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

[neo]

In case you are wondering what i mean by officially entered the hobby i went to an auction and bought about 80 years of a, deceased, naval engineers collection dating all the way back to the 30s. It was at that point i decided i was into electronics for better or worse.

[rolycat]

You could reduce the sag considerably by distributing the weight more evenly. A sheet of high quality plywood (at least 9 layers), cut to fit and placed on top of the shelf should help.

[BFX]

Lab update  New k2400 SMU, Marconi power meter, Datron 7.5 DMM and so on

[xrunner]

Lab update  New k2400 SMU, Marconi power meter, Datron 7.5 DMM and so on

Looks like you reached the ceiling - excellent! 

[ez24]

I'm open to suggestions, i can't do under the shelf support due to the shelf below it being full and i quite like the way that shelf below it is set up. I just said it was smiling as a joke, easier than saying "I have little clue what to do here."

To be fair though the camera does kind of exaggerate the sag and the shelf is rated for 200 pounds.

Finally someone else using a Costco shelf.  I took two and remove the top 2 shelves and put a 4x6 board on top of them to make a standing table (it rocks).  I also took two and turned them 90 degrees and put 8 foot boards on them for more shelf space with a 6 foot Costco folding table between them as my sit down table.  No screws or nails.  I used a 2x3x8 foot stud across the top and zipped tied a Costco LED shop light to it.

I am amazed how much weight these shelves hold.  I also built a "shed" in my driveway using these shelves as walls and 12' studs for as roof joists.  Zip ties hold the whole thing together.  I raised those shelves up by one level so I could walk under it.  So they have become  my go to construction material.   For the roof I used billboard vinyl from eBay.  It has stood up to a lot of winter storms.   The heavy stuff on the shelves keeps the shed from blowing away.

[sarel.wagner]

Hi, my lil corner of the World. Do all sorts of things in here. It is one of 5 different areas, the others are for metalworking, woodworking and restoring and building old cars and other hobbies.

Enjoy this forum tremendously, thank ya all.
Groetnis

[macboy]

Hi, my lil corner of the World. Do all sorts of things in here. It is one of 5 different areas, the others are for metalworking, woodworking and restoring and building old cars and other hobbies.

Enjoy this forum tremendously, thank ya all.
Groetnis

Can I ask where you got that nice ruled cutting mat?

[CopperCone]

wanger, what is that shallow cabinet you have? The grey plastic one.

[neo]

I'm open to suggestions, i can't do under the shelf support due to the shelf below it being full and i quite like the way that shelf below it is set up. I just said it was smiling as a joke, easier than saying "I have little clue what to do here."

To be fair though the camera does kind of exaggerate the sag and the shelf is rated for 200 pounds.

Finally someone else using a Costco shelf.  I took two and remove the top 2 shelves and put a 4x6 board on top of them to make a standing table (it rocks).  I also took two and turned them 90 degrees and put 8 foot boards on them for more shelf space with a 6 foot Costco folding table between them as my sit down table.  No screws or nails.  I used a 2x3x8 foot stud across the top and zipped tied a Costco LED shop light to it.

I am amazed how much weight these shelves hold.  I also built a "shed" in my driveway using these shelves as walls and 12' studs for as roof joists.  Zip ties hold the whole thing together.  I raised those shelves up by one level so I could walk under it.  So they have become  my go to construction material.   For the roof I used billboard vinyl from eBay.  It has stood up to a lot of winter storms.   The heavy stuff on the shelves keeps the shed from blowing away.

Between zip ties, duct tape and a little bit of creativity i have found most problems to vanish. This shelf is held to the wall with zip ties, it has surge protectors zip tied to it, the VU meter is zip tied in place and my function generator is zip tied to my oscilloscope because i got tired of it moving.  Actually i got it from Sutherlands, a hardware store, but nothing says it isn't just a re-branded cost co shelf.

[sarel.wagner]

It an A3 cutting mat by Humbrol: https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/shop/accessories/a3-cutting-mat.html
The desktop grey cabinet is an A4 paper filer of unknown origins, does not have a name and I got it second hand.

Rgrds

[trophosphere]

My updated lab bench after having moved to a new apartment last week (hence the clean desk and not wanting to hook up my 10MHz frequency standard distribution network). I will be moving again to an actual house in about a year so I am still sticking with the foldable desk until then. There are pieces of wood (2x4) which act as supports for the heavy equipment on the left side.

[tablatronix]

My updated lab bench after having moved to a new apartment last week (hence the clean desk and not wanting to hook up my 10MHz frequency standard distribution network). I will be moving again to an actual house in about a year so I am still sticking with the foldable desk until then. There are pieces of wood (2x4) which act as supports for the heavy equipment on the left side.

Might I ask where you obtained the blue covered parts bins from? They look like old floppy disk sorters. i have never come across shelf sorters with covers.

[trophosphere]

My updated lab bench after having moved to a new apartment last week (hence the clean desk and not wanting to hook up my 10MHz frequency standard distribution network). I will be moving again to an actual house in about a year so I am still sticking with the foldable desk until then. There are pieces of wood (2x4) which act as supports for the heavy equipment on the left side.

Might I ask where you obtained the blue covered parts bins from? They look like old floppy disk sorters. i have never come across shelf sorters with covers.

They are called Akro-bins and I believe I got them from Amazon along with the lid accessory in a package of 6 units. They are nice to use for segregating ongoing projects.

[Rbastler]

Since now are holidays, I'm back in my hometown. Therefor I don't have a lot of stuff. Feels like starting the hobby all over again, working with scrap and using more or less shitty gear. Plus my lab here is split in two. One in the garage to do soldering and mechanical stuff plus stash for bulkier things and in the apartment, were I do programming and some small parts are stashed.

[hwj-d]

Hi all,

that's my little corner for feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment (or not). 

After decades of being an application programmer and network admin i conquer here myself  my earlier hardware knowledge back and learn the new stuff from today.

The workbench is not emf ready. A lot of switching power supplies and wlan routers are hanging around under the table. That's very counterproductive to measure out something like voltage references or others, must think about it. But what we will do with a lot of pizerow's esp32's and other stuff like this...

But for now, i'm involved with modern opamp's, kx references and voltage dividers, output buffers and related protections, meaning to learn about them... 

Thanks all for the good stuff you put in here, and specially to dave&dave 
(in hope, that ends up not too expensive to me...)

[jimdeane]

I don't know if I've posted photos of my home or work(1) workbenches, but here's my current work(2) bench (attached):

[Dubbie]

Whats going on up on that top shelf there?

[ez24]

Whats going on up on that top shelf there?

The good dubbies.  I could not resist 

[JustSquareEnough]

Hi all,

that's my little corner for feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment (or not). 

looks like a nice place to learn! what kind of desk lamp is that, i like it!

[hwj-d]

Hi all,

that's my little corner for feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment (or not). 

looks like a nice place to learn! what kind of desk lamp is that, i like it!

Yes, learning and prototyping, in this order.

The lamp is made quick and dirty with some aluprofiles, very cheap 10W led modules, a cheap 3A buck converter, silicon wires, an old laptop power supply and a sonoff module. But it needs a glass diffusor. 

[djos]

My work bench in the garage got a minor upgrade today, I installed a 300 x 400 mm shelf for my soldering / desoldering station - this just gives me that bit extra room on my work bench. Note I just need to get a proper anti static mat.

[JustSquareEnough]

nicely done! thank you for the details

[jimdeane]

Whats going on up on that top shelf there?

Asking me? In my photo, the top shelf has four scintillator and photomultiplier muon detector assemblies.

[Dubbie]

... the top shelf has four scintillator and photomultiplier muon detector assemblies.

Nice! What do you power them with? don't they need high voltage like most tubes?

[Rbastler]

Whats going on up on that top shelf there?

Asking me? In my photo, the top shelf has four scintillator and photomultiplier muon detector assemblies.

Are those assemblies selfmade ?