I recently set up a couple of new workbenches, so I thought this could be of interest/inspiration to others.
These aren't my main electronics R&D bench, nor my day-to-day desk, but they're more for a second staff member doing embedded development, and for running ongoing testing.
They are a couple of 1800x900mm office desks that came from the old Altium office (thanks Dave!) and I built some custom shelving from 1" square aluminium tube. They are 900mm high & 345mm deep.
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Thankfully my HP8904A won't be sitting on these benches.
![Phew :phew:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/phew.gif)
I plan to build similar shelving for the R&D & assembly benches in the coming months (also ex Altium desks). They're a disaster at the moment, so no pics!!!
![Scared :scared:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/scared.gif)
I am also in the process of making some very solid 2000x900mm benches using 4545 Aluminium profile and 30mm thick pine tops for my 3D printers and benchtop PnP.
See the PDF for a rough sketch. I've built the first one except for shelving. I plan to build the second back-to-back with it so they share the main uprights.
BTW, yes I have a commercial office/warehouse space - about 160m2 over two floors. Quite big for a staff of 1 full time and 1 casual!
Electronics & computer stuff happens upstairs, storage & workshop (lathe/mill/CnC/laser cutter/etc) downstairs.
I should mention that I didn't really think the sizing of the new shelving through as well as I should have. It works OK, but if I did it again I'd adjust the heights (and maybe widths) to better suit standard test gear with less wasted space.