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

[djos]

I got sick of dragging my laptop out to the workshop, so I dug up my old Pi v1, slapped the latest version of Raspian on it, added some heat-sinks, cranked it up to 1Ghz and mounted it behind my workshop LCD Screen. Works great for viewing project docs and schematics while building and repairing stuff. 

[bitseeker]

blueskull, I like your mess. Lots of nice goodies on the bench. The wall mount for your laptop is particularly nifty.

[cdev]

Blueskull. Be careful with your macbook!

Also, I am surprised that you can run both monitors off of one cable..that does look good for decluttering, so this must be new, are they daisy chained using Thunderbolt or something?

[bitseeker]

Thanks for the clip info.

[Jelcke]

Finished my bench yesterday and it is already chaos. Busy testing a FE-5680A Rubidium Reference standard. Thanks for all the previous posts. Great inspiration.
Any suggestions on improvements are welcome. (ESD mat is on the way..)

[guido]

Do not run that rubidium without a proper heatsink!

[Jelcke]

yes, that is a good suggestion. It is not getting too hot at the moment but I would not enclose it without a heat sink.

[AF6LJ]

Keep the Bench Porn coming. 

[nanofrog]

A monitor arm would free up some shelf space, and maybe add another shelf as you've already maxed out what you have. 

[Cubdriver]

Keep the Bench Porn coming. 

I don't know about calling it 'porn', but mine is certainly a dirty hot mess right now!!





-Pat

[NiHaoMike]

Testing my new HVP70 isolated probe. Had to wire up a frequency dependent attenuator since the data packets are tiny compared to the mains voltage. It still kinda boggles the mind that it's possible to stream HDTV over the power lines.

[Mr. Scram]

Keep the Bench Porn coming. 

I don't know about calling it 'porn', but mine is certainly a dirty hot mess right now!!





-Pat

I like the box marked "fragile" tossed casually upon the pile.

[alpher]

Project Rainbow in its glory.

[Cubdriver]

I like the box marked "fragile" tossed casually upon the pile.

   It was placed there so it would be far enough in not to be knocked over by any of the furballs, though that probably wasn't necessary.  It contains (4) 6021W subminiature tubes from the 'bay, and is what they shipped in.  The seller packaged  them very well, wrapping them in pairs in small bubble wrap, then putting the pairs in a small octal tube box, then putting that in the aforementioned box, immobilized therein with peanuts.  I could probably throw them against the wall with all my might and they'd be fine.



-Pat

[Cubdriver]

It contains (4) 6021W subminiature tubes from the 'bay, and is what they shipped in.  The seller packaged  them very well, wrapping them in pairs in small bubble wrap, then putting the pairs in a small octal tube box, then putting that in the aforementioned box, immobilized therein with peanuts.  I could probably throw them against the wall with all my might and they'd be fine.

What are you doing with them? Portable audio amp?
Just a word of suggestion, that these may be microphonic if you carry them around.
I've made portable amps out of 6N16B, and they are very microphonic.

I'm thinking just a really tiny tube amp; something that would still be line powered and sit on a shelf.

-Pat

[neo]

Testing my new HVP70 isolated probe. Had to wire up a frequency dependent attenuator since the data packets are tiny compared to the mains voltage. It still kinda boggles the mind that it's possible to stream HDTV over the power lines.

I have found one truth to be self evident in my hobby of studying history, anything is possible and that which is not yet seen as possible is merely not properly understood.

[ChrisLX200]

I had to work hard to find room for an electronics workbench in my workshop! As you can see, I decided to convert the work area shown in the first photo, then packed my gear around there. Today I have to find yet more room for a desoldering station :-) The rest of the workshop is full of machine tools so further expansion possibilities are 'limited'.

ChrisH

[Rémi]

I had to work hard to find room for an electronics workbench in my workshop! As you can see, I decided to convert the work area shown in the first photo, then packed my gear around there. Today I have to find yet more room for a desoldering station :-) The rest of the workshop is full of machine tools so further expansion possibilities are 'limited'.

ChrisH

The fan on your bench is a solder fume extractor? With a on/off switch and potentiometer for the speed?
I want to build something similar for my bench that's why it caught my attention 

[ChrisLX200]

I had to work hard to find room for an electronics workbench in my workshop! As you can see, I decided to convert the work area shown in the first photo, then packed my gear around there. Today I have to find yet more room for a desoldering station :-) The rest of the workshop is full of machine tools so further expansion possibilities are 'limited'.

ChrisH

The fan on your bench is a solder fume extractor? With a on/off switch and potentiometer for the speed?
I want to build something similar for my bench that's why it caught my attention 

Yes, and I'm just awaiting delivery of some of these filter pads ( http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-20Pcs-5-x5-Square-Universal-Activated-Carbon-Air-Filter-Sponge-Foam-Pad-Set/322612785845?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=511608281536&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 ) then I'll make a case with a couple of those in front and behind the fan. Should make it more effective.

ChrisH

[AF6LJ]

Nice shop Chris.

[xrunner]

Nice shop Chris.

I concur! 

[Sparks]

Excellent shop Chris

[Cubdriver]

Mmmmm...  Vertical milling machine.  Want!!   

Nice setup you have there, but yes, you certainly don't seem to have much space to spare!

-Pat

[ChrisLX200]

The desoldering machine arrived today as promised and I managed to squeeze it into a corner of the bench :-) Anything else I buy then something will have to go - I may need to sacrifice the stereo music system under the bench top... LOL. It was my daughter's and she grew out of it - seems she has an iPhone permanently grafted to her head instead (and I didn't want to just throw it out).

My stereo microscope is very old, but was made by Zeiss and is optically superb. It came with a bunch of accessories like additional viewing ports (for camera and second eyepieces so someone can see what you're doing). Got it for nothing so can't complain :-)

[sarel.wagner]

Chris nice indeed, got a lot of similar tools, also Myford Lathe, just older, chinesium Mill, but my shop is split across different rooms/areas. Electronics lab in one, reloading and guns in another adjacent room. Lather in yet another one and mill in another area. Still need to move the mill to same place as the lathe and Mig/Tig area. The electronics area was only build earlier this year.