I take that challenge. It's from the cinema for students at TU München. http://www.tu-film.vo.tu-muenchen.de/pages/view/der-tu-film.
So I guess you'll take an ICE to Arnhem (NL) for that beer? :P >:D (But yes, I'm friends with Google, so have one on me and we're even  8) )
Well done if you PM me your address I'll send you a very fine Bavarian beer via Mail (no kidding). Might get to you stale though  ;) Or you send me a message if you happen to be in Innsbruck, Munich or Vienna.
 


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