Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.

[WackyGerman]

Won lots of space on the bench after some modifications 

[rdl]

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For now, this is the way it looks. It's 8 feet wide and 3 feet deep. The top shelf is not really sagging.

Joel

That looks nice.

I think I would be tempted to add a second shelf to get more of the equipment up out of the workspace. It looks like there's plenty of room. I have a thing about keeping the top as clear as possible so that there is more room for clutter when working on a project.

[VK5RC]

Today I am working on the case for the Dos4ever uTracer.
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I built one and cased it similarly to the designer. I needn't have bothered with as many sockets, octal, decal  mini 7 9 gets most use.

Used it to test all the tubes in a Tek 545 and an HP 521C (IIRC about 100 and 50 respectively).

I have found the 'card system' by this I mean a card that sits between the anode/grid/screen/heater sockets and the number sockets & helps you put the correct wires in the right place (and on the back I put the test conditions and expected results) very helpful. (not shown below)
Robert

[Johnny10]

VK5RC

I remember your uTracer on the testimonials page.  Great Job!
It never ceases to amaze me the creative enclosure designs for the uTracer builds.

I am going with re-purposing old units.
Found another case at my local surplus store.
Thinking about buying also.

[bitseeker]

Won lots of space on the bench after some modifications 

What's under the platform on which the monitor sits?

[PA0PBZ]

What's under the platform on which the monitor sits?

A keyboard?

[bitseeker]

What's under the platform on which the monitor sits?

A keyboard?

LOL! Of course! Mine is mounted under the tabletop, so either it didn't occur to me or I wasn't yet fully awake.

[technix]

well, glad to see this thread is alive again. in fact, currently i've made alot of movements. currently i'm transferring website which has not finished yet , i'm moving house but pending due to some renovation, and guess what? i'm going to move the lab too !!! and all the stuffs inside urghhh! when the time comes. so far, my new lab is just on sketch, this is what i think that will suits me to better organize my lab. any suggestions are welcomed

ps: the cyan colored line is my current (to be dismissed) lab (just as shown earlier in this thread few months back), so the new lab will have like twice the size of the current one.
i cant wait to move to my "new" lab more than to move to the house itself. haha, funny i guess.

errata: computering bench should be exchanged with printing/reading bench. so i can easily program PIC from computer ("ing") to the ee bench just next to the right.

Yes, swap the computer bench next to the EEbench, that's important.
A whole bench for printing/reading? I'd dedicate that to a "project in progress" bench.

Dave.

I have been running combined computer/EE bench for a while and let's just say that live soldering is fun.

[killawhat]

Are you kidding?  Have you never watched any of his videos?  Have you never noticed both the size of his bench space and the size of his test equipment collection.....

It wasn't always like that. If you watch the real early videos, Dave started the blog off in the corner of the garage - probably in about a 2x2m space with shit stacked high. Youtube and the people have been real nice to his cause of Gear Acquisition Syndrome  and finding a large space to store it.

Work in progress...
Unfortunately for just ~5mm I cannot have a proper solid 3m bench. I have to juggle some stuff around and see how I can fit two 150cm tables into a ~299.5cm wall

I'd be cutting one of those down 10-15mm and then reattaching the legs. Or forgo the legs on one side, rip it down and attach with brackets underneath to the other?

[TerraHertz]

Uh, killawhat, you can edit posts to add afterthoughts. Six sequential posts in one thread is poor etiquette.
You can still fix it - open the first post for editing, copy the texts from the others into it, then delete those ones.

Welcome to the forum! Would be better to start off without a bellyflop.

Oh, and if you are in Sydney, any chance of an introduction to the guy with two huge sheds full of excess gear? 

[killawhat]

Uh, killawhat, you can edit posts to add afterthoughts. Six sequential posts in one thread is poor etiquette.
You can still fix it - open the first post for editing, copy the texts from the others into it, then delete those ones.

Welcome to the forum! Would be better to start off without a bellyflop.

Oh, and if you are in Sydney, any chance of an introduction to the guy with two huge sheds full of excess gear? 

Yeah sorry about that, I got to the end of the post and realised that it doesn't add them as replies - just adds them all at the end! I've deleted a couple as I couldn't find the original posts (where I should have quoted) and fixed the rest
I've been buying audio gear from a guy out in Castlereagh (between Richmond and Penrith) off ebay. I just pick it up when I have to come to Sydney. It's not just audio gear, there's just a huge collection of STUFF - I don't think he even knows what's in there!

[ludzinc]

Any other source other then mcufriend.com?

*than

[mauroh]

Hi, the only way to build an electonic work-benc/lab in the new house was to take advantage of a small niche I have behind a desk.
This is the design and build






This is the "work-bench" in use.
Note that underneath the first shelf I have a compartment where I placed all the power bars, cabling and networking devices.
When the upper door is closed, it looks like a normal piece of forniture = wife happy!!

Mauro

[bitseeker]

Very cool and stealthy, Mauro!

[technix]

I have rack mounted my computers. And my original monitor gave up ghosts so I went for a Dell P2415Q 4K monitor (and rendered my entire HDMI-based A/V stack obsolete.)

[TerraHertz]

I have rack mounted my computers.

Hmm... something is missing... Ah! The rack doesn't yet have the obligatory lace trim.
I didn't know China has a lace-coverings tradition?

[VK5RC]

That 'lace' is the latest smd capture device - stops those smd diodes rolling off the desk!
HiHi

[technix]

Hmm... something is missing... Ah! The rack doesn't yet have the obligatory lace trim.

Lace trim won't work on top of the rack: exposed screws prevents the tempered glass pane that holds the lace in place from being placed on top of it.

I didn't know China has a lace-coverings tradition?

It is my mom that insists on using those tablecloth with lace trims.

[technix]

That 'lace' is the latest smd capture device - stops those smd diodes rolling off the desk!
HiHi

Actually it does catch SOT-23 that I spilled. 

[kj7e]

Remolded part of the hobby room last month;

Before;


After;




 

[bitseeker]

Remolded part of the hobby room last month;

Well done!

That reminds me that I have a plane to build. So many projects...

[WackyGerman]

What's under the platform on which the monitor sits?

A keyboard?

LOL! Of course! Mine is mounted under the tabletop, so either it didn't occur to me or I wasn't yet fully awake.

Yes it s my keyboard . Won many extra space when moving it under the platform . Seems that a workbench never will be finished for ever . 

[Phil_Tech]

Currently revamping my work repair lab
Phil - Melbourne, Australia.

[xrunner]

Wow! Looks like a hospital lab!

[Johnny10]

Way too Neat and organized!